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Late in the evening I packed as much as I could ready for our transfer
to Shafa Amr, just north of Haifa .
I met Eric Carter in the Canteen this evening; he is at Jenin Taggart
or Police Station[2]. He has just finished
his training in the camp. He says the
life there is first rate.
I received my first letter from home yesterday & will write
when I find what my new address will be; what a relief & feeling of
satisfaction & content that accompanied it.
[1] The currency used during the Mandate was the Palestine
Pound, £P, which was split into 1000mils – so 50mils was about 5p… he was a
reckless gambler, my dad!
[2] Taggart, or more correctly Tegart, was the nickname given to Police Stations designed by Sir Charles Tegart in 1938. They were fort-like constructions of concrete with their own water supply designed to withstand a siege of up to a month. Many were built to the same basic design especially along the border with Lebanon and Syria and at strategic ponts within Palestine.
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