| Description | Diary of unidentified [Hull?] man who signed himself as 'Dick', and refers in the diary to speaking 'Hull-ish'. The diary is a record of a voyage across the Atlantic covering Sunday 14 to Friday 19 Mar 1914 and is addressed to the author's mother or mum and dad. The author left from the port of Liverpool on 14 Mar and arrived in Halifax in Canada on [20 Jun] with the intention of travelling from there to Edmonton. The author also refers to 'Harry' as a travelling companion.
The diary describes daily life on board ship as a passenger travelling 3rd class. He describes the daily routine, food eaten, sea sickness, how passengers amused themselves and descriptions of passengers, especially 'foreigners'. |