Letter from Reginald Weeden to his mother
Title
Letter from Reginald Weeden to his mother
Description
Describes recent journey to camp and current new accommodation as well as daily activity. Mentions visits to Manchester.
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Date
1943-01-03
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Two page handwritten letter
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Identifier
EWeedenRCCartwrightI430103
Transcription
[Royal Air Force crest]
[deleted] 3-12-42 [/deleted]
3-1-43.
1602823 LAC. Weeden R.C.
‘D’ Flight
1 Squadron
RAF Station
Heaton Park
Manchester
Lancs.
Dear Mum,
At last I am getting a little straightened out, although on Friday it was just like starting all over again.
I had quite an enjoyable time at Alan’s place Thursday night and we caught the 8-25 train in the morning arriving at the camp by mid-day. We have had all varieties of weather rain, hail, sleet and snow and at present it is absolutely freezing. I am in
[page break]
a hut with 7 others, all my mates from Cambridge, and have the coke stove packed to the top, so we are quite comfortable.
We do very little here, and have all evenings off from 5 pm and all week-ends free, so have plenty of time of visiting Manchester, although from what we have seen of it we were disappointed. Anyway I can tell you more about this in my next letter.
Well, mum I will close now so [deleted] closing [/deleted] I send all my love. Write soon.
Yours
Reg xxxxx
To Evelyn xxx
Regards to Dennis & Bill.
[deleted] 3-12-42 [/deleted]
3-1-43.
1602823 LAC. Weeden R.C.
‘D’ Flight
1 Squadron
RAF Station
Heaton Park
Manchester
Lancs.
Dear Mum,
At last I am getting a little straightened out, although on Friday it was just like starting all over again.
I had quite an enjoyable time at Alan’s place Thursday night and we caught the 8-25 train in the morning arriving at the camp by mid-day. We have had all varieties of weather rain, hail, sleet and snow and at present it is absolutely freezing. I am in
[page break]
a hut with 7 others, all my mates from Cambridge, and have the coke stove packed to the top, so we are quite comfortable.
We do very little here, and have all evenings off from 5 pm and all week-ends free, so have plenty of time of visiting Manchester, although from what we have seen of it we were disappointed. Anyway I can tell you more about this in my next letter.
Well, mum I will close now so [deleted] closing [/deleted] I send all my love. Write soon.
Yours
Reg xxxxx
To Evelyn xxx
Regards to Dennis & Bill.
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Citation
R C Weeden, “Letter from Reginald Weeden to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/33527.
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