Letter from Bill Lord to his Sister

Letter from Bill Lord to his Sister

He encloses a Christmas card, he had a trip to London with Euny and he expresses sadness that Stan lost all his clothes.

Two handwritten sheets and an envelope

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[post mark] 1230 PM 3 JA 44

Mrs. L.R. Bennett,
2, Bennetts Ave.,
Shirley,
Surrey.

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R.A.F. STATION
WOODHALL SPA
LINCOLNSHIRE

[inserted] P.S. Ask Mum to send on that card from “Mrs Martin” [/inserted]

Dear Sis,
Many thanks for your letter duly received, since you are still binding about a Xmas card I am enclosing one, incidentally this one [underlined] was [/underlined] intended for you but in the rush of getting on leave, it was left here – unposted.

Euny and I did come up to London on Wed but didn't think it was worth ringing you up as you would have only been able to see us for about 1/2 an hour. We went to the Locarno in the afternoon, and in spite of having

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to return to camp that night we both enjoyed ourselves.

Sorry to hear Stan lost all his clothes honey, it must be a terrific worry for you duckie but cheer up, everything will come out right in the end.

Thats a good idea about having the phone put up dock, I'll be able to give you a tinkle. For myself Im back at the job again, but 6 weeks soon goes, and I'll be on leave again.

Cheerio for now
Cherub
Love
Billy
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