Page 10 - Life in Langham 1914-1919

Neighbours on Well Street

Prince, Rowett, and Nourish. Three of the 'lucky' families in

Langham whose children returned from the war.

Mr & Mrs Nourish

lived at Hayes Farm

with their four sons,

Bill, Jack, Joe, and

Tom. Joe joined the

Army in 1914 but

the others were

doing essential

agricultural work.
Tom joined the

Rutland Defence

Volunteers and he

was friends with

Gladys Prince.

Tom Nourish Hayes Farm

corresponded with friends who had

enlisted from Langham, and he received the letter below in 1915.

Dear Tom

Just a line or two hope it will find you quite well as it leaves me in the pink now you will think I am a
long time writing to you. I am sending you one of my Photo but I don’t think it is a very good one and I

want you to send me one of yours.
I am pleased to say we are not having very hard drill now as we been having. I am going out in the draft

to go to the old 5 which is in France me and some chap from Exton so we are be firing all last week and
this but we have to go a little march once a week about 20 miles round with about fore stone on your back

and a night march once a week. But here is one think we get some good food and there is somewhere to go
at night, there is a lot of solderes down the town at night and some girls.

I should like you to come over to Luton so as we can have a walk round for I go away. I have not been up a
see your sister yet but I will go up before I come home again I think I shall get home next week so I will go

up and see her. but we have to be in at 10 clock at night and the lamp are not a light there is some game
with the girls I tell you. I don’t think I have any more to tell you this time so I will bring my letter to a

close remember me to Charlie Prince and your father.

With good by old sport

George Harris

Pte 3427

2-5 Leicestershire Reg

B company
7 platoon
15 queen st

Luton

Tom's sister Edith was married and living in Luton with her family.

The other girls referred to may be some of the thousands who were

recruited to work in the munitions factories in the town during the war.