Letter to Wally Layne from his wife
Title
Letter to Wally Layne from his wife
Description
Catches up with news of acquaintances, post and her activities. Mentions Christmas cards, parcels and shopping problems. Continues with general gossip including news of baby son, weather and other activities.
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Date
1944-12-13
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Two sided handwritten prisoner of war letter form
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ELayneAJLayneWH441213
Transcription
WRITE [underlined] VERY CLEARLY [/underlined] ON THE LINES TO AVOID DELAY IN CENSORSHIP NO ENCLO-SURES ALLOWED
DATE Wednesday 13 December 1944
Hello darling. I seem to have quite a few items of news today - firstly, Willis is home again after four years. I have not seen him yet, altho’ he has been to the shop - no doubt I shall be running into him. I was surprised to see Ethel Saxelby yesterday, she is here for a few days as her father is dying. She has two children, Tony four and Jane two. She was alone however when I saw her. I had a letter and Christmas cards from Effie yes-terday, she has sent off a parcel including some sleeping suits for David and a kiddies book for Diane from David. I do appreciate her extreme kindness, and shall endeavour to repay it in some way when things are normal. I had a greetings card from Clark today - he is a Sergeant! Christmas shopping is something more than a headache - my list seems to grow each year but people have been so good to David I feel I have to give a little in return.
Dorothy and I are taking the boys to visit Hilda Waring tomorrow, altho’ I shall definitely not go if the weather does not improve - it has been bitterly cold and foggy today, and I dont [sic] intend letting David face such weather, as I cant [sic] take a pram. He by the way is really lovely, he tries awfully hard to talk and says ‘Dadda’ quite plainly. Must tell you, I saw Bing Crosby in ‘Sing you sinners on Monday - the scene where they sang ‘Small Fry’ was absolutely terrific. I did think of you dear, I wish you had been there.
I am wondering if Eva and Willis will get married - she and Joan thought of having a double wedding
CONTINUE IN BOTTOM PANEL OVERLEAF
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[partial ink stamp]
[underlined] IMPORTANT: [/underlined] FOR A PRISONER IN GERMAN HANDS THE PRISONER OF WAR No. MUST BE CLEARLY SHOWN. IT MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH HIS BRITISH SERVICE No.
[underlined] PRISONER OF WAR POST [/underlined]
KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST
SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE
[postmark] [postage stamp]
[censor stamp]
RANK & NAME: F/O. WALTER H. LAYNE. D.F.C.
[italics] British Prisoner of War [/italics]
PRISONER OF WAR No: 605.
CAMP NAME & No: STALAG - LUFT 3. STALAG 357. BLOCK 142.
COUNTRY: DEUTSCHLAND.
FROM (SENDER’S FULL NAME & ADDRESS)
MRS W. H. LAYNE.
97 HARLAXTON ROAD
GRANTHAM. LINCS.
ENGLAND.
[partial ink stamp]
DATE Wednesday 13 December 1944
Hello darling. I seem to have quite a few items of news today - firstly, Willis is home again after four years. I have not seen him yet, altho’ he has been to the shop - no doubt I shall be running into him. I was surprised to see Ethel Saxelby yesterday, she is here for a few days as her father is dying. She has two children, Tony four and Jane two. She was alone however when I saw her. I had a letter and Christmas cards from Effie yes-terday, she has sent off a parcel including some sleeping suits for David and a kiddies book for Diane from David. I do appreciate her extreme kindness, and shall endeavour to repay it in some way when things are normal. I had a greetings card from Clark today - he is a Sergeant! Christmas shopping is something more than a headache - my list seems to grow each year but people have been so good to David I feel I have to give a little in return.
Dorothy and I are taking the boys to visit Hilda Waring tomorrow, altho’ I shall definitely not go if the weather does not improve - it has been bitterly cold and foggy today, and I dont [sic] intend letting David face such weather, as I cant [sic] take a pram. He by the way is really lovely, he tries awfully hard to talk and says ‘Dadda’ quite plainly. Must tell you, I saw Bing Crosby in ‘Sing you sinners on Monday - the scene where they sang ‘Small Fry’ was absolutely terrific. I did think of you dear, I wish you had been there.
I am wondering if Eva and Willis will get married - she and Joan thought of having a double wedding
CONTINUE IN BOTTOM PANEL OVERLEAF
[page break]
[partial ink stamp]
[underlined] IMPORTANT: [/underlined] FOR A PRISONER IN GERMAN HANDS THE PRISONER OF WAR No. MUST BE CLEARLY SHOWN. IT MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH HIS BRITISH SERVICE No.
[underlined] PRISONER OF WAR POST [/underlined]
KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST
SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE
[postmark] [postage stamp]
[censor stamp]
RANK & NAME: F/O. WALTER H. LAYNE. D.F.C.
[italics] British Prisoner of War [/italics]
PRISONER OF WAR No: 605.
CAMP NAME & No: STALAG - LUFT 3. STALAG 357. BLOCK 142.
COUNTRY: DEUTSCHLAND.
FROM (SENDER’S FULL NAME & ADDRESS)
MRS W. H. LAYNE.
97 HARLAXTON ROAD
GRANTHAM. LINCS.
ENGLAND.
[partial ink stamp]
Collection
Citation
W H Layne, “Letter to Wally Layne from his wife,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30749.
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