Browse Items (68 total)
- Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)"
Sort by:
Letter from Malcolm Payne to Doris Weeks
Starts with love talk, mentions parcel from mother and leave coming up.
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Their course has finished. Their last night flight was in very clear weather. Jean has been cooking for her parents.
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
He describes his return journey to base.
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
He is expecting leave when he gets transferred. The weather has delayed the course again. They have been drinking beer in Newark.
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
His prospects of leave are diminishing since they have a date to move regardless of whether they finish the course. He asks Jean about flying bombs. He has been going by bus into Newark, three miles away. They have become engaged and he asks her…
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his social activities.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of arranging accommodation for his wife’s arrival at Spalford.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his car, colleagues and finding accommodation.
Letter from Donald Brown to Marg
![EBrownDASmithM[Date]-020001.jpg](https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/1776/36890/EBrownDASmithM[Date]-020001.jpg "EBrownDASmithM[Date]-020001.jpg")
Thanks for letter. Reports that he has not flown on operations, but went to Norfolk to collect a squadron Lancaster. Asks after Draper and enquirers whether 'father [is] still in control of the Langofrd N.F.S.'
Letter from Donald Brown to his parents
![EBrownDABrown[Mo-Fa][Date]-010001.jpg](https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/1776/36910/EBrownDABrown[Mo-Fa][Date]-010001.jpg "EBrownDABrown[Mo-Fa][Date]-010001.jpg")
Comments that he is very tired. Not very impressed with some air marshall congratulating them - more concerned that they have done 11 of their 30 operations. He's sorry to hear about his Aunt Minnie and commiserates with his father.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Billy mixes real events with fantasy stories, illustrated with small people and animals.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Writes about eating duck and chickens laying eggs. Illustrated with coloured drawings of their garden, including flowers and chickens and two comic strip style cartoons.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Writes about Stainless Stephen, a thunderstorm ('mother covered up the mirror and fender') and the garden and includes a number of drawings of people and coloured flowers.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Written in dialect as 'Johnathan Trumpitt', including small illustrations.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Relates a visit to Belvoir Castle, Nottingham and Wollerton (sic) Park via a series of captioned drawings. Then includes a illustrated story or stories.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Writes of the weather, a visit to Fillingham Castle, acquaintances, new kittens, geese laying and family members. Includes a number of drawings of people, places and animals.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Writes about farm animals and a recent visit to the college. Illustrated with pictures of animals and people. The last page is a coloured, comic strip style drawing about chickens on the farm.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Lists recently sold calves, prices and the names of their new owners. Comments on the sales process and about taking the pigs to market, includes amounts made from their sale also. Includes drawings of the cow auction and market.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Writes about the farm, hatching eggs and the garden, detailing the flowers. Includes illustrations of plants, hatching eggs, animals and people.
Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Refers to his mother's new hair style, including a sketch drawing. Also writes about the farm, including looking after the geese and briefly mentions Skegness. Includes some small pencil drawings of people and birds.
Letter from Bill Akrill to his sister
![EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]421007-0001.jpg](https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/square_thumbnails/666/18065/EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]421007-0001.jpg "EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]421007-0001.jpg")
Bill writes he is home again after just a week but has to return to West Freugh to pass out with 37 out of 40 students. Moans about the total confusion and having to return there unnecessarily. Found his bicycle at the station when he got back so…
Last night's air raid
Seven caricature figures, five men and two women in a room. Three men are conversing on the left in front of fireplace. A woman sits reading a newspaper on a chair and another woman stands in front of her with paper in hand. On the right two men in…
John Martin's memoir
The story of John Martin's last operation, how he was shot down, escaped the aircraft and was captured. He was interrogated at Dulag Luft in Frankfurt then transferred to various Stalg Luft camps. His story covers episodes in his life until he was…
Irene Harrison, land girl at Potter Hill
Girl in land girl uniform carrying basket with vegetables and two rabbits with other items under her arm. Captioned 'Home for Christmas'. Title 'Irene Harrison, land girl at Potter Hill, letters page 206'.
