Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine

Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine

Writes of RAF allowance book, problems with parcel/lost items in post and book he is reading. Says she will not answer his letters in full as hopes to see him soon.

1941-10-29

Three page handwritten letter

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[underlined] No 2 [/underlined]
Lido
Wed. [underlined] 29th Oct [/underlined]
My dearest one,
Two letters arrived from you together this morning, as well as other cheering correspondence, to wit, a note from the Air Ministry saying there is a supplementary allowance book for 19/6 awaiting me at the P.O. & enclosing a warrant for £5 covering the increase in qualifying allotment from 20.9.41 to 29.10.41. I suppose the extra 1/- a day which you allotted voluntarily is not included in this – or is it? Anyway I propose to put the £5 away before I spend it. There was also a letter from David Blaikley which I enclose.
Yesterday I received a parcel from Bish, as well, containing a formidable selection of religious tracts & literature of various sorts. Unfortunately the parcel had come undone in
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the post & been tied up by the P.O. & from his letter I gather that one book (which he wanted returned) & also the medallion for Frances had been lost in transit. It is a shame, I am going to write to the P.O. about it but haven’t really much hope. Apparently it was a medallion with St Frances on one side & St Anthony on the other. St Anthony is the saint who is supposed to find thing for you, so perhaps he’ll recover the medallion for us! Roy suggests I should read the books & then send them on to you – one I perused last night, it was rather good, quite short, you may like to see it when you come.
I’m glad you’re finding “Revolution of Destruction” heavy
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going. I did too, & thought it was due to my defective brain power. However I remember that some parts of it registered fairly vividly. I have finished Bomber Command & propose to send it off to Daddy for his birthday.
I won’t answer your letters fully now as I hope we shall be seeing each other soon. Suffice it to say that if I had by time again on this fated day two years ago I would have accepted you with ever more unseemly alacrity than was actually the case. Darling I love you tremendously, & just now want above all things that you shall be made fit again come what may of your career in the RAF.
Á bientot, mon chéri,
Toujours tu
Ursula
[inserted] [underlined] PS [/underlined] I mentioned insurance to Florence but apparently she has always paid it voluntarily herself, so that’s O.K.