Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
No mail received this week, but a fairly good supply of Red Cross parcels. He asks her to write to Bill's mother to let her know he is OK. One sentence has been censored. He is good health and spirits.
Creator
Date
1943-03-23
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430323-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430323-0002
Transcription
23 MAR 1943 XXI
Dear Ma, No mail Recieved [sic] here this week. We have a fairly good supply of Red Cross Parcels in the Camp. My mate has to collect 500 Rothmans from Parcel Store tomorrow. Have you written to his Mother yet, Mrs. Mary Knight, 60 Wykaham [sic] Street Liverpool 4. Tell her Bill is O.K and getting Some Fags from Home O.K. He has not Had a clothing Parcel yet but is Sweating. His Mail is Very Poor worse in Fact than mine is. I Had two letters from London today the First for six months. Ask Mrs Knight to Visit you Please it will be a change for her and you. The weather Here is good and a fair amount of Sunbathing is being Gloried in.
[censored words]
am unlucky with the Fag Parcels again but I had one the other week from Flo Sharpe. Please Remember me to all and tender my Best Regards. I am in the Best of Health and Better Spirits Hoping you enjoy the Same.
Your Loving Son
Leslie.
[page break]
500 900 9500
P.C.90. P.C.90.
[inserted] received May 3rd/43 16 [/inserted]
Al Mrs. Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road Kingsway.
Burnage, Manchester 19 Lanc’s.
England.
[page break]
MITTENTE: Casato, nome e grado [indecipherable word]
SENDER: Surname, name and rank [indecipherable word]
EXPÉDITEUR: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653.
Campo P.G.78. P.M.3300 ITALIA
[rubber stamp]
[missing word] scrivete su questa facciata.
[missing word] not write on this side.
[missing letters]rivez pas sur ce côté
VERIFICATO PER CENSURA [rubber stamp]
[crown] [crown] [crown]
[missing letters]ED BY [missing letters] MINER
OPENED BY EXAMINER
OPENED BY EXAMINER
Dear Ma, No mail Recieved [sic] here this week. We have a fairly good supply of Red Cross Parcels in the Camp. My mate has to collect 500 Rothmans from Parcel Store tomorrow. Have you written to his Mother yet, Mrs. Mary Knight, 60 Wykaham [sic] Street Liverpool 4. Tell her Bill is O.K and getting Some Fags from Home O.K. He has not Had a clothing Parcel yet but is Sweating. His Mail is Very Poor worse in Fact than mine is. I Had two letters from London today the First for six months. Ask Mrs Knight to Visit you Please it will be a change for her and you. The weather Here is good and a fair amount of Sunbathing is being Gloried in.
[censored words]
am unlucky with the Fag Parcels again but I had one the other week from Flo Sharpe. Please Remember me to all and tender my Best Regards. I am in the Best of Health and Better Spirits Hoping you enjoy the Same.
Your Loving Son
Leslie.
[page break]
500 900 9500
P.C.90. P.C.90.
[inserted] received May 3rd/43 16 [/inserted]
Al Mrs. Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road Kingsway.
Burnage, Manchester 19 Lanc’s.
England.
[page break]
MITTENTE: Casato, nome e grado [indecipherable word]
SENDER: Surname, name and rank [indecipherable word]
EXPÉDITEUR: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653.
Campo P.G.78. P.M.3300 ITALIA
[rubber stamp]
[missing word] scrivete su questa facciata.
[missing word] not write on this side.
[missing letters]rivez pas sur ce côté
VERIFICATO PER CENSURA [rubber stamp]
[crown] [crown] [crown]
[missing letters]ED BY [missing letters] MINER
OPENED BY EXAMINER
OPENED BY EXAMINER
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 5, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42375.