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  • What is a Tamboo please?

    Grandad mentions camping in Tamboos... during WW1 in Nieppe Forest. I googled but no luck.

  • #2
    Different spelling but same pronunciation?
    Transwiki:Tambou - Wiktionary

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    • #3
      This extract from The Ghost Road By Pat Barker on Google Books refers to WW1 and 1918.

      "Monday, 16 September 1918 We live in tamboos - a sort of cross between a cowshed
      and an outdoor privy. Corrugated iron walls and roof — ****** noisy when it ..."
      The Ghost Road - Google Book Search
      Phil
      historyhouse.co.uk
      Essex - family and local history.

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      • #4
        And this one on Wilfred Owen's life describes it as a bivouac.
        Wilfred Owen - Google Book Search
        Phil
        historyhouse.co.uk
        Essex - family and local history.

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        • #5
          Ah, many thanks Keldon and Jill,
          the Cowshed/privvy sounds the most likely..

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