Letter from John Mansell to his parents
Title
Letter from John Mansell to his parents
Description
John writes he has received the June parcel. He repeats his previous request for things to be sent. He passed his Spanish exam. He has been working at the theatre with Jimmy.
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Date
1944-11-07
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Language
Format
One handwritten sheet
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Contributor
Identifier
SMansellEJ132971v10065
Transcription
NOV 7TH 1944
My dear Mum and Dad – Great news! At the end of last month I received my “June” parcel, the contents were wonderful and I have written to Mr Gibbs and the C-of-Police. The sleeping bag is now fully operational and in constant use. As a suggestion for future parcels, could you please concentrate on pyjamas, slippers, light underwear, shirts and maybe my dressing gown. I didn’t tell you at the time, but last June I took the R. S. H. elementary and inter. Spanish exams, yesterday I got the results, a Pass with credit for the first, and a second class Hons for the inter. I am now studying for the advanced, & have also received notice of the dispatch of the Oxford exams, - so they should be here quite soon now. Jimmy and I are still working hard as theater electricians - he is also one of my closest friends, - maybe in one of your next letters you would like to “provisionally” invite him down for a visit sometime after we get back. The other day somebody thought my photograph of Mother by the drawing room window was one of my wife! – Quite a compliment but a very easy mistake to make. Space is limited, but I must thank you again for the parcel. I am writing to Aunty[indecipherable word] this month, must stop, all my love, John
M.
My dear Mum and Dad – Great news! At the end of last month I received my “June” parcel, the contents were wonderful and I have written to Mr Gibbs and the C-of-Police. The sleeping bag is now fully operational and in constant use. As a suggestion for future parcels, could you please concentrate on pyjamas, slippers, light underwear, shirts and maybe my dressing gown. I didn’t tell you at the time, but last June I took the R. S. H. elementary and inter. Spanish exams, yesterday I got the results, a Pass with credit for the first, and a second class Hons for the inter. I am now studying for the advanced, & have also received notice of the dispatch of the Oxford exams, - so they should be here quite soon now. Jimmy and I are still working hard as theater electricians - he is also one of my closest friends, - maybe in one of your next letters you would like to “provisionally” invite him down for a visit sometime after we get back. The other day somebody thought my photograph of Mother by the drawing room window was one of my wife! – Quite a compliment but a very easy mistake to make. Space is limited, but I must thank you again for the parcel. I am writing to Aunty[indecipherable word] this month, must stop, all my love, John
M.
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Citation
John Mansell, “Letter from John Mansell to his parents,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 24, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/49317.
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