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Title
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Akrill, William. Letters written at thirteen
Description
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Ten illustrated letters written to Billy Akrill's father who was in hospital in 1935. The letters refer to farm activities in Newark and Nottinghamshire: animals, the weather and his family and include illustrated stories. There are also cartoons and drawings, some coloured.
Creator
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Billy Akrill
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-12-04
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Identifier
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Akrill, WE
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Potter Hill,
Collingham,
Newark Notts
[underlined] 12/5/35 [/underlined]
Oh King, Live for ever!
May it please your gracious majesty to know that the Indian game eggs [drawing of 3 eggs] bestowed upon thy humble servant on the thirteenth day of the fourth month of the thirty-fifth year, which were duly sat upon by a hen, have hatched [drawing of a bird] Yes Verily! And behold they wax strong [drawing of a bird] in the sight of me lord (that’s me) ahem!
Oh my! Mother’s just parked the rug on the hearth. “Take off thy shoes from off thy feet for the place where thou standest is holy ground” Not ‘arf [drawing]
In your dear lordship’s garden planted up here the plants are gay wi’ bloom [drawing of flowers] wallflowers, Lilac, pansies, dandelions, irises, daisies, chickweed, lilies of the valley, forget-me-nevers, tulips, narsissi [sic] Laburnum & shamrock, not forgetting the handsome nettles and groundsel are all alive with blooms [drawing of flowers]
Aye & the lawn will soon be ready for cutting though we do not like disturbing the partidge [sic] nests
[page break]
built there in [drawing]. There is also a skylark or two [drawing] And behold! when Harry returned home yesterday evening at 2 o’clock this morning he brought with him a large coker [sic] nut [drawing] which he cracked open and now I need my tummy rubbing [drawing] as I’ve eaten such a lot [drawings]
Harry’s just put his foot on the rug. [drawing] Bad job fo [sic] him if mother sees [drawings]
Yours till Hens lay square tin eggs
[drawings]
Billy
What a life looking after ducks! [drawing]
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Title
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Letter from Billy Akrill to his father
Description
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Writes about the farm, hatching eggs and the garden, detailing the flowers. Includes illustrations of plants, hatching eggs, animals and people.
Creator
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Billy Akrill
Date
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1935-05-12
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
Format
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Two page illustrated letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Artwork
Identifier
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SAkrillWE1436220v10002
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Newark (Nottinghamshire)
Temporal Coverage
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1935-05
1935-04
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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