Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby
Title
Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby
Description
He writes about her cycling.
Creator
Date
1943-05-30
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One handwritten sheet and airgraph envelope
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EDarbyCAHWellandJ430530-0001, EDarbyCAHWellandJ430530-0002
Transcription
airgraph
30-5-43
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MISS J WELLAND.
7. QUEENS DRIVE
SURBITON.
SURREY.
ENGLAND.
16.
927893. L.A.C. DARBY.
31. DEPOT. R.A.F.
Trenton tu. B.
Canada.
30/5/43.
Dear Jean.
Hope you will notice number which I haven’t forgotten for a change, did you receive letter 16 O.K.
so you will probably have noticed it went by a different route and should arrive there quickly. At the moment there has been a gap in your usual regular letters, the last one received was about a fortnight ago. perhaps these are being censored! How’s things these days? still plenty of work I suppose. by the way see you still mowing pedestrians down on that gallant steed of yours,? don’t they taken [sic] any notice of the ‘L’s any more. Shall have to write a letter, these airgraphs cramp my style. I can’t get down to business on these, however expect you will be glad to hear that I’m still alive, and wondering if I shall see some active service one day in the far-distant future. Well, this is all at the moment take care of yourself, Yours Jack.
30-5-43
[page break]
MISS J WELLAND.
7. QUEENS DRIVE
SURBITON.
SURREY.
ENGLAND.
16.
927893. L.A.C. DARBY.
31. DEPOT. R.A.F.
Trenton tu. B.
Canada.
30/5/43.
Dear Jean.
Hope you will notice number which I haven’t forgotten for a change, did you receive letter 16 O.K.
so you will probably have noticed it went by a different route and should arrive there quickly. At the moment there has been a gap in your usual regular letters, the last one received was about a fortnight ago. perhaps these are being censored! How’s things these days? still plenty of work I suppose. by the way see you still mowing pedestrians down on that gallant steed of yours,? don’t they taken [sic] any notice of the ‘L’s any more. Shall have to write a letter, these airgraphs cramp my style. I can’t get down to business on these, however expect you will be glad to hear that I’m still alive, and wondering if I shall see some active service one day in the far-distant future. Well, this is all at the moment take care of yourself, Yours Jack.
Collection
Citation
Jack Darby, “Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/39544.