Letter from Billy Akrill to his father

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.

1935-05-26

Three page illustrated handwritten letter

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Potter Hill Frm,
N. Collingham,
Newark
26th May 1935
Dear Pa
Scenes of great excitement Yea! This morn, finding myself in need of a run (a chicken run not exercize [sic]) [drawing] I jumped up the loft after one [drawing] when suddely [sic] a great “rawkussin” was heard [drawing] & Lucy [drawing] appeared on the scene [drawing] “Oh cum [sic] an’ look I’ve summin [sic] to show you” she says [drawing] Full of curiosity I followed. Into the slack-yard we went [drawing] and saw [symbol]
[drawing of ducks and hens]
Yes we knew the old duck was sitting somewhere as she never came in at night [drawing]. Where we had no idea intill [sic] the old duck led the calves between the pea & wheat straw stack [drawing] there we found 5 more eggs [drawing] 2 had dead ducks in [drawing] course I had to see [drawing] I like broggling in eggs which don’t hatch
[page break]
I shut the old duck in a run & fed them [inserted] [underlined] (correct)[/underlined] [/inserted] [drawing] I had another shock on Friday [drawing]
I was lifting a broody of [sic] to feed her [drawing] when I suddenly saw her eggs were all “cracked” [drawing] On looking closer I saw that they were “chipped”. And before long there were two ducks out [drawing]. They should have come off on Monday instead of Friday, but they would be out [drawing of eggs]
We had a lovely time at the College yesterday but I must tell you about that on Sat as I’ve written thousands of letters & am about fed up
So
Toodle-oo
P.S. Found. Fr Partidge [sic] nest 7 eggs again old reaper in slack yd & a Partige [sic] 18 in orchard 3 yds from a stoat [symbol] hole got 3 chicks Harry after him [drawing]
[drawings]
[page break]
[fourteen farmyard drawings]
WATSON PULLETS
Although old Brownie is dead I’ve got another Brownie she’s just like old Brownie in ways. And is even “blind of an eye”.