Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has received letters from home. He talks about family.
Creator
Date
1942-03-10
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA420310-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA420310-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA420310-0003
Transcription
10th March 42.
Dear Ma
The mail at this end is good now I’m Receiving letters from you Winnie Edith and Nellie also from Flo from Haytons. The weather is good but changes Very often. We had a Red Cross Representative here yesterday (Sat). I am Pleased to Hear all is well at Home and 18 [indecipherable word] Rd. I got two more snaps from Winnie the other day. Edith Holloway wishes me to ask you and dad to go for a weekend with them. When you get that money Ive sent you, you can make it a week. After having one each a fortnight ago Red Cross Parcels Ran out as usual. We average about one a month instead of one a week. Please Remember me to all my Pals and friends at Home. We have been having a few dances here but the Room is no bigger than our Kitchen and theres [indecipherable word] of us want to dance. So you can imagine the fun we get out of it, trying to knock one another off the floor. I must close now hoping this letter finds you as well as it leaves me.
Your Loving Son
Leslie
[page break]
[italics] Non scrivete su questa facciata.
Do not write on this side.
N’ écrivez pas sur ce côté. [/italics]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD. LESLIE
Sender: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade CAMPO CONCENTRAMENTO 70.
Campo POSTA MILITARE 3300 ITALIA
P.C.90
OPENED BY
EXAMINER 6060
[underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT. 551653
[inserted] received this Letter April 28th 1942 [/inserted]
[page break]
BY. AIR MAIL.
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [rubber stamp] [inserted] 96. [/inserted]
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Burnage. Manchester Lanc’s
England
Dear Ma
The mail at this end is good now I’m Receiving letters from you Winnie Edith and Nellie also from Flo from Haytons. The weather is good but changes Very often. We had a Red Cross Representative here yesterday (Sat). I am Pleased to Hear all is well at Home and 18 [indecipherable word] Rd. I got two more snaps from Winnie the other day. Edith Holloway wishes me to ask you and dad to go for a weekend with them. When you get that money Ive sent you, you can make it a week. After having one each a fortnight ago Red Cross Parcels Ran out as usual. We average about one a month instead of one a week. Please Remember me to all my Pals and friends at Home. We have been having a few dances here but the Room is no bigger than our Kitchen and theres [indecipherable word] of us want to dance. So you can imagine the fun we get out of it, trying to knock one another off the floor. I must close now hoping this letter finds you as well as it leaves me.
Your Loving Son
Leslie
[page break]
[italics] Non scrivete su questa facciata.
Do not write on this side.
N’ écrivez pas sur ce côté. [/italics]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD. LESLIE
Sender: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade CAMPO CONCENTRAMENTO 70.
Campo POSTA MILITARE 3300 ITALIA
P.C.90
OPENED BY
EXAMINER 6060
[underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT. 551653
[inserted] received this Letter April 28th 1942 [/inserted]
[page break]
BY. AIR MAIL.
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [rubber stamp] [inserted] 96. [/inserted]
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Burnage. Manchester Lanc’s
England
Collection
Citation
Les Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42212.