Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Title
Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
Number 15. Reports her letter 51 arrived. Urges her not to buy house due to their limited capital and potential disaster in farming investment. Suggest she rents if finds something suitable and speculates over future employment.
Creator
Date
1943-03-29
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two sided handwritten postcard
Publisher
Rights
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.
Contributor
Identifier
EValentineJRMValentineUM430329
Transcription
[reverse of postcard]
GEPRUFT 32
MRS U.M. VALENTINE
LIDO
TENTERDEN GROVE
HENDON
LONDON NW4
ENGLAND
(/reverse of postcard]
[page break]
NUMBER 15
29-3-4[deleted ‘2’] [inserted ‘3’]
Your letter 51 came today. I fully realise all your difficulties & frankly do not expect you to be able to secure[?] a house or land but I would strongly urge you not to buy anything on account of our very limited capital. I have recently read a lot about the disaster that came to those who invested their all in farms from 1917 onwards. Having bought at high prices which were still rising they suffered tragically when the slump came. If you can’t rent anything suitable under £100, wait till I come home. I too have little hope that we shall ever farm but fear that we should also suffer financial stringency if I turned to farm accountancy. The most I hope for is a good job in London & a home with a little land (with hired labour) in the country. Thanks for birthday wishes. John.
[page break]
GEPRUFT 32
MRS U.M. VALENTINE
LIDO
TENTERDEN GROVE
HENDON
LONDON NW4
ENGLAND
(/reverse of postcard]
[page break]
NUMBER 15
29-3-4[deleted ‘2’] [inserted ‘3’]
Your letter 51 came today. I fully realise all your difficulties & frankly do not expect you to be able to secure[?] a house or land but I would strongly urge you not to buy anything on account of our very limited capital. I have recently read a lot about the disaster that came to those who invested their all in farms from 1917 onwards. Having bought at high prices which were still rising they suffered tragically when the slump came. If you can’t rent anything suitable under £100, wait till I come home. I too have little hope that we shall ever farm but fear that we should also suffer financial stringency if I turned to farm accountancy. The most I hope for is a good job in London & a home with a little land (with hired labour) in the country. Thanks for birthday wishes. John.
[page break]
Collection
Citation
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine, “Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19290.
Item Relations
This item has no relations.