Letter from Terry Ford to his parents
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Letter from Terry Ford to his parents
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Letter from Terry to his family. He writes that his course has completed and he will be coming home soon. He mentions where some of his colleagues are being posted to. He also writes that he would have liked to stay in Canada a bit longer as the pay is so good.
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1943-07-14
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EFordTAFord[Fam]430714
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MR. & MRS. A.G. FORD,
26, CORONATION AVENUE,
FISHPONDS,
BRISTOL,
ENGLAND.
603037
P/O FORD. T.A.,
Officers Mess. RAF,
Charlottetown
P.E.I.
Date. 14-7-43
Dear Folks,
Well this course is now finished & I’m coming home. I was chosen to go home, then altered to complete my training out here, in which case I should have got a leave, & finally [inserted] altered [/inserted] to back to home again. Unfortunately we get no leave. So it means that I shan’t be able to see the States after all. Pete is going down South. He gets leave then travels all the way south & has two weeks in Florida. Lucky dog! Well anyway I can certainly say I’ve seen some extremes of temperature & it’ll be very nice to see you all again. I had a very nice letter from Mr. Chambers & also Mrs Coram, & 2 A.G’s from you. Pity, about Moira, but it can’t be helped. Its funny the way things turn out. We decided where we were going by the spin of a coin. It would have been nice to stay out here just a bit longer, as the pay is wonderfully good, & I could have bought a lot of stuff home, but at the moment, kitting myself out has made rather a hole in the funds. Another friend I’ve made here, is staying to complete his training John Cox flopped in one of his exams, so I don’t know what he’ll be doing exactly.
All for now
Much love
Terry
26, CORONATION AVENUE,
FISHPONDS,
BRISTOL,
ENGLAND.
603037
P/O FORD. T.A.,
Officers Mess. RAF,
Charlottetown
P.E.I.
Date. 14-7-43
Dear Folks,
Well this course is now finished & I’m coming home. I was chosen to go home, then altered to complete my training out here, in which case I should have got a leave, & finally [inserted] altered [/inserted] to back to home again. Unfortunately we get no leave. So it means that I shan’t be able to see the States after all. Pete is going down South. He gets leave then travels all the way south & has two weeks in Florida. Lucky dog! Well anyway I can certainly say I’ve seen some extremes of temperature & it’ll be very nice to see you all again. I had a very nice letter from Mr. Chambers & also Mrs Coram, & 2 A.G’s from you. Pity, about Moira, but it can’t be helped. Its funny the way things turn out. We decided where we were going by the spin of a coin. It would have been nice to stay out here just a bit longer, as the pay is wonderfully good, & I could have bought a lot of stuff home, but at the moment, kitting myself out has made rather a hole in the funds. Another friend I’ve made here, is staying to complete his training John Cox flopped in one of his exams, so I don’t know what he’ll be doing exactly.
All for now
Much love
Terry
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Terry Ford, “Letter from Terry Ford to his parents,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/24288.
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