Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Title
Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Description
Writes of receiving his parcel and reports on state of contents. Mentions enclosing a letter from daughter Frances and continues with news of other activities.
Creator
Date
1945-07-18
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Four page handwritten letter
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Contributor
Identifier
EValentineUMValentineJRM450718
Transcription
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Felmersham.
July 18th
My darling Johnnie,
Your parcel of washing arrived this morning. Many thanks for the various items enclosed for me, much appreciated. The notepaper & envelopes will be most useful. Unfortunately the glass thing with handle, whatever it was, was broken, but the jamjar was intact. I see you couldn’t master those sweeties stuck in the bottom of the jar any better than I! I’ve settled them now by melting them out with hot water & making therewith a brew called
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‘Dollies’ Wine’ which I have coloured red & handed over to Frances to use for entertaining her two small friends who are coming to tea this afternoon.
I enclose a letter from Frances which came thro’ the post this morning from the school. I gather she traced it, but its really quite good. Yesterday we went to a dress rehearsal of the dancing display, Frances looks rather nice as a Shetland pony, with real tail. I’m still hoping you may come to see it.
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I’m hoping to phone you in about 10 minutes, if I can get thro’, to learn the latest gen about going to Loughboro!
All my love darling. I hope you’ll be able to cope with the form for extra coupons, we could use some!
A big kiss from Frances, and an even bigger one from me
Yours always
Ursula.
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[underlined] P.S. [/underlined] Spent a solid half hour on the phone & couldn’t get through!
[inserted] 19/7/45 [/inserted]
Felmersham.
July 18th
My darling Johnnie,
Your parcel of washing arrived this morning. Many thanks for the various items enclosed for me, much appreciated. The notepaper & envelopes will be most useful. Unfortunately the glass thing with handle, whatever it was, was broken, but the jamjar was intact. I see you couldn’t master those sweeties stuck in the bottom of the jar any better than I! I’ve settled them now by melting them out with hot water & making therewith a brew called
[page break]
2.
‘Dollies’ Wine’ which I have coloured red & handed over to Frances to use for entertaining her two small friends who are coming to tea this afternoon.
I enclose a letter from Frances which came thro’ the post this morning from the school. I gather she traced it, but its really quite good. Yesterday we went to a dress rehearsal of the dancing display, Frances looks rather nice as a Shetland pony, with real tail. I’m still hoping you may come to see it.
[page break]
3.
I’m hoping to phone you in about 10 minutes, if I can get thro’, to learn the latest gen about going to Loughboro!
All my love darling. I hope you’ll be able to cope with the form for extra coupons, we could use some!
A big kiss from Frances, and an even bigger one from me
Yours always
Ursula.
[page break]
[underlined] P.S. [/underlined] Spent a solid half hour on the phone & couldn’t get through!
Collection
Citation
Ursula Valentine, “Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 22, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/20464.
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