Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula

Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula

Thanks him for recent letter and comments on his return journey. Continues that she is disgruntled over a number of matters and goes on with more family/friends news. Mentions daughter's dance display and concludes with domestic matters. Asks what time of day he will be coming home and about his new location.

1945-07-25

Four page hand written letter

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Felmersham
July 25th
Darling Johnnie,
Thank you for your letter of Sunday evening, received today. I’m glad the journey wasn’t too bad. It’s probably wiser to go back on the early train again next week. If you need to phone in emergency, next door’s number is C. St G. 294. I should think they’d deliver a message, even if I couldn’t speak to you.
I’m feeling very disgruntled today for [indecipherable word] small reasons. One is that I cycled over to St Peter specially to get some information from the food office for one of my SSAFA clients & found they’d altered their hours & were shut. Also the police informed me that they have no trace of my
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wrist watch. Father wrote asking me to go to Paddington to see about Ba’s suitcase, & I just can’t manage to find the time, I’ll ring up but I think its a waste of effort trailing in all that way; if its there, they’ll forward it, if not I can’t do any good. Worst of all Peter wrote saying Frances is [underlined] not [/underlined] expected at the wedding, so now I’ve got to make arrangement for parking her & I can’t think where. Ann Reed will be away, Gwen Williams is in hospital, Joan More will have her husband home on leave, Mrs Sharpe has all her family at home on a Saturday & anyway is for some in [indecipherable word], & the school closes the day before! My people will be sorry to miss seeing Frances too. I was thinking of suggesting to them that they spend and extra night here with us (they have the 2 single rooms
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& Frances can manage in the cot for one night.) I’ll suggest It anyway, I expect you’d be quite willing wouldn’t you? But I don’t know what to do with Frances for the wedding.
The dancing display went off very nicely yesterday. They are doing part of it again on August 6th at a British Legion fair in Gerrards Cross, so we’ll be able to go together & you can see it if you want to. I’ve arranged to have the piano tuned on August 2nd afternoon. The only time he could give me. Do you know what time of day you’ll be coming home? I thought it would probably not be till evening, so It wouldn’t matter.
I’m trying to spring clean the house & must now
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go & get on with it. I shall be interested to hear how you like your new abode when you’ve got into the routine of it.
Lots of love and a big kiss from Frances.
[underlined] Ursula [/underlined]
[underlined] P.S. [/underlined]
Frances enquired how much I had to pay for her when she was a baby. So I imparted the facts of life to her. She was most interested but not unduly so & has not referred to the matter again.