Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula

Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula

Number 7. Reports no mail. Writes of rumour of move for which he would be sorry as they are well treated there, weather is good and a lot of work has been dome organising. Try another violin instructor.

1943-03-16

Two sides handwritten postcard

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.

EValentineJRMValentineUM430316

NUMBER 7
16-3-43

Still no mail however I hope I’m not in for another long wait for your letters are the chief joys of life here. Rumour has it that we are likely to be moved in the not too distant future. For my part, I shall be sorry, for we are well treated here, the climate is good & the accomodation[sic] quite reasonable even if crude. In addition, a lot of work has gone into organising the camp into its present state of smooth running. The weather so far this month has been gorgeous – today has been almost hot. I’m still tasteless & therefore not touching my precious stock of tobacco. I am trying to get another fiddle instructor but have had no success yet. I wonder if you & Frances could manage a holiday this year. You certainly deserve one. John.

[page break]

[Reverse of postcard]

GEPRUFT 32
PASSED P.W. 3310

MRS U. M. VALENTINE
LIDO
TENTERDEN GROVE
HENDON
LONDON N.W.4
ENGLAND

[/Reverse of postcard]
[page break]