Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother

Letter from Herbert Adams to his mother

Comments on rain back at home and mentions just getting back from leave in London. Describes activities while on leave including theatre, visiting boomerang club. historic places and dinner. Also mention visiting Taplow to see friends.
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1944-06-25

One page handwritten letter

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TO:- MRS B. ADAMS,
“SPRINGFIELD,”
MENDOORAN. N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA.
[date stamp 27 JUN 1944]
Sender’s Address Aus 424504 F/S Adams HG. AUSPO. Kodak House, Kingsway, London.
25/6/44.
[underlined] No 18. [/underlined]
Dear Mum,
Awfully glad to hear about the beaut drop of rain. Should make all the difference. Am just back in camp after a week’s leave in London. Had a great time there too. We’d heard that it was terribly expensive but didn’t find it so. Stayed at a serviceman’s club for 17/6 & got four lots of free tickets to threatres [sic] etc from there & the Boomerang Club. The seats to the stage threatres [sic] were all worth about 16/- so that was a great saving. Went out to Taplow & saw Margaret Vyner & her mother again. Had a couple of tours over some of the old places in London; the Tower, Abbey, St Pauls & the Art Gallery. On our last night decided to go highbrow & dined at the Savoy. Towards the end of the evening the managing director of Lysaght (Aust). invited us over & insisted on paying the bill. He gave us a really wonderful night indeed. We’re now in what’s said to be the “crack” Bomber Group in England & will probably go to an Aussie squadron in about 2 months. Congrats to Mr & Mrs Portland. Cheerio for now.
Love to all at home. Bert.