Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
Weather is better. He asks for khaki shorts, socks but no longer wants a mouth organ. Red Cross parcels are irregular as is mail.
Creator
Date
1942-01-20
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA420120-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA420120-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA420120-0003
Transcription
20/1/42.
Dear Ma
We are getting better weather here now the sun comes out quite Regular so things are a little Better. can you send me two Pairs of Karki [sic] shorts in my next Parcel and some socks. [underlined] Dont [/underlined] send that mouthorgan, I Have’nt received your first Parcel yet or the cigs but am expecting them any time. Red cross Parcels are beginning to arrive again but they are very irregular, we get them for two or three weeks then we are without for a fortnight. Please dont forget the snaps I asked for. Mail is very dissapointing [sic] as we are lucky to get one a week. Ive had none since before Xmas. Please remember me to all and get them to write The more letters sent the Better chance I have of getting some letters. I hear my Pals are working Hard. I Hope they keep it up I must close now Hoping this letter finds you in the same good Health and Spirit it leaves me in.
Your Loving Son
Leslie
[page break]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [inserted] 118. [/inserted]
Al Mrs A. Pickford
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England.
[two rubber stamps]
[page break]
[rubber stamp] [underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT 551653 [post mark]
VER[missing letters]OPER CENSURA
[page break]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD. LESLIE
Sender: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653.
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade CAMPO CONCENTRAMENTO
Campo No. 78 POSTA MILITARE. No 3300 ITALIA.
Dear Ma
We are getting better weather here now the sun comes out quite Regular so things are a little Better. can you send me two Pairs of Karki [sic] shorts in my next Parcel and some socks. [underlined] Dont [/underlined] send that mouthorgan, I Have’nt received your first Parcel yet or the cigs but am expecting them any time. Red cross Parcels are beginning to arrive again but they are very irregular, we get them for two or three weeks then we are without for a fortnight. Please dont forget the snaps I asked for. Mail is very dissapointing [sic] as we are lucky to get one a week. Ive had none since before Xmas. Please remember me to all and get them to write The more letters sent the Better chance I have of getting some letters. I hear my Pals are working Hard. I Hope they keep it up I must close now Hoping this letter finds you in the same good Health and Spirit it leaves me in.
Your Loving Son
Leslie
[page break]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [inserted] 118. [/inserted]
Al Mrs A. Pickford
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England.
[two rubber stamps]
[page break]
[rubber stamp] [underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT 551653 [post mark]
VER[missing letters]OPER CENSURA
[page break]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD. LESLIE
Sender: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653.
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade CAMPO CONCENTRAMENTO
Campo No. 78 POSTA MILITARE. No 3300 ITALIA.
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 16, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42206.