Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has received his first parcel. One sentence has been censored.
Creator
Date
1942-02-10
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One printed double sided envelope and sheet with hand written annotations
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Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA420210-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA420210-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA420210-0003
Transcription
10TH Feb. 42
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma,
Since my last letter I've Had one letter from you one from Flo sharpe of Haytons and your [underlined] first Parcel. [/underlined] When you send your donation to the Red cross tell them to send me a [underlined] PERSONAL [/underlined] Invalid Parcel for it. We [underlined] dont [/underlined] get food Parcels Regular at all. Dont forget to tell me when you Receive your extra allowance and to Place it in the POST OFFICE Bank for me. it is more Handy than any other Bank. I am Pleased to Hear all is well at Home. There is a chap called Kenny who lives at 39 Grange Road North Hyde, it would Pass a day for you if you wish to call Round Please Remember me to all my Pals and Mr. Beaumont. The weather here is foul and has been since Xmas [censored] If you are still writing to Mrs. Pepper and [indecipherable word] give them my Regards and Best wishes. Can you ask some friends to drop me a line, it may Help me to get more mail than I do. your Letters are coming now but dont seem to come often. I must Close now Hoping you are in the same good Health this Letter leaves me in Your Loving Son Leslie
[page break]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
[rubber stamp] [post mark]
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41 Broadlea Road, Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England
[page break]
[two rubber stamps]
[underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT 551653
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma,
Since my last letter I've Had one letter from you one from Flo sharpe of Haytons and your [underlined] first Parcel. [/underlined] When you send your donation to the Red cross tell them to send me a [underlined] PERSONAL [/underlined] Invalid Parcel for it. We [underlined] dont [/underlined] get food Parcels Regular at all. Dont forget to tell me when you Receive your extra allowance and to Place it in the POST OFFICE Bank for me. it is more Handy than any other Bank. I am Pleased to Hear all is well at Home. There is a chap called Kenny who lives at 39 Grange Road North Hyde, it would Pass a day for you if you wish to call Round Please Remember me to all my Pals and Mr. Beaumont. The weather here is foul and has been since Xmas [censored] If you are still writing to Mrs. Pepper and [indecipherable word] give them my Regards and Best wishes. Can you ask some friends to drop me a line, it may Help me to get more mail than I do. your Letters are coming now but dont seem to come often. I must Close now Hoping you are in the same good Health this Letter leaves me in Your Loving Son Leslie
[page break]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
[rubber stamp] [post mark]
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41 Broadlea Road, Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England
[page break]
[two rubber stamps]
[underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT 551653
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42207.