Letter from Arthur Bailey to Doris
Title
Letter from Arthur Bailey to Doris
Description
He has been to a show with Georgie. He has seven days leave coming.
Creator
Date
1939-12-14
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One double sided handwritten sheet
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Contributor
Identifier
EBaileyAWSellickD391214-0001, EBaileyAWSellickD391214-0002
Transcription
[underlined] St Arthur [/underlined]
14th December 1939.
Dear Doris.
Thanks for your letter, am glad to hear you all are quite O.K. I don’t know which Inglis is down here but he is the youngest one, so far I have not met him again. Am pleased to hear that they are calling up some more fellows, many of them chaps still holding back, deserve to be called to the colours.
Yes Georgie, I thoroughly enjoyed that show & I think it was the best one I have ever seen. The King & Queen were there for the second house, same evening.
Well in a short [word deleted] while I must be going to the Station Show, have reserved my seat, so shall be on the air. Many thanks for the Christmas present & please thank Ralph for me, I am very pleased with your choice, I shall have to buy yours when I arrive in London.
Our leave has been altered we are to have 7 days from next Thursday evening to the following Thursday, O.K. eh? I shall have plenty
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of time for everything, intend to make the most of my week.
Well, must close as time is short but until then cheerio & love to you all. I hope you all enjoy the show So heres till then.
Lovingly
Arthur.
[underlined] P.S. [/underlined] Will you please ask Ralph to cut off all the ued stamps he can find & send them to me, for one of the chaps here he collects them, thanks ever so much
14th December 1939.
Dear Doris.
Thanks for your letter, am glad to hear you all are quite O.K. I don’t know which Inglis is down here but he is the youngest one, so far I have not met him again. Am pleased to hear that they are calling up some more fellows, many of them chaps still holding back, deserve to be called to the colours.
Yes Georgie, I thoroughly enjoyed that show & I think it was the best one I have ever seen. The King & Queen were there for the second house, same evening.
Well in a short [word deleted] while I must be going to the Station Show, have reserved my seat, so shall be on the air. Many thanks for the Christmas present & please thank Ralph for me, I am very pleased with your choice, I shall have to buy yours when I arrive in London.
Our leave has been altered we are to have 7 days from next Thursday evening to the following Thursday, O.K. eh? I shall have plenty
[page break]
2/
of time for everything, intend to make the most of my week.
Well, must close as time is short but until then cheerio & love to you all. I hope you all enjoy the show So heres till then.
Lovingly
Arthur.
[underlined] P.S. [/underlined] Will you please ask Ralph to cut off all the ued stamps he can find & send them to me, for one of the chaps here he collects them, thanks ever so much
Collection
Citation
Arthur Bailey, “Letter from Arthur Bailey to Doris,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 13, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/45065.