Letter from Wally Layne to his wife

Letter from Wally Layne to his wife

Writes that he hopes she will have heard he is OK. Mentions others in same camp who he has met. Catches up with news of friends and notes there was a good library and opportunities to study in camp,

1943-11-07

One page handwritten letter

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My dearest Joan, I hope by now that you will have (Nov 7/43) heard that I am all right, I am at the same camp as Joe and Jack, they are in a different wing, I am in the same room as Robbie, he is very fit. I was with Bob last week, I also saw Dal, he is going to write to you this month. I have met a great number of old friends here, yesterday I met Harry Morton's brother in law, he comes from Scunthorpe and has been here about eight months. We had about three hours of Bing Crosby this afternoon, on records of course, it was very enjoyable, last night we had a session of swing records. It is a month and five days since I was captured so I suppose you will have heard of my safety by now, that is the only worry I have. I hope Dorothy has come to some satisfactory arrangement over her domestic troubles, she certainly deserves more luck than she has had. Has Miss Johnson arrived at the shop and settled in, it will be a very good thing. There is a very good library at the camp and opportunities to study almost any subject, there is a football pitch and we hope to get some ice skating in the winter so you can see that the boys are not [indecipherable word] for want of anything to keep their minds busy. Write often dearest and let me know everything. All my love Walter