Letter from Roy Chadwick to Rosemary Chadwick

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Title

Letter from Roy Chadwick to Rosemary Chadwick

Description

Note to go with identity card. Mentions he was at Air Ministry until late and had to drive home. Hope she will not get German Measles. Talks of visits and meetings and flying in the turbine driven Lincoln.

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Date

1947-03-07

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Format

Two page handwritten letter and envelope

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Identifier

EChadwickRLaphamR470306

Transcription

[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Miss Rosemary Chadwick
St. Elphin’s School
Darley Dale
Matlock
Derbyshire.
[page break]
Midnight Monday
My [underlined] dear Rosemary [/underlined]
Just a little note to go with your Idetenty [sic] Card my dear & thanks for your letter.
I’m a bit fogged as I was at the Air Ministry at six this evening & drove all the way home at speed arriving at ten fifty.
I’v [sic] just had supper & will be off to bed soon.
I do hope that you do not get the G. Measles it must be awful this hot weather
London was terribly hot today & I was busy all day
[page break]
[underlined] 2 [/underlined]
I had a most interesting time during the few days I was away, visiting several aircraft works & meeting lots of my friends.
I flew in the turbine driven “Lincoln” & enjoyed it.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the eggs, we will bring some more when Mummy & I come over to see you again
With much love from us both & a goodnight. X.
Yours ever
Daddy.

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Citation

Roy Chadwick, “Letter from Roy Chadwick to Rosemary Chadwick,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/10384.

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