Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Title
Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
Writes of winter weather and snow. Comments on good weather in North Africa he reported in his latest letters. Notes they have not had much fog, possibly because they are out of town. Catches up with news of visitor and other activities. Joy to have his latest cable and mentions problems in getting parcel off to him.
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Date
1942-02-04
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420204
Transcription
Prisoners of War Post
[BY AIR MAIL stamp]
[postmark]
[two postage stamps]
KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST.
SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE
755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson
Interned British Airman
Camp Militaire
Laghouat
Algerie
Afrique du Nord
[page break]
From
Mrs Hudson
191 Halifax Road
Nelson
Lancs.
England
[inserted] 13 [/inserted]
[17 stamp]
4/2/42
[inserted] 26-2-42 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 113 [/inserted]
[underlined] 13 [/underlined]
191 Halifax Rd
Nelson Lancs.
England.
Wed. a.m. 4/2/42.
My dear Douglas.
I have just seen Dad go out into a very wintry world & he called out “it’s snowing again I think.” Since Christmas we’ve had real old time wintry weather & it seems a very long time since we saw our green lawns. During Monday night we had the heartiest fall of snow but during yesterday (Tuesday) a thaw set in & it really is “water, water, everywhere.” Your two most recent letters received last Sat. Jan. 31st. told of very good weather in your African domain with sunny days & clear starry nights & about that time (towards the end of November) we [inserted] too [/inserted] were having good open weather for the time of the year in fact we very often remarked on the quality – such good visibility & almost complete absense [sic] of fog. But now I think of it we haven’t had much fog here all winter; perhaps because we are well out of the town. It is really surprising what a difference a couple of miles from town can make & while conditions around us are really wintry Dad says there is very little snow around the town. I told you in my last letter that Eric Pickle’s’ [sic] sister came last Wednesday just as
[page break]
I was busy preparing dinner. As she refused my invitation to share it with us I arranged for her to come & have tea with us today. You can imagine my surprise when she came along at 6 oclock [sic] last night. We were just at dinner but as she had evidently “fed” before setting out it didn’t cause any inconvenience. As you know the tray with tea is always at hand about that time. From her conversation I gathered that she is a maid at the hospital & her leave had been altered from Wed. to Tues. & you will no doubt be reminded of the old Lancashire saying “Jack’s as good as his Master.” a truism surely peculiar to that county.
Well love it was a great joy to have your cable Laghouat 8 30 a.m. Nelson 9 p.m. Feb 3rd. A good journey & always such relief to know that on that day you are all right. I’ve already told you that my effort to get a parcel to you by Ail [sic] Mail was unsuccessful & I now await a reply to my letter to the censor. The small parcel with its 4 ozs tea 3 bars choc. 30 cigarettes & about a dozen wrapped toffees, was to cost 12/5 which seems a lot of money when the contents of the parcel didn’t cost 5/-. But perhaps, & I can quite understand that it may be so, the contents under existing conditions may be priceless so I eagerly await the censors verdict. Failing that I will send a parcel to you via Reed [sic] Cross but as you may know it cannot contain anything you would really like – no tea, cigarettes, sweets, or food of any kinds! no lighters, fountain pens, etc. so it will have to be soap. Now Goodbye love & we do hope you are keeping better. With all our love & thoughts & prayers from Mother & Dad.
755052 Hudson
Camp Militaire
Laghouat Algerie.
[BY AIR MAIL stamp]
[postmark]
[two postage stamps]
KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST.
SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE
755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson
Interned British Airman
Camp Militaire
Laghouat
Algerie
Afrique du Nord
[page break]
From
Mrs Hudson
191 Halifax Road
Nelson
Lancs.
England
[inserted] 13 [/inserted]
[17 stamp]
4/2/42
[inserted] 26-2-42 [/inserted]
[page break]
[inserted] 113 [/inserted]
[underlined] 13 [/underlined]
191 Halifax Rd
Nelson Lancs.
England.
Wed. a.m. 4/2/42.
My dear Douglas.
I have just seen Dad go out into a very wintry world & he called out “it’s snowing again I think.” Since Christmas we’ve had real old time wintry weather & it seems a very long time since we saw our green lawns. During Monday night we had the heartiest fall of snow but during yesterday (Tuesday) a thaw set in & it really is “water, water, everywhere.” Your two most recent letters received last Sat. Jan. 31st. told of very good weather in your African domain with sunny days & clear starry nights & about that time (towards the end of November) we [inserted] too [/inserted] were having good open weather for the time of the year in fact we very often remarked on the quality – such good visibility & almost complete absense [sic] of fog. But now I think of it we haven’t had much fog here all winter; perhaps because we are well out of the town. It is really surprising what a difference a couple of miles from town can make & while conditions around us are really wintry Dad says there is very little snow around the town. I told you in my last letter that Eric Pickle’s’ [sic] sister came last Wednesday just as
[page break]
I was busy preparing dinner. As she refused my invitation to share it with us I arranged for her to come & have tea with us today. You can imagine my surprise when she came along at 6 oclock [sic] last night. We were just at dinner but as she had evidently “fed” before setting out it didn’t cause any inconvenience. As you know the tray with tea is always at hand about that time. From her conversation I gathered that she is a maid at the hospital & her leave had been altered from Wed. to Tues. & you will no doubt be reminded of the old Lancashire saying “Jack’s as good as his Master.” a truism surely peculiar to that county.
Well love it was a great joy to have your cable Laghouat 8 30 a.m. Nelson 9 p.m. Feb 3rd. A good journey & always such relief to know that on that day you are all right. I’ve already told you that my effort to get a parcel to you by Ail [sic] Mail was unsuccessful & I now await a reply to my letter to the censor. The small parcel with its 4 ozs tea 3 bars choc. 30 cigarettes & about a dozen wrapped toffees, was to cost 12/5 which seems a lot of money when the contents of the parcel didn’t cost 5/-. But perhaps, & I can quite understand that it may be so, the contents under existing conditions may be priceless so I eagerly await the censors verdict. Failing that I will send a parcel to you via Reed [sic] Cross but as you may know it cannot contain anything you would really like – no tea, cigarettes, sweets, or food of any kinds! no lighters, fountain pens, etc. so it will have to be soap. Now Goodbye love & we do hope you are keeping better. With all our love & thoughts & prayers from Mother & Dad.
755052 Hudson
Camp Militaire
Laghouat Algerie.
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P Hudson, “Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents ,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23539.
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