Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has had no letters in the last week but he received a clothing parcel and tobacco. There is a concert that night plus cricket and ball games. Weather is hot.
Creator
Date
1943-06-16
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430616-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430616-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA430616-0003
Transcription
16 GIU 1943
Dear Ma, Mail has dropped off during the Past few weeks. I received no letters last week, but! on thursday I collected my March clothing and a Baccy Parcel. Tonight I am going to see a Show by one of the camp Bands. Cricket is getting a stronger Hold on the Boys. Pass ball is also very Keenly Played. Knock-out and Legue [sic] games are being Played from half Past five in the morning to nine thirty at night. News is better than ever. Minnie has been here daily for weeks. Aurther George Recieved [sic] his [undecipherable word] clothing yesterday. When you next write to Bills People tell them he is Bald again having lost at Drraughts [sic]. He lost it last year when I did. I have’nt been tempted this season yet and hope to repel temptation when it comes along. Ludo is popular for the Present. The weather here is Glorious being about one twenty degrees in the shade. I am in good health and spirits hoping all at home are ditto Your Loving Son Leslie
15 GIU 1943
[page break]
[rubber stamp]
[inserted] received Aug 28th 43 [/inserted] [inserted] 45 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
By AIRMAIL VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway.
Burnage. Manchester 19. Lanc’s.
England.
[page break]
[rubber stamp]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653.
Campo P.G.78.P.M.3300. ITALIA.
VERIFICA [indecipherable letters]
PER CENSURA
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma, Mail has dropped off during the Past few weeks. I received no letters last week, but! on thursday I collected my March clothing and a Baccy Parcel. Tonight I am going to see a Show by one of the camp Bands. Cricket is getting a stronger Hold on the Boys. Pass ball is also very Keenly Played. Knock-out and Legue [sic] games are being Played from half Past five in the morning to nine thirty at night. News is better than ever. Minnie has been here daily for weeks. Aurther George Recieved [sic] his [undecipherable word] clothing yesterday. When you next write to Bills People tell them he is Bald again having lost at Drraughts [sic]. He lost it last year when I did. I have’nt been tempted this season yet and hope to repel temptation when it comes along. Ludo is popular for the Present. The weather here is Glorious being about one twenty degrees in the shade. I am in good health and spirits hoping all at home are ditto Your Loving Son Leslie
15 GIU 1943
[page break]
[rubber stamp]
[inserted] received Aug 28th 43 [/inserted] [inserted] 45 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
By AIRMAIL VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway.
Burnage. Manchester 19. Lanc’s.
England.
[page break]
[rubber stamp]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653.
Campo P.G.78.P.M.3300. ITALIA.
VERIFICA [indecipherable letters]
PER CENSURA
[rubber stamp]
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 9, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42387.