Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Title
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Description
Writes about poor weather and that he thought summer was over. Comments on plans for upcoming leave with wife Vera and son Derek. Sets maths puzzle with diagram for his father that he has been trying to solve.
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Date
1944-08-26
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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SGillK1438901v30045
Transcription
OFFICERS MESS.
R.A.F. SYERSTON.
Nr. NEWARK.
NOTTS.
Aug. 26th./44.
Dear mum & dad,
Just a few lines to let you know I'm getting along alright. The weather down here isn't too good lately, plenty of rain, low cloud and morning fogs are the usual run of things, so it looks like we've had our summer for this year.
I'm hoping we'll have a few days fine weather for my leave though, because I'd like to take Vera and Derek to Scarborough for a few days, it will be a change for them at least. I'm on holiday all the time or so they tell me.
[page break]
2/
Here's a puzzler for you dad, two ladders one 30 feet long, the other 20 ft. long are leaning against the walls of a well, they cross 10 ft. about [sic] the ground so what is the width of the well.
[diagram]
We've been trying to work it out for several days now, but I can't remember sufficient "calculus" to do it though it can be done by straight mathematics.
Well I'lll [sic] have to close as the lads want some "gen", so keep well and look after yourselves.
Cheerio for now,
Your Loving Son
Ken [kisses]
David [kisses]
[page break]
[stamp and postmark NEWARK 26 AUG 1944]
Mr. & Mrs. F. Gill,
55, Kyffin Avenue,
Halton,
Leeds,
Yorkshire.
R.A.F. SYERSTON.
Nr. NEWARK.
NOTTS.
Aug. 26th./44.
Dear mum & dad,
Just a few lines to let you know I'm getting along alright. The weather down here isn't too good lately, plenty of rain, low cloud and morning fogs are the usual run of things, so it looks like we've had our summer for this year.
I'm hoping we'll have a few days fine weather for my leave though, because I'd like to take Vera and Derek to Scarborough for a few days, it will be a change for them at least. I'm on holiday all the time or so they tell me.
[page break]
2/
Here's a puzzler for you dad, two ladders one 30 feet long, the other 20 ft. long are leaning against the walls of a well, they cross 10 ft. about [sic] the ground so what is the width of the well.
[diagram]
We've been trying to work it out for several days now, but I can't remember sufficient "calculus" to do it though it can be done by straight mathematics.
Well I'lll [sic] have to close as the lads want some "gen", so keep well and look after yourselves.
Cheerio for now,
Your Loving Son
Ken [kisses]
David [kisses]
[page break]
[stamp and postmark NEWARK 26 AUG 1944]
Mr. & Mrs. F. Gill,
55, Kyffin Avenue,
Halton,
Leeds,
Yorkshire.
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K Gill, “Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/35709.
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