Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Title
Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
Number 59. Mentions receiving tobacco and cigarettes from his father. Misses seeing daughter develop. Caught cold by practising violin in unheated lavatory annex. Photographs she sent give him great pleasure. Concludes with sending birthday greetings and asking after friends.
Creator
Date
1943-02-27
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Format
Two sides handwritten postcard
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Identifier
EValentineJRMValentineUM430227
Transcription
NUMBER 59
27-2-43
a large tobacco parcel from my Father today – 1lb tobacco & 200 fags. Please thank him & say I’ll write as soon as possible. 39 weeks ago tonight (9 mos [months])I left Britain – it seems like another existence, now, Frances must have changed a lot & I feel that I have missed a lot of joy from watching her develop. Have caught another lousy cold &, of course, lost my senses. My fiddle is largely to blame for I’ve spent a lot of time at it this week – in the unheated lavatory annex. The photos that came with your letter 45 are real beauties & gave me more pleasure than anything I’ve seen for a long time. If you can find time to remember all the Valentine birthdays in March, April & May I’d be glad. Hope you, Frances & Ba are fit. Let me have any news of Jack B.P. to pass on to Pepper[?] – All my love, dearest
John
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27-2-43
a large tobacco parcel from my Father today – 1lb tobacco & 200 fags. Please thank him & say I’ll write as soon as possible. 39 weeks ago tonight (9 mos [months])I left Britain – it seems like another existence, now, Frances must have changed a lot & I feel that I have missed a lot of joy from watching her develop. Have caught another lousy cold &, of course, lost my senses. My fiddle is largely to blame for I’ve spent a lot of time at it this week – in the unheated lavatory annex. The photos that came with your letter 45 are real beauties & gave me more pleasure than anything I’ve seen for a long time. If you can find time to remember all the Valentine birthdays in March, April & May I’d be glad. Hope you, Frances & Ba are fit. Let me have any news of Jack B.P. to pass on to Pepper[?] – All my love, dearest
John
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Collection
Citation
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine, “Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19266.
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