Letter from Terry Ford to his parents

Letter from Terry Ford to his parents

Letter from Terry Ford to his parents. He writes that he has been invited to go to New York with his uncle; that he had a day off; about the weather; going to the cinema and that the course is quite interesting. He also asks how all his family are.

1943-05-29

One handwritten sheet

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

EFordTAFord[Fam]430529

MR & MRS A.G. FORD,
26, CORONATION AVENUE,
FISHPONDS,
BRISTOL
ENGLAND.
158012
P/O FORD T.A.
Officers Mess RAF
Charlottetown,
P.E.I. Canada
Date: 29-5-43
Dear Folks,
Received you’re A.G. of 11th. Pretty quick going. Shall be pleased to receive Moira’s. I’ve written a sea letter, enclosing a letter to Mr. & Mrs. Chambers. As I said in that, I received a letter from Uncle Claude, inviting me to go to New York with him if I get the chance. I shall certainly try but I shall probably be coming home soon, & I may not get the chance.
It is now the thirtieth. It was our day off yesterday, but we didn’t do much as the weather wasn’t very pleasant. Pete Lamb, a couple of other blokes & myself went to the local Wild West cinema, where we saw a cowboy film & a serial, & it reminded me very much of the old tuppenny rush at the Vandyck.
We’ve settled down here now, & life is going pretty well, & the course is quite interesting, except that when we are not flying we have to do lectures all day which is pretty boring. I got paid on Friday & received a very goodly sum of dough, which puts me well on top, as there isn’t an awful lot to spend money on here. How is everyone, friends & relatives getting on? Grans & Gramp, Uncles & Aunts, etc. I’m afraid I’m having difficulty in filling this A.G., as there isn’t much news, but I seem to have just about managed it now.
Much love.
Terry