Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Title
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Description
Writes about a motorbike he might be interested in and her gardening activities. Catches up with family news and comments on daughter's cough. Concludes with news of savings group and making Christmas cards.
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Date
1941-12-05
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Four page handwritten letter
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Identifier
EValentineUMValentineJRM411205
Transcription
Parcel of socks, cotton & Mars received – Many thanks for the latter!
Lido
Friday 5.12.41
My darling,
Thanks for your letter of Wednesday – I’m glad you had a good time in Oxford with Norman. It was a pity I couldn’t speak to you, but still couldn’t be helped. I wanted to mention a motorbike that Peter found in a local garage, 1936 4- stroke o.v. New Imperial for £29, but I see there’s a very similar one, only a later model, offered by Kings of Oxford in this weeks Motor Cycle. Perhaps when you’ve got the pushbike you’ll be able to go in sometimes & look
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round.
I had another gardening spasm yesterday, I finished clearing & digging over one border. The gardener didn’t come again, I think I shall call on him & see what’s up, there are various nasty jobs such as pruning the blackberries to be done.
Frances is at last in possession of her buffer & is at present engaged in trying it out. I rang up Barnet this morning & as only Dorothy was in Peter dashed across on his motorbike to get it. However your Mother was home by the time
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he got there, but they seem to have had quite a pleasant chat, & anyway, we’ve got the buffer at last. It is pale blue & rather knocked about, so we’ll put a few nails in & then I’ll paint it to match the high chair. I must write & thank Bunty too.
Frances has got a nasty little cough today. It’s rather worrying but I don’t want to start potent medicines on her yet, so I’m letting her be for the time being.
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Nineteen folk in the Savings Group have got Certificates this week so I’m busy sticking in & filling out. Last evening we made the photos for Christmas cards. The next job will be sticking them on & decorating the cards.
I [underlined] do [/underlined] hope you manage to get Sunday off, tho’ I’m not banking on it. It would be a lovely birthday surprise tho’ (since you [underlined] won’t [/underlined] give me an umbrella!!)
Must feed infant now (apple puree & bemax today) so lots & lots of love
Ursula.
Lido
Friday 5.12.41
My darling,
Thanks for your letter of Wednesday – I’m glad you had a good time in Oxford with Norman. It was a pity I couldn’t speak to you, but still couldn’t be helped. I wanted to mention a motorbike that Peter found in a local garage, 1936 4- stroke o.v. New Imperial for £29, but I see there’s a very similar one, only a later model, offered by Kings of Oxford in this weeks Motor Cycle. Perhaps when you’ve got the pushbike you’ll be able to go in sometimes & look
[page break]
2.
round.
I had another gardening spasm yesterday, I finished clearing & digging over one border. The gardener didn’t come again, I think I shall call on him & see what’s up, there are various nasty jobs such as pruning the blackberries to be done.
Frances is at last in possession of her buffer & is at present engaged in trying it out. I rang up Barnet this morning & as only Dorothy was in Peter dashed across on his motorbike to get it. However your Mother was home by the time
[page break]
3.
he got there, but they seem to have had quite a pleasant chat, & anyway, we’ve got the buffer at last. It is pale blue & rather knocked about, so we’ll put a few nails in & then I’ll paint it to match the high chair. I must write & thank Bunty too.
Frances has got a nasty little cough today. It’s rather worrying but I don’t want to start potent medicines on her yet, so I’m letting her be for the time being.
[page break]
Nineteen folk in the Savings Group have got Certificates this week so I’m busy sticking in & filling out. Last evening we made the photos for Christmas cards. The next job will be sticking them on & decorating the cards.
I [underlined] do [/underlined] hope you manage to get Sunday off, tho’ I’m not banking on it. It would be a lovely birthday surprise tho’ (since you [underlined] won’t [/underlined] give me an umbrella!!)
Must feed infant now (apple puree & bemax today) so lots & lots of love
Ursula.
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Citation
Ursula Valentine, “Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19698.
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