From Andrew to Isabel
Title
From Andrew to Isabel
Description
An aerogram written by Andrew when training in South Africa. He has now been there a week and has visited Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Creator
Date
1942-05-29
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Language
Format
One aerogram letter
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Identifier
EBainABainID420529
Transcription
Miss I.D. AITCHISON,
31, STIRLING DRIVE,
BURNSIDE,
RUTHERGLEN,
GLASGOW,
SCOTLAND.
658930 LAC A. BAIN
No 75, AIR SCHOOL,
LYTTLETON CAMP, TRANSVAAL, S.A.
29/5/42.
Dear Isabel,
We have been here more than a week now and we are well settled into the routine of the camp. Everybody is naturally looking forward to their first mail which we hope to get in about a fortnight. I have taken a number of photographs which I shall send on as soon as soon as I can get them developed. Jack, Calem, and I had a grand weekend in Jo’burg last weekend for there are plenty very good facilities for the Services. It only takes us an hour by electric train. I managed to find a Presbyterian Church and attended the morning service which I found very stimulating. Jack and I this week on our late pass night spent it in Pretoria, this being another new experience for us. I have written a letter this week (10) telling you much more about these trips. I have not heard from your cousin yet. I asked him to write to me even though he found himself unable to meet me in Jo’burg. I suppose you will be interested to know that Bodo is not with me now but you will find more details of this also in the letter. I am continuing in the best of health and hope you are doing likewise. Could you let me know how Tommy gets on in his exams? I hope he does well. Yours, Andy.
31, STIRLING DRIVE,
BURNSIDE,
RUTHERGLEN,
GLASGOW,
SCOTLAND.
658930 LAC A. BAIN
No 75, AIR SCHOOL,
LYTTLETON CAMP, TRANSVAAL, S.A.
29/5/42.
Dear Isabel,
We have been here more than a week now and we are well settled into the routine of the camp. Everybody is naturally looking forward to their first mail which we hope to get in about a fortnight. I have taken a number of photographs which I shall send on as soon as soon as I can get them developed. Jack, Calem, and I had a grand weekend in Jo’burg last weekend for there are plenty very good facilities for the Services. It only takes us an hour by electric train. I managed to find a Presbyterian Church and attended the morning service which I found very stimulating. Jack and I this week on our late pass night spent it in Pretoria, this being another new experience for us. I have written a letter this week (10) telling you much more about these trips. I have not heard from your cousin yet. I asked him to write to me even though he found himself unable to meet me in Jo’burg. I suppose you will be interested to know that Bodo is not with me now but you will find more details of this also in the letter. I am continuing in the best of health and hope you are doing likewise. Could you let me know how Tommy gets on in his exams? I hope he does well. Yours, Andy.
Collection
Citation
Andrew Bain, “From Andrew to Isabel,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/16767.
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