Letter from Mrs J Powdrill to Henry Simpson's parents

Letter from Mrs J Powdrill to Henry Simpson's parents

Letter from mother of Henry Simpson's pilot Ross Powdrill in reply to their letter. Thanks them for their trouble and writes that their letters had helped.

One page handwritten letter

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MR & MRS L SIMPSON
AMBERLY SINGLE ST
BIGGIN HILL
KENT. ENGLAND
Aug 19th
Senders Name: MRS. J POWDRILL.
STE. 5.1M PERRALARD
MOOSE. JAW
SASK. CANADA.
My Dear Mrs Simpson & family
Received your second letter, & was so pleased to receive same. How grand it must be to have faith like you have, & your letters are certainly a help to us. We are still looking for a Photo, & hope one day to repay you for all your trouble, we would just like to have some idea of what Ross looked like. Noone knows what Ross meant to us & I still think its all a dream. I [indecipherable word] I was prepared for this shock. I sit day & night waiting for the telegraph boy, but cannot give up hopes when people like [inserted] you [/inserted] has such faith. It gives us lots of courage to read your letters. Jack does a lot of Photographic work, & would like to get hold of that negative of their crew, & he could do a lot with it, (would this be possible). We will send a Photo of Ross one of these but will have to send same by ordinary mail. I hope by the time you receive this we [underlined] all [/underlined] have good news. Along with us Keep Smiling & praying & all will be well.
Ever Yours N. Powdrill