Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Title
Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
Number 75-132. Writes he is managing to practise violin but still having problem with instrument. Sense of taste now back for two months and awaits letters and news of house purchase.
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Date
1943-10-25
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Two sided handwritten postcard
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EValentineJRMValentineUM431025
Transcription
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25th October 1943.
No fresh letters to acknowledge, yours to 14th Sept here. Hope mine are getting through at long last. Managing to do quite a lot of fiddle practice now sometimes in the strangest of places & most awkward circumstances. Have even spent a few hours in total darkness sitting on a pile of spuds in a shed, grinding out scales! Am still having trouble with instruments – my own has been re-assembled by enthusiastic amateurs here but its not strung up yet. I pray that the glue will hold. Have been able to taste for 2 months – even throughout a wretched cold which is going but slowly. Life is awfully dull – your letters & photos liven it up a lot & I’m eagerly awaiting news of house purchase. Weather luckily has been mild & dry for 2 weeks so that absence of coal not unbearable. Hope both my darlings are well. I long for you always. Love John.
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75/132
[two ink stamps] [postmark]
M [underlined] RS [/deleted] U. M. VALENTINE
[deleted] C/O LITTLE CLOSE
DEVON ROAD [/deleted]
FELMERSHAM
[deleted] SALCOMBE DEVON [/deleted]
BOTTRELLS LANE
[deleted] ENGLAND [/deleted]
CHALFONT ST GILES
BUCKS
J.R M. VALENTINE (Sgt)
450
LAGER “A”
Cut finger (sorry)
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25th October 1943.
No fresh letters to acknowledge, yours to 14th Sept here. Hope mine are getting through at long last. Managing to do quite a lot of fiddle practice now sometimes in the strangest of places & most awkward circumstances. Have even spent a few hours in total darkness sitting on a pile of spuds in a shed, grinding out scales! Am still having trouble with instruments – my own has been re-assembled by enthusiastic amateurs here but its not strung up yet. I pray that the glue will hold. Have been able to taste for 2 months – even throughout a wretched cold which is going but slowly. Life is awfully dull – your letters & photos liven it up a lot & I’m eagerly awaiting news of house purchase. Weather luckily has been mild & dry for 2 weeks so that absence of coal not unbearable. Hope both my darlings are well. I long for you always. Love John.
[page break]
75/132
[two ink stamps] [postmark]
M [underlined] RS [/deleted] U. M. VALENTINE
[deleted] C/O LITTLE CLOSE
DEVON ROAD [/deleted]
FELMERSHAM
[deleted] SALCOMBE DEVON [/deleted]
BOTTRELLS LANE
[deleted] ENGLAND [/deleted]
CHALFONT ST GILES
BUCKS
J.R M. VALENTINE (Sgt)
450
LAGER “A”
Cut finger (sorry)
End of transcription
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Citation
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine, “Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 8, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19368.
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