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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Valentine, John John Ross Mckenzie Valentine J R M Valentine Description An account of the resource 674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945. He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-09-06 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Valentine, JRM Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Lido Monday 28 July Darlingest, I'm afraid this will be a short letter, it's 9.30 already & I'm pretty tired. Barbara & I did a large wash this morning including curtains from drawing room, nursery, kitchen & lavatory, & this afternoon I had an interminable session at the Food Office trying to get addresses altered on ration cards, getting Barbara re-registered & all the rest. What an exasperating business it is! My new ration books still haven't come but they wouldn't issue an emergency card so early in the week in case it came after all & I might get a double helping all round, so that [page break] probably means another hour's queuing on Friday or Saturday. I have also got down to the question of a Savings Group, got particulars from the Town Hall & have been going round this evening roping people in. They have all contributed except Mr Moss who is apparently more or less on the rocks & living on his capital anyway, his business having been so badly hit. The Evans weren't at home, & I'm going to try one or two houses further up the road as well, but so far I've got just over 30/- a week accounted for, which I suppose is not bad. When [page break] 2. everybody is roped in I have to write up & get the Group affiliated & they advance me stamps & books & stationery & all the rest & then off we go. I'm so glad that I shall be able to do at least this little something to help the war effort. I didn't have Frances weighed today as I only went to the Food office & left her behind in the garden with Barbara. But I hope to take her tomorrow. She is still as good & adorable as ever. Now I must hustle off to bed. Last night I didn't bother to black [page break] out much, so of course we had a raid; this evening I've blacked out thoroughly, & let's hope it has the opposite effect. Goodnight sweetheart, I love you so much. Tuesday No raid last night & this morning – wonder of wonders! - I actually got a reply to my advertisement (your advertisement). While I was bathing Frances who should arrive but Mrs Somerville, apparently straight from heaven, our answer to prayers etc. she's 40-50ish & very clean & respectable looking, has been years & years with one family who have now left London & is coming to me Mondays, Weds, & Fridays for 3 hours or maybe 4 in the mornings. In fact just exactly [page break] 3. what I wanted. If she turns out to be able to work at all it will be marvellous. Bridget is coming this pm & Thursday pm & Mrs Somerville is then starting next week, Mon. Wed. & Fri. I also have Mrs Hazards's woman, so with all that I ought to be able to get the spring cleaning done, & then we shall be able to go ahead with Mrs Somerville on routine cleaning. I DO so hope she turns out to be satisfactory. She lives at Kingbury & has to come by 83 bus. I am sending you [page break] 1oz of Cut Golden Bar & some vegetable laxative pills. There is no New Statesman this week, as you apparently have to give 10 days notice to get it. I'm longing to get your first letter from Jurby. Someone told me that butter is available ad lib over there & also that the Isle of Man is technically not at war. Is that so? With lots & lots of love Ursula. PS I've taken the film for D&P but it will take 2-3 weeks. PPS Send me your socks & any extra hankies. I'll boil them later along with the nappies & they are no trouble. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine Description An account of the resource Writes of days activities including issues with ration cards. Mentions organising savings group and other activities and catches up with baby news. Mentions blackout. Writes that she has had a reply to advertisement and home help has appeared. Talks of future plans. that she is sending him parcel. Concludes with comment that butter is available on the Isle of Mann and that it is technically not at war. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-07-28 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Six page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EValentineUMValentineJRM410728 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07-28 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ursula Valentine military living conditions military service conditions training