Letter from Jack Darby to Jean

Letter from Jack Darby to Jean

He has received all her mail that went to Canada. His training has been getting him fit.

1943-03-21

Two double sided handwritten sheets

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Miss Welland,
7. Queens Drive
Surbiton
Surrey.

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P/O Darby. 154676.
No 2. Officers Mess
R.A.F. Filey Camp
Filey.
Yorks.

21.3.44.

Dear Jean,

Thanks so much for your letter which I received on Monday, am sorry to hear you’ve had to arise from your nice warm bed, can imagine what you say, or are you still asleep? There was quite a stir in these ‘ere parts on Sunday night, we had an alert the first for nearly a year, was quite a night out for the fire watchers, don’t you wish you did yours up this way?

Regarding your query about “Col Blimp” I’m afraid I didn’t see the

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cast as it had just started when we arrived, I should think so as the makeup was too good for one man.

Since I’ve been here I’ve received all your mail which went to Canada, its rather amusing to read what you would do to me if there was’nt bags of ocean between us, well, I’m not going to refresh your memory, you may be tempted to go to work on me with that carpet bag of yours. next time we meet, which incidently [sic] may be quite soon we [underlined] may [/underlined] get leave subject to recall to Harrogate, it just depends if there are vacancies at A.F.U.’s.

I’m very glad to hear you have been pulling the mower, you better be getting those muscles of yours in

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trim for tennis, I’ll see if I can remove the alleged double chin which I hav’nt seen, it was’nt there last time we went out, perhaps fierce concentration on my socks caused it!

Talking about blondes, well if you go on the (peroxide) bottle that water tank near the Assembly Rooms will really have a customer, even if the [deleted] surround [/deleted] resultant tidal wave washes away the Coach & Horses! gee what a to do that would cause.

Am writing this in the lounge, it’s a terribly draughty place, shall have to nail the letters down to the table if the wind gets any stronger. I’m feeling rather tired, we did another cross country run, about 7 miles, was on my knees when I got back.

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can tell you I shall be so fit when I get home that shall want to walk home every night, [underlined] perhaps. [/underlined]

Well I think a few rude remarks have crept in here and there, of course they were quite unintentional, I know. Still its really nice to be able to write to you and get a reply in a few days, you seem much nearer somehow.

Think I will close now, look after yourself and write soon

Yours

Jack