Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has had no mail except for parcels. He has been playing pass ball and cricket. He has been sunbathing a lot.
Creator
Date
1943-07-13
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430713-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430713-0002
Transcription
13 LUG 1943
Dear Ma, No mail received here this week. Everything is O.K. Parcels continue regularly. My Pass ball team won two games this week. We are forth [sic] in the league now. Our cricket team “The Gash” are top having won all six games. England won thier [sic] second soccer game and the engraved watches. Bill had word of his mothers visit to you, and is very Pleased indeed. He is O.K and getting good mail just now. The news here is first Class Keep it up. Aurther George is O.K and nips over to see me quite often. I have been attending a P.T. Class every morning Since Last Mon and intend to carry on as long as it lasts. Sunbathing is very Popular as cricket can be watched at the same time. I am certainly acquiring a tan which I could not do at home. Please Remember me to all at home. I am in the Best of Health again and hope all at home are the same on recipt [sic] of this letter
Your Loving Son Leslie.
[page break]
[inserted] received Sept 16th 43 [/inserted]
[inserted] 47 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
By AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway
Burnage Manchester 19 Lanc’s.
England.
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
[rubber stamp]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
Campo 78. P.M. 3300 ITALIA.
[rubber stamp]
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma, No mail received here this week. Everything is O.K. Parcels continue regularly. My Pass ball team won two games this week. We are forth [sic] in the league now. Our cricket team “The Gash” are top having won all six games. England won thier [sic] second soccer game and the engraved watches. Bill had word of his mothers visit to you, and is very Pleased indeed. He is O.K and getting good mail just now. The news here is first Class Keep it up. Aurther George is O.K and nips over to see me quite often. I have been attending a P.T. Class every morning Since Last Mon and intend to carry on as long as it lasts. Sunbathing is very Popular as cricket can be watched at the same time. I am certainly acquiring a tan which I could not do at home. Please Remember me to all at home. I am in the Best of Health again and hope all at home are the same on recipt [sic] of this letter
Your Loving Son Leslie.
[page break]
[inserted] received Sept 16th 43 [/inserted]
[inserted] 47 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
By AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway
Burnage Manchester 19 Lanc’s.
England.
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
[rubber stamp]
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
Campo 78. P.M. 3300 ITALIA.
[rubber stamp]
[rubber stamp]
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 8, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42391.