Letter from Kenneth Smith to his sister
Title
Letter from Kenneth Smith to his sister
Description
Thanks her for smokes. Asks what sort of Christmas she had had.. Says he could not go to Retford as here were no buses on Christmas day. Relates that Peg sent him a parcel with cake and other things. Mentions that his Canadian navigator had just got engaged.
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Date
1944-12-29
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Spatial Coverage
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Format
Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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Identifier
ESmithKJBSmithMEB441229
Transcription
[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Miss. M. Smith.
[inserted] [underlined] at [/underlined]
100 Rupert St
Norwich
[underlined] Norfolk [/underlined] [/inserted]
[deleted]
46, Garrick Road
Abington Park
Southampton. [/deleted]
[inserted]
100 Rupert St.
Norwich
Norfolk.
[/inserted]
[page break]
[post mark]
NORTHAMPTON
6-PM
2 JAN
1945
[page break]
1881097 Sgt Smith
c/o Aircrew Sgts Mess
RAF. Blyton
Nr Gainsborough
Lincs,
29/12/44.
My Dear Moll,
May I first thank you ever so much for the smokes and for the comb, do you know I never seemed to have a comb before but I can carry this one around in its case now. Well what sort of Christmas did you have?, pretty good I expect did you go out to tea with Geoffrey at all.?. I couldn’t
[page break]
go to Retford as there wasn’t [sic] any buses on Xmas day. Peg. Sent me a parcel with a cake she made [underlined] herself [/underlined] and bags of other things, the old firm sent me a parcel too which was quite amazing. My navigator has just got himself engaged so we are hurrying him up to get “hitched” so we can have some leave, he’s a Canadian too. Im [sic] sorry this is rather short but Ive [sic] rather a lot to do but write soon and tell me what you did and had for Xmas. All my love Ken xxxxx
[postage stamp]
Miss. M. Smith.
[inserted] [underlined] at [/underlined]
100 Rupert St
Norwich
[underlined] Norfolk [/underlined] [/inserted]
[deleted]
46, Garrick Road
Abington Park
Southampton. [/deleted]
[inserted]
100 Rupert St.
Norwich
Norfolk.
[/inserted]
[page break]
[post mark]
NORTHAMPTON
6-PM
2 JAN
1945
[page break]
1881097 Sgt Smith
c/o Aircrew Sgts Mess
RAF. Blyton
Nr Gainsborough
Lincs,
29/12/44.
My Dear Moll,
May I first thank you ever so much for the smokes and for the comb, do you know I never seemed to have a comb before but I can carry this one around in its case now. Well what sort of Christmas did you have?, pretty good I expect did you go out to tea with Geoffrey at all.?. I couldn’t
[page break]
go to Retford as there wasn’t [sic] any buses on Xmas day. Peg. Sent me a parcel with a cake she made [underlined] herself [/underlined] and bags of other things, the old firm sent me a parcel too which was quite amazing. My navigator has just got himself engaged so we are hurrying him up to get “hitched” so we can have some leave, he’s a Canadian too. Im [sic] sorry this is rather short but Ive [sic] rather a lot to do but write soon and tell me what you did and had for Xmas. All my love Ken xxxxx
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Citation
K J B Smith, “Letter from Kenneth Smith to his sister,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/48406.
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