Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has had no mail. They had a fancy dress party at Easter. He has been playing football and cricket. His other activities are learning French, sketching and reading.
Creator
Date
1942-05-04
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA420504-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA420504-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA420504-0003
Transcription
4 MAG 1942
Dear Ma, I've received no mail whatsoever this week. We missed our customary easter eggs again this year. Easter Monday was celebrated with a camp fancy-dress ball. The costumes were very good indeed illustrating, Girls Popeye, mercury, long john Silver, parsons, [indecipherable word] Policeman, convicts and a host of other Fictious Personages. The weather has been good but is rather dull today. Wed and Sat brought the usual soccer matches Sat's match was Sgt’s v No 3 compound which we won 3-2. On Wed I Played cricket in the compound, we played three innings each team, we won, two out of three, a very unusual occurrence [sic]. I am progressing well in my french and a little sketching I am doing. Of late I have been reading some good classical Books in place of the Mysteries, Westerns and Romantical Novels which fill most shelves in our Library. It is a good job we have Parcels in as other food is scarse [sic] being the Period between Winter and Spring harvest. I hope you are enjoying the Same good health as I am.
Your Loving Son Leslie.
[page break]
received June 26th 53562 24.
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
BY AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road, Kingsway
Burnage, Manchester 19. Lanc’s
England.
[indecipherable line]
[page break]
[rubber stamp] Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE [rubber stamp]
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom at grado SGT. 551653
Campo P.G.78: P.M.3300: ITALIA.
Dear Ma, I've received no mail whatsoever this week. We missed our customary easter eggs again this year. Easter Monday was celebrated with a camp fancy-dress ball. The costumes were very good indeed illustrating, Girls Popeye, mercury, long john Silver, parsons, [indecipherable word] Policeman, convicts and a host of other Fictious Personages. The weather has been good but is rather dull today. Wed and Sat brought the usual soccer matches Sat's match was Sgt’s v No 3 compound which we won 3-2. On Wed I Played cricket in the compound, we played three innings each team, we won, two out of three, a very unusual occurrence [sic]. I am progressing well in my french and a little sketching I am doing. Of late I have been reading some good classical Books in place of the Mysteries, Westerns and Romantical Novels which fill most shelves in our Library. It is a good job we have Parcels in as other food is scarse [sic] being the Period between Winter and Spring harvest. I hope you are enjoying the Same good health as I am.
Your Loving Son Leslie.
[page break]
received June 26th 53562 24.
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
BY AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road, Kingsway
Burnage, Manchester 19. Lanc’s
England.
[indecipherable line]
[page break]
[rubber stamp] Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE [rubber stamp]
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom at grado SGT. 551653
Campo P.G.78: P.M.3300: ITALIA.
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42217.