Letter to Jozef Nogal from ET Wallis
Title
Letter to Jozef Nogal from ET Wallis
Description
The letter tells Jozef she has a cold, has been sight seeing in Edinburgh, to the theatre, plans to to hear the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Edinburgh and she is unsure of what work she will do.
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Date
1944-08-29
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Format
One handwritten prisoner of war letter
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Identifier
EWallisETNogalJ440829-0001, EWallisETNogalJ440829-0002
Transcription
WRITE [underlined] VERY CLEARLY [/underlined] ON THE LINES TO AVOID DELAY IN CENSORSHIP
NO ENCLOSURES ALLOWED
DATE 29th August 1944.
My dear Josek – I’m in the middle of a snorting cold & consequently very snuffly & bad-tempered which is infuriating in August. To-morrow we’re going on a rout [sic] march which ought to work it off but before that we’re having a very special company inspection by the C.O. which is putting the wind up us all. My buttons seem to be a special brand that don’t shine & my shoes are the same.
On Friday we went on the binge in Edinburgh & had a lovely time – there were 3 of us having our half-day then, & we began by making a grand tour which culminated in my buying a watch ribbon.
We had a look at the flower clock in the park which is very well worth seeing, though it doesn’t come up to the Brussels one. Finally we went to the theatre to see the Lunts in “There Shall be No Night” – we went to the very top of the theatre, so the stage was far away below us so we had to crane forward – It was great fun & I don’t think I’ve so much enjoyed anything for a long time. We came back by train & just managed to be in in time. Thursday is our half-day this week & we’re going to hear the London Philarmonic [sic] Orchestra in Edinburgh. What the programme is none of us knows but it’s not a chance to be missed easily. To-night we have to stay in to scrub out our hut & finish marking our kit, which is going to be a bit dull! Every week we do that & at the end of all this we’re going to be better char-women than anything else as far as I can see, really we might be worse. I still don’t know what
CONTINUE IN BOTTOM PANEL OVERLEAF
[page break]
I’m to be but I don’t think it’ll be a driver, because I did the final ‘mechanical’ test badly though I got through all the writing business all right: whatever it is it’ll all go to help. Invitations have been pouring in from obscure friends asking me to go to see them so I’ve been having an orgy of ‘phone calls fixing things up – people are being so very kind to us all round & the merest strangers are making us feel at home up here. You’ll have to come to see it all too & see if you agree. Elizabeth
FROM (SENDER’S FULL NAME & ADDRESS)
MISS E.T. WALLIS,
1, VINEYARD HILL,
HEREFORD.
ENGLAND.
[Prisoner of War Header]
[rubber stamp]
[postage stamp] [postmark]
RANK & NAME At/Lt Josef NOGAL
[deleted] British [/deleted] Polish Prisoner of War
PRISONER OF WAR No.: “Z” 34
CAMP NAME & No.: M STAMMLAGER LUFT 3
COUNTRY: GERMANY
[PASSED stamp]
NO ENCLOSURES ALLOWED
DATE 29th August 1944.
My dear Josek – I’m in the middle of a snorting cold & consequently very snuffly & bad-tempered which is infuriating in August. To-morrow we’re going on a rout [sic] march which ought to work it off but before that we’re having a very special company inspection by the C.O. which is putting the wind up us all. My buttons seem to be a special brand that don’t shine & my shoes are the same.
On Friday we went on the binge in Edinburgh & had a lovely time – there were 3 of us having our half-day then, & we began by making a grand tour which culminated in my buying a watch ribbon.
We had a look at the flower clock in the park which is very well worth seeing, though it doesn’t come up to the Brussels one. Finally we went to the theatre to see the Lunts in “There Shall be No Night” – we went to the very top of the theatre, so the stage was far away below us so we had to crane forward – It was great fun & I don’t think I’ve so much enjoyed anything for a long time. We came back by train & just managed to be in in time. Thursday is our half-day this week & we’re going to hear the London Philarmonic [sic] Orchestra in Edinburgh. What the programme is none of us knows but it’s not a chance to be missed easily. To-night we have to stay in to scrub out our hut & finish marking our kit, which is going to be a bit dull! Every week we do that & at the end of all this we’re going to be better char-women than anything else as far as I can see, really we might be worse. I still don’t know what
CONTINUE IN BOTTOM PANEL OVERLEAF
[page break]
I’m to be but I don’t think it’ll be a driver, because I did the final ‘mechanical’ test badly though I got through all the writing business all right: whatever it is it’ll all go to help. Invitations have been pouring in from obscure friends asking me to go to see them so I’ve been having an orgy of ‘phone calls fixing things up – people are being so very kind to us all round & the merest strangers are making us feel at home up here. You’ll have to come to see it all too & see if you agree. Elizabeth
FROM (SENDER’S FULL NAME & ADDRESS)
MISS E.T. WALLIS,
1, VINEYARD HILL,
HEREFORD.
ENGLAND.
[Prisoner of War Header]
[rubber stamp]
[postage stamp] [postmark]
RANK & NAME At/Lt Josef NOGAL
[deleted] British [/deleted] Polish Prisoner of War
PRISONER OF WAR No.: “Z” 34
CAMP NAME & No.: M STAMMLAGER LUFT 3
COUNTRY: GERMANY
[PASSED stamp]
Collection
Citation
ET Wallis, “Letter to Jozef Nogal from ET Wallis,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/37852.