From the archive: Camps and camping

Extracts from The Friend of 1915, compiled by Janet Scott

by Janet Scott 28th August 2015

In the late summer of 1915 the Friend was giving more and more coverage to the witness of Quakers. In Holland the Friends War Victims Relief Committee (FWVRC) was setting up workrooms in refugee camps – in Ede, Gouda, Uden and Amersfoort. In Britain the Friends’ Emergency Committee was visiting camps for interned aliens and prisoners of war. For others, summer and camping, though hard work, were much more enjoyable.