Letter to Lewis Ellis from his mother

Letter to Lewis Ellis from his mother

Writes of his recent journey and mentions the problems of having to stand on trains and all overnight waits. Comments on home news of friends and family activities. Says that schools had all broken up now and talks of holidays to Skegness or Morecombe. Asks if he had received the laundry she sent. Continues with other news.

1944-07-31

Four page handwritten letter and envelope

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[postage stamp] [postmark 31 JLY 1944]

1238597

W.O. Ellis. L.
No 1 Segts Mess
RAF Station
Peplaw [sic]
Market Drayton
Salop.

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54 Wulfric Rd
Manor
[underlined] Sheffield 2. [/underlined]
[underlined] Monday [/underlined]

Dear Lewis

Your welcome letter arrived this morning please [sic] to hear you arrived back. O.K. so Mr Pascoe give [sic] you a lift to the station have you met him before he is a real nice man what I have seen of him and well liked round here. I expect you wouldnt be sorry when you got back if you stood all that way. The people here who have gone on holiday will have done that, also an all night wait for the train’s to Blackpool Cleethrorps [sic] and else where they say it was an awful down

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town Saturday morning. The Maple’s family are having their holiday this week Cyril and Eleanor went to a wedding Saturday today all the family have gone a hike over Latley Moss to Hathersage. The weather is not very great it looks ready for a storm. We had Harold over last Sunday (not yesterday) and I told him about the byke [sic] as I knew you would not have written him then he has sent Cyril a P.C. about it so I expect they have wrote back.

The school’s have all broke up now so you can guess we are in for a nice [underlined] quite [sic][/underlined] time I just wish you could have had our Sidney for a

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month (What a relief we should have had)

Renee is much better just now but as [sic] not [insert] got [/insert] digs yet for going away, they are trying for Skegness or Morecambe. we seem to have high hopes for Morecambe I do hope she can get away as I think it will set her up. We have only had three letters from her boss this week so I have just sent him a nice one back.

Have you got the laundry I sent last Wensday [sic] you dont mention it only you are sending home in a few day’s [sic] time.

Stanley went back last Wensday [sic] but was here for the day Saturday. Fred Spooner was over too I think his is Coastal Command he as [sic] been doing

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patrols a bite [sic] now. Jim Richardson had been over for the weekend last week and braught [sic] the girl friend with him it was Auntie Clara who had seen Mrs Richardson.

Dad as been counting his tomatoes he as got over 300 on now and they are grawing [sic] grand and its going to be a bite [sic] askew and if we want to snaffle one or two when they are ripe if he keeps count isnt it.

I think this is all the news for the present (write soon)

Love from Dad, Renee & Sidney

All my Love dear

Mother