David Holbrook
Page from a letter to his parents
Meanwood Park, Leeds, [Summer 1944]
From MS Add. 9987

Transcript:

10

in case any chaps got drowned.

thousands of gallons.
COCK
CHAPS SURFACING
3 feet pipe.
ladder
Return Pumps
OUTLET

The pit took about 10 seconds to fill!

Getting out of a tank is usually a painful business, but under water you just glide up like an ascending spirit!!