Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has only had one letter that week. He watched a musical comedy last night. He has been playing cricket. Weather has been good.
Creator
Date
1943-08-08
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430808-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430808-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA430808-0003
Transcription
8 AGO 1943 XXI
Dear Ma, I’ve only received one letter this week and that was from London. Pleased to hear Reg. Frame is home. Last night I went to See a musical comedy called “Spring song for Jennifer” it was an excellent Show and was the Best received in the camp Our cricket team tied with the one Bill playsr [sic] in for the top of the league Each team loosing only one game out of nine. We had a Blood match to decide which should be called the champs, and Bill’s team beat us by Seventeen runs. The weather is all that is expected in sunny Italia, the only redeeming feature of our Stay here. Bill and I are in the Best of Health and spirits Hoping all at home are the same. Bill Has been in this camp twelve months now and we have been together all that time. Well space is getting short and the come and get it shout has just floated to our ears so cheerio for the present
Your Loving Son, Leslie.
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[inserted] received Sept 13th/43 16 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra 16 [/underlined]
BY AIR MAIL VIA. ROMA. LISBON
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road Kingsway
Burnage Manchester Lanc’s
England.
[page break]
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom el grade SGT. 551653.
Campo P.G.78. P.M.3300 ITALIA.
Dear Ma, I’ve only received one letter this week and that was from London. Pleased to hear Reg. Frame is home. Last night I went to See a musical comedy called “Spring song for Jennifer” it was an excellent Show and was the Best received in the camp Our cricket team tied with the one Bill playsr [sic] in for the top of the league Each team loosing only one game out of nine. We had a Blood match to decide which should be called the champs, and Bill’s team beat us by Seventeen runs. The weather is all that is expected in sunny Italia, the only redeeming feature of our Stay here. Bill and I are in the Best of Health and spirits Hoping all at home are the same. Bill Has been in this camp twelve months now and we have been together all that time. Well space is getting short and the come and get it shout has just floated to our ears so cheerio for the present
Your Loving Son, Leslie.
[page break]
[inserted] received Sept 13th/43 16 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra 16 [/underlined]
BY AIR MAIL VIA. ROMA. LISBON
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road Kingsway
Burnage Manchester Lanc’s
England.
[page break]
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom el grade 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 December 6, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42394.