Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has received a letter from his mother. He has left the camp at Prato for a new camp. They are having a concert that night. It is much colder and there is snow in the mountains.
Creator
Date
1941-10-28
Temporal Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA411028-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA411028-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA411028-0003
Transcription
Dear Ma,
I received a letter from you dated 22 Aug just as we were leaving Prato. I am at the new camp now and am settled again. The journey was bad it took us 24 hrs in the train with a 4 mile walk with our kit at the other end. This camp is more organized than any of the others so it will be all right. Just outside our Room some of the Men are Playing Basket Ball. We are having a concert tonight. All the hills around this camp are covered with Snow so you can guess how cold it is. I hope all at home are as well as I am. I received the Post Card you sent from Douglas last week and it was a surprise to hear you were over there. We are still aloud [sic] the same letter and card each week. I must Close now with All My Love
Your Loving Son
Leslie
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Al Mrs A. Pickford
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England
551653 SGT [underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE.
[rubber stamp]
[rubber stamp]
[page break]
Non scrivete su questa facciata.
Do not write on this side.
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté.
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT 551653.
Campo Fonte D’Amore Sulmona
ITALY.
I received a letter from you dated 22 Aug just as we were leaving Prato. I am at the new camp now and am settled again. The journey was bad it took us 24 hrs in the train with a 4 mile walk with our kit at the other end. This camp is more organized than any of the others so it will be all right. Just outside our Room some of the Men are Playing Basket Ball. We are having a concert tonight. All the hills around this camp are covered with Snow so you can guess how cold it is. I hope all at home are as well as I am. I received the Post Card you sent from Douglas last week and it was a surprise to hear you were over there. We are still aloud [sic] the same letter and card each week. I must Close now with All My Love
Your Loving Son
Leslie
[page break]
[inserted] 176 [/inserted]
Al Mrs A. Pickford
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England
551653 SGT [underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE.
[rubber stamp]
[rubber stamp]
[page break]
Non scrivete su questa facciata.
Do not write on this side.
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté.
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT 551653.
Campo Fonte D’Amore Sulmona
ITALY.
Collection
Citation
Les Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 19, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42115.