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Letter to Mrs. Stepler from Gordon Stepler, 28 August 1916
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Consists of a letter written by Gordon Stepler to his mother, Mrs. Ethelwyn Stepler. Transcription is as follows: Aug 18/16 noon Dear Mother,- I have just returned from a visit to the Art Galleries here. They were wonderful being about the biggest in the world. They contain all the famous painting sculptures etc. Also old historical relics. You could spend a week in there seeing everything. Glasgow University is close by and I saw it too. |page 2 I left Edinburgh yesterday at [10] o'clock and got in Glasgow just in time to get to the Isle of Arran. It is a pleasure steamer for sightseers. We went down the Clyde and for a long way down we could see them building ships. The biggest ship yards of the world are here and you could see battleships, submarines, destroyers and merchantmen in all stages of completion. There were also several battleships there. As we got |page 3 farther down the scenery began to get prettier as the Clyde widened out. We had dinner on the boat and it was a good meal. We reached the town of Dunoon about half past one and had an [hours] stay there. It is an old fashioned Scotch Town - very pretty. They had not seen very many Canadians there before and we were looked on as a sort of |page 4 curiosity. It was very funny - several old chaps came up and seeing that I was from Canada, asked me if I knew such and such a person who went to Canada several years ago. After a walk around the town we got on the boat again and went on a cruise up the Gareloch. It resembles Muskoka, being narrow and winding and the hills standing up on the edge of the water. The country around was rocky and hilly |page 5 and a lot of the hills were thick with heather so that they were a mass of purple. I had intended to go to Loch [Lomar?] but as this is similar and it would take another day to go there am not going. We then went back to Dunoon and stopped there for a few minutes and then came back up the Clyde. We had supper on the boat. There are a lot of high rocks along the shore and at strategic |page 6 points you could see the ruins of an old castle where a feudal lord used to control the river. We got back about half past eight and then went for a walk and then came to the hotel. I like it fine up here - a lot better than I did London but I guess I will have to be leaving to-night. There are not as many Canadians up here and so they make great a fuss over you. The prices of everything are very reasonable too. Must leave now, Gordon Aug 28, 1916
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Dorothy Stepler fonds (F0170)
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1998-037 / 001 (04)
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Date
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28 August 1916
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Identifier
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ASC19540
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:341544
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Letter to Mrs. Stepler from Gordon Stepler, August 25th 1916
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Consists of a letter written by Gordon Stepler to his mother, Mrs. Ethelwyn Stepler. Transcription is as follows: Glasgow, Aug 25 1916 Dear Mother, Just a line to let you know where I am. I left London at 10 a.m. yesterday and got to Glasgow at 6.15. The scenery along the way was very pretty and I like this place better than I dod London. It was pouring rain when we got here but we took a cab and got something to eat. We went to the Glasgow Alhambre theatre at night and I never enjoyed a show so much before. We stayed here all night. Am going on a boat trip up the [?] this morning. Gordon
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Dorothy Stepler fonds (F0170)
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1998-037 / 001 (04)
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Date
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25 August 1916
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Identifier
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ASC19538
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:307939