Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has had 4 letters and 200 cigarettes. They have been plating knock-out whist. They are having a concert that evening.
Creator
Date
1942-08-04
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA420804-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA420804-0002
Transcription
4/8/42.
Dear Ma,
My mail has been good this week. I’ve had 3 letters from Winnie, 1 from Norman and none from you, also 200 Craven A from Edith Hallaway. We had Heavy Rain last Evening, and were really fed up in General. To Pass the time we Played Knock-out whist as a result many of the Boys look Freaks. The stakes varied from having an eye-Brow shaved to your Head shaved. I won four games winning one eye-Brow, half a moustash, one head of h[missing letters] and half a head of hair. I lost all my Hair. men who lost only Half have to keep the Remaining half for a week. This sort of sport is very funny indeed, if only you could see us. Tell Winnie Jock Cudman has had 3 letters from her this week and that he will be as bald as the rest by the end of the day. This evening we are having a concert. Everything here is O.K. Parcels, Red Cross and Personal are coming in quite well, mail is still a bit slack though. I hope this letter finds you as high in Spirits and Health it leaves me in. Remember me to all and give them my Regards
[missing word] loving Son Leslie.
[indecipherable word] DELAYS IN CENSORSHIP [indecipherable word] WRITE SHORT AND CLEAR LETTERS
[page break]
EXAMINER 4959 26
Al Mrs Annie Pickford, [rubber stamp]
41, Broadlea Road Kingsway.
Burnage Manchester Lanc’s
[page break]
[underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE [missing numbers]653
[stamp]
VERIFICATO PER CENSURA
[stamp]
P.C. 90
OPENED BY
[page break]
MITTENTE: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD LESLIE
SENDER: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653
EXPÉDITEUR: Prénom, nom et grade CONCENTRAMENTO 78
Campo POSTA MILITARE 3300 ITALIA
Dear Ma,
My mail has been good this week. I’ve had 3 letters from Winnie, 1 from Norman and none from you, also 200 Craven A from Edith Hallaway. We had Heavy Rain last Evening, and were really fed up in General. To Pass the time we Played Knock-out whist as a result many of the Boys look Freaks. The stakes varied from having an eye-Brow shaved to your Head shaved. I won four games winning one eye-Brow, half a moustash, one head of h[missing letters] and half a head of hair. I lost all my Hair. men who lost only Half have to keep the Remaining half for a week. This sort of sport is very funny indeed, if only you could see us. Tell Winnie Jock Cudman has had 3 letters from her this week and that he will be as bald as the rest by the end of the day. This evening we are having a concert. Everything here is O.K. Parcels, Red Cross and Personal are coming in quite well, mail is still a bit slack though. I hope this letter finds you as high in Spirits and Health it leaves me in. Remember me to all and give them my Regards
[missing word] loving Son Leslie.
[indecipherable word] DELAYS IN CENSORSHIP [indecipherable word] WRITE SHORT AND CLEAR LETTERS
[page break]
EXAMINER 4959 26
Al Mrs Annie Pickford, [rubber stamp]
41, Broadlea Road Kingsway.
Burnage Manchester Lanc’s
[page break]
[underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE [missing numbers]653
[stamp]
VERIFICATO PER CENSURA
[stamp]
P.C. 90
OPENED BY
[page break]
MITTENTE: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD LESLIE
SENDER: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653
EXPÉDITEUR: Prénom, nom et grade CONCENTRAMENTO 78
Campo POSTA MILITARE 3300 ITALIA
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/42282.