Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father
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Title
Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father
Description
Acknowledges receipt of letter and parcel. Says he spends most of his time reading and that he is trying to get a bicycle. Writes that he had not been into Norwich yet but might go that week. Mentions station dances and cinema. Mentions getting letter from friend.
Creator
Date
1944-03-14
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Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
Three page handwritten letter and envelope
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Identifier
EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440314
Transcription
[postage stamp] [postmark 14 MCH 1944]
Mrs H Ellis
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield. 2.
Yorks.
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1238597 F/S Ellis
c/o Sgts Mess
RA.F Station
Coltishall
Norfolk
Dear Mam and Dad,
I received your letter and the parcel last Friday. Thanks for the sweets and the scarf, I did wonder where the scarf had got to.
Things are much the same down here and I spend most of my time reading library books. At the moment I am try [sic] to get a bike as it is such a long way
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around the station.
I have not been in to Norwich yet but I think I shall go there one day this week to have a look round. There is usually a dance on the station two or three times a week and there is a film on at the cinema every evening so we do not bad for entertainment.
In the airgraph from Hats he says he is almost certain he will not get married before he comes home. He would like to but as his mother and father do not want him to and he is not sure of his
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financial position in England he will not bother.
I guess thats all for now remember me to all
Your loving son
Lewis
P.S. The guy I met on the station going to Harrogate was Henessey not Elley. Henessey is at Coltishall with me now and Elley is somewhere in Lincoln.
Mrs H Ellis
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield. 2.
Yorks.
[page break]
[Blank page]
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1238597 F/S Ellis
c/o Sgts Mess
RA.F Station
Coltishall
Norfolk
Dear Mam and Dad,
I received your letter and the parcel last Friday. Thanks for the sweets and the scarf, I did wonder where the scarf had got to.
Things are much the same down here and I spend most of my time reading library books. At the moment I am try [sic] to get a bike as it is such a long way
[page break]
around the station.
I have not been in to Norwich yet but I think I shall go there one day this week to have a look round. There is usually a dance on the station two or three times a week and there is a film on at the cinema every evening so we do not bad for entertainment.
In the airgraph from Hats he says he is almost certain he will not get married before he comes home. He would like to but as his mother and father do not want him to and he is not sure of his
[page break]
financial position in England he will not bother.
I guess thats all for now remember me to all
Your loving son
Lewis
P.S. The guy I met on the station going to Harrogate was Henessey not Elley. Henessey is at Coltishall with me now and Elley is somewhere in Lincoln.
Collection
Citation
E L Ellis, “Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 17, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/43079.