Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 3. p. 513
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WOMAN'S WORK AT THE FORGE.
At 774, Oxford Road, Reading, there is a lesson in the wonderful way women are answering the country's call. Mr. W. L. Medland has contracted to supply horseshoes for the Army, and his wife does some of the striking, that is, while the master shapes the iron Mrs. Medland and other strikers flatten out the red-hot metal, of which 2 cwt., or about 116 shoes, are turned out weekly.
USEFUL WAR WORK.
Moss Dressings for the War Hospitals.
Finchampstead Place, where Mrs. Cope turned the room, formerly set apart as a reading room for soldiers billeted in the locality, into a depot for moss dressing.
A "PLUMP" PUDDING
A plump plum pudding was the feature of a parade for providing Christmas puddings for our soldiers at the front. The parade was organised by the Eversley troop of Boy Scouts.
CONVALESCENTS' CONCERT
A group of patients at the Auxiliary War Hospital, Englefield, who delighted the audience at an "Our Day" concert arranged by Miss Benyon.
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