Letter to Brian Walley's Parents from Brian

Letter to Brian Walley's Parents from Brian

He mentions he has not received any mail. One of his colleagues made a cake but it turned soft and they called it a pudding.

1942-01-25

One double sided handwritten letter card

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[underlined] Kreigsgefangenenpost [/underlined]

[three ink stamps]

Mr & Mrs F. G. Walley
“HAFRYN”
CORWEN,
MERIONETHS
N. WALES.
GT. BRITAIN

Sgt. BRIAN STEPHEN WALLEY
90067

Stalag VII A

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My dearest Mum & Dad, I haven’t so far received any mail but am living in hopes as I should be getting one or two letters very soon. Things could be a lot worse than they are and I am making the best of a bad job and am having a reasonably good time. I believe I told you of the 2 N. Zealand laddies with me, anyway one of them was trying his hand at making a cake. After the mixture (Army ration biscuits and raisons with a spot of sugar, margarine & milk) had been cooking for about 2 hrs or so, he took it off the stove, and standing a yard away made a stab at it with a knife (I think he was expecting an explosion or something) When nothing happened, he took the knife out very gingerly and looked at it, at the same time he squawked, “By jingoes!!! It’s a pudding” You can imagine what a laugh we all had out of it, nevertheless, it was quite a good pudding. Gosh I’ll have some funny stories to tell when I get home. By the way I’ve asked the “Kiwis” (N.Z.) home on our return. How’s the family etc. Lots of love to all. Brian xxx.