Letter from Donald Baker to his mother

Letter from Donald Baker to his mother

Writes he is well but no mail has arrived. Comments that poor weather preventing flying but he had passed the last lot of ground exams and now studying for next ones. Carries on about the weather, mentions film he has seen and that winter Sunday's in England were the sleepiest things imaginable. Rain and no-one about.

1941-02-02

Three page handwritten letter

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[Royal Air Force crest]
c/o Rhodesia House
429 Strand
London.
2nd February 1941.
My Dearest Mother,
Just a few lines to let you know that am keeping fit and I trust you are all the same at home. Have had nothing from you since last I wrote but suppose the mail has been held up, and will get about 3 letters at the same time.
The weather here has been very miserable and we havent [sic] been able to fly for about 3 weeks now. I managed to pass the last lot of ground examinations so have to start swotting now for the next lot which come in about three weeks time. Owing to us flying we have been doing nothing
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but lectures from 8.30 to 5.30 so am pretty sick of them now.
Had a letter from Uncle Jack last week and he says they are all keeping well as can be expected I don’t think there was any real news.
It has been pretty cold lately as I expect you will have heard over the wireless. However we have not had so much snow here as in some places, but still it has been pretty cold at times and 17o of frost has been registered
Am bearing up to it pretty well in fact I haven’t felt the cold as much as I expected.
As “The Great Dictator” was showing in Hull last week so went in to try and see it but the queue was so long it didn’t seem worth waiting for.
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and fellows who have seen it said it was not all that its cracked up to be.
I think Sunday in winter in England must be just about the sleepiest thing imaguiable. [sic] At the moment the sky is overcast and dark and it seems to be wondering whether it will rain as it did all yesterday or snow which it did this morning. There is not a soul to be seen anywhere outside. Suppose everyone is sitting next to the fire.
Well dear Mother I must close now as there is absolutely nothing to say
Much love to all at home
from your loving son
Donald