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19-07-15, 10:36

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Skettles?

Anyone any idea what skettles were? 4 x G/Uncle Samuel was delivering them

to St John's Wood barracks when somebody nicked his cart.

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19-07-15, 19:48

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Skittles? Kettles?

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19-07-15, 20:17

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All the newspaper entries looked at (not too many before I got bored!) seemed to be using the word for skittles.

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20-07-15, 10:30

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Thanks OC & Merry - so that's what Victorian soldiers got up to in their spare time.

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