Letter from Reginald Weeden to his mother

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Title

Letter from Reginald Weeden to his mother

Description

Writes that he is receiving a constant flow of mail. States he would be at his current location for 12 weeks. Says it is a good station with plenty of hard work but weekend off and a 48 hour pass every month. Describes Toronto city and mentions weather getting hot. Hoped they had managed to get a holiday.

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Date

1943-05-23

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One page handwritten airgram

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EWeedenRCCartwrightI430523

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MRS. I. CARTWRIGHT
416 COWLEY ROAD
OXFORD
ENGLAND

068963

1602823 LAC. WEEDEN R.C.
NO: 1 A.O.S.
MALTON.
ONTARIO.
CANADA.

23-5-43.

My dear Mum,

Many thanks for your air letter, 14th and airgraph 27th April which I received yesterday, and I must say I am now receiving a constant flow of mail, which is very appreciable. I shall be here for the next 20 weeks so there should be no hold ups. The course will be complete by the end of October and I hope with success to be home by December, so keep your fingers crossed. This is quite a good station, plenty of hard work, but we have most week-ends off and a 48 hour pass every month so I shall see most of this country before I return. Toronto is a very nice city on Lake Ontario, last night I went to the Pleasure Beach, just like Blackpool used to be, coloured lights, the Big Dipper etc., we had a grand time. I hope by now you have managed to get that well earned holiday at Glasgow, I bet its nothing like peace-time. Thats [sic] one good point over here, no signs of a war at all, of course they have started rationing one or two items but nothing compared with you at home. The weather is started to get really warm, at present we are out on the lawn, me trying to concentrate, with Jack Benny on the wireless, we get good programmes out here. Dennis would like it plenty of swing bands, by the way thank him for his letter which I also received yesterday. Closing now, my regards to Dennis & Bill

All my love Reg xxxx

To Evelyn xxxxx

P.S. Thanks for birthday cable.

Citation

R C Weeden, “Letter from Reginald Weeden to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/33586.

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