Letter to David and Joyce Donaldson from Ian

Letter to David and Joyce Donaldson from Ian

From David's brother thanking him for birthday telegram and relating current activities. Catches up with family news. Tells an amusing story about two Women's Auxiliary Air Force members.

Four page handwritten l;etter

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Fritham
Sunday
Dear Joyce & David
Thank you for you[sic] telegram on my birthday. Evan Norman managed to remember it this year so I considered it a good birthday. (I enclose his letter in case it may interest you.) I have spent this weekend stuffing myself silly on a large chocolate cake, raspberries strawberries & cherries, in fact the whole summer all wrapped into one day.
I also managed to arrive in time for a launch
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lunch, but what impressed me was the number of well dressed men walking about Southampton. First there was Smith in a well cut suit I bought in London in 1936, and on reaching the Works, there was Masters resplendent in a suit from Stafford circa 1937. Capt Eyston had on one suspiciously like one from Clifton in 1938 but I couldn't be sure about this one.
Ma & Pa seem all right. I gather Ma has improved a lot in the last few days. Elizabeth is returning to Brian about July 14th. Ma is going to Pangbourne for 2 [word deleted] or 3 weeks and Daddy to a pub
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Then Ma & Pa are returning to Fritham for August, after which the future is a bit uncertain. I think they might try Brambridge for a bit.
I hope your own affairs are straightening themselves out satisfactorily.
Yrs
Ian
P.S. Did you know the story of the two WAAFs I met in the depths of the country who enquired the way to Cranwell & said they did want a convenience. We were about to recommend the local hedge when they went on to say that all the buses were full & there seemed to be no other traffic.
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So perhaps they really meant a conveyance