Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Title
Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
Just arrived back after Christmas visit to relatives to find cable from him postmarked 25 December. Could not stay with relatives as long as planned because of problems of trains to get home. Writes of Christmas activities and catches up with other correspondence. Notes second Christmas without him. Looking forward to his letters and asks if he had received the calendars she sent. Describes local area on return and concludes that now Christmas over they look forward to New Year.
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Date
1941-12-27
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD411227
Transcription
Prisoners of War Post
[BY AIR MAIL stamp]
[postmark]
[three postage stamps]
Kriegsgefangenerpost
755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson
Interned British Airman
Camp Militaire
Laghouat
Algerie
Afrique du Nord
[page break]
From
Mrs Hudson
191 Halifax Rd.
Nelson
Lancs.
England.
[inserted] 23-1-42 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 100 [/inserted]
191 Halifax Road
Nelson Lancs.
England.
Saturday 27/12/41.
My dear Douglas.
Dad & I arrived home from Horsforth at 1-15 p.m. & it was a great joy to us to find your cable which had arrived for Christmas Day, being post-marked Nelson Dec. 25th. Well love there’s no need to tell you we enjoyed every minute of our stay with Uncle Walter & Auntie Una. They expected us to stay until Sunday, but we found we couldn’t get home by train, the only train of the day was 5-25 pm. from Leeds which meant travelling all the time in the dark, a not very alluring prospect in black-out times. Everything at Horsforth seemed just the same – many beautiful improvements in both homes – but Uncle & Auntie & Madge & Stanley were just as they used to be, most kind & agreeable. Christmas Day Dad & I went up to Calverley [inserted] in the morning [/inserted] called on the various relations in the village. Grandad & Auntie Dorothy were just ready to go by taxi to Hill-cote & seemed very happy about it. Uncle Jim was making a type-written copy of your communal letter, which appeared to have given great pleasure to everybody, & I think it will
[page break]
result in a good mail for you in the near future.
We had a very kind letter from E.P.F. for Xmas. He said he had written to you so there’s no need for me to repeat the news. Auntie Una said she had written to you & sent you a greetings cable. I do hope you get all your letters & cables, I have had 22 letters for Christmas & about 30 cards. They give me such a lot of pleasure & revive many happy memories. Well, love, this is the 2nd Christmas we’ve passed without you & we hope with all our hearts that next year we may rejoice in reunion. We have thought & talked about you so much during these Christmas days & are looking forward so eagerly to your letters & do hope you have food & clothes enough for your needs. I should like to know, too, that you have got the calendars tho’ as you have not mentioned them in the cables I’m afraid you have not received them. Nelson looked very nice as we came home today. The sun was shining & visibility was marvellous, in fact the weather, all Christmas, has been grand, bright & cold with a touch of frost. Now Christmas is over & our thoughts are already with a New Year. Already we notice a little lengthening of day-light (no doubt partly owing to a new moon.) & blackout tonight was 5-25. Soon now I shall be peering for the little green noses of my bulbs. How I am looking forward to seeing them! I wonder if you have bulbs in Spring as we do? My little apple [inserted] tree [/inserted] is still standing & I shall be very thrilled if, & when, the little blossoms appear. I have just counted up the weeks & it is 14 weeks since your last letter to us was written Sept. 17th. The cables are very precious links. Now Goodbye love All our love & thoughts & prayers from Mother & Dad. A happy new year!!
755052 Hudson
Camp Militaire Laghouat
Algerie.
[BY AIR MAIL stamp]
[postmark]
[three postage stamps]
Kriegsgefangenerpost
755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson
Interned British Airman
Camp Militaire
Laghouat
Algerie
Afrique du Nord
[page break]
From
Mrs Hudson
191 Halifax Rd.
Nelson
Lancs.
England.
[inserted] 23-1-42 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 100 [/inserted]
191 Halifax Road
Nelson Lancs.
England.
Saturday 27/12/41.
My dear Douglas.
Dad & I arrived home from Horsforth at 1-15 p.m. & it was a great joy to us to find your cable which had arrived for Christmas Day, being post-marked Nelson Dec. 25th. Well love there’s no need to tell you we enjoyed every minute of our stay with Uncle Walter & Auntie Una. They expected us to stay until Sunday, but we found we couldn’t get home by train, the only train of the day was 5-25 pm. from Leeds which meant travelling all the time in the dark, a not very alluring prospect in black-out times. Everything at Horsforth seemed just the same – many beautiful improvements in both homes – but Uncle & Auntie & Madge & Stanley were just as they used to be, most kind & agreeable. Christmas Day Dad & I went up to Calverley [inserted] in the morning [/inserted] called on the various relations in the village. Grandad & Auntie Dorothy were just ready to go by taxi to Hill-cote & seemed very happy about it. Uncle Jim was making a type-written copy of your communal letter, which appeared to have given great pleasure to everybody, & I think it will
[page break]
result in a good mail for you in the near future.
We had a very kind letter from E.P.F. for Xmas. He said he had written to you so there’s no need for me to repeat the news. Auntie Una said she had written to you & sent you a greetings cable. I do hope you get all your letters & cables, I have had 22 letters for Christmas & about 30 cards. They give me such a lot of pleasure & revive many happy memories. Well, love, this is the 2nd Christmas we’ve passed without you & we hope with all our hearts that next year we may rejoice in reunion. We have thought & talked about you so much during these Christmas days & are looking forward so eagerly to your letters & do hope you have food & clothes enough for your needs. I should like to know, too, that you have got the calendars tho’ as you have not mentioned them in the cables I’m afraid you have not received them. Nelson looked very nice as we came home today. The sun was shining & visibility was marvellous, in fact the weather, all Christmas, has been grand, bright & cold with a touch of frost. Now Christmas is over & our thoughts are already with a New Year. Already we notice a little lengthening of day-light (no doubt partly owing to a new moon.) & blackout tonight was 5-25. Soon now I shall be peering for the little green noses of my bulbs. How I am looking forward to seeing them! I wonder if you have bulbs in Spring as we do? My little apple [inserted] tree [/inserted] is still standing & I shall be very thrilled if, & when, the little blossoms appear. I have just counted up the weeks & it is 14 weeks since your last letter to us was written Sept. 17th. The cables are very precious links. Now Goodbye love All our love & thoughts & prayers from Mother & Dad. A happy new year!!
755052 Hudson
Camp Militaire Laghouat
Algerie.
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Citation
P Hudson, “Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23437.
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