Letter to Lewis Ellis from his brother Sidney

Letter to Lewis Ellis from his brother Sidney

Writes about how he was getting on at his new school and provides details of his activities there. Continues with home family news. Concludes with school timetable.

1942-11-16

Three page handwritten letter and envelope

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EXAMINER 708

[BY AIR MAIL stamp]

[postmark 16 NOV 1942] [postage stamp]

1238597,
SGT/PT E.L. ELLIS,
No 7, B & G SCHOOL,
PAULSON,
MANITOBA,
CANADA

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S. ELLIS,
54, WULFRIC RD,
MANOR,
SHEFFIELD
YORKS,
ENGLAND

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P.C. 90

OPENED BY

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54 Wulfric Road,
Manor,
Sheffield. 2.

Dear Lewis,

I am getting on quite well at my new school. Up to now I have had no detention or lines. As I expect mother will have told you I am in the same House, form-room, form and desk as you were when you started at this school. Mr. Williams (Billy Williams) came into our form-room, and called our names and which Houses we were in and he called my name[deleted]s[/deleted] for the Franks. But after he had called all the formes [sic] names and Houses, I told him that you were in the Normans and I would like to be in the same House.

Mr. Tingle (Tango) takes us for history and geog and is always giving us tests. Mr. Smith (Pharoe) takes us for physics, the lesson which no-one likes, I have never had a mark above severn [sic] up to now. Miss Baron (Sally Baron) takes us for maths, at which I am quite good. Miss Bowlrich, our form mistress, takes us for Fench [sic] and English, I am not bad at these two lessons.

The lesson I like best is Field, and boy o boy arnt [sic] we glad when Monday comes. So much

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for school.

This after-noon me, mother and Renee went for me a new suit. We came back with nothing for me, but a coat and a reading lamp for our Renee. When we went for the reading-lamp it took three to serve us. An old man kept ordering for every reading lamp there was in the shop, for us to look at. A man feched [sic] them, and a woman delt [sic] with the money.

Renee is having a party next Saturday to celebrate her twenty-first, and about twenty are invited to it. The presant [sic] I bought for her is two fancy silk coat-hangers, and mam and dad between them bought the reading lamp I mentioned before.

The family is well including Tyne, the fowls and my [underlined] one [/underlined] rabbit.

Sydney

P.S. this is our forms time-table. P.T.O.

Monday / English / Fench [sic] / Maths / Field / Geog / His / Physics
Tuesday / English / Maths / Scripture / His / Fench / P.T. / Eng / Math
Wednesday / Fench / English / Geog / Music / Math / Fench / P.T. / Phis [sic]
Thursday / Maths / Singing / English / Fench / Handicraft / His / Geog
Friday / Art / Art / Fench / Maths / Eng / Sing / Chemis

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P.P.S. Every one wishes that you were here to take part in the party.