Postcard to Kathleen Crofts

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Title

Postcard to Kathleen Crofts

Description

A postcard from Peter Hattersley to Kathleen Crofts written from his prisoner of war camp. In it he describes a fairy story that he is writing and concludes by stating that he hopes its first private reading will be in bed with her.

Date

1944-10-29

Temporal Coverage

Language

Format

One handwritten postcard

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Contributor

Identifier

MHattersleyCR40699-160506-040006,
MHattersleyCR40699-160506-040007

Transcription

[postmark]

[Censors stamp]

MISS KATHLEEN CROFTS

HADDENHAM

ELY

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

ENGLAND

W/CDR. (WING COMMANDER) C.R. HATTERSLEY RAF

864

H

[page break]

29/10/44

My darling Kay, I’m just in the middle of writing a fairy story, about a young knight “whose judgement left much to be desired” and a precious stone (or jewel) which turned into a beautiful maiden “who simply radiated love and warmth”. It’s not a long story but it’s more or less to the point. It’ll have its first private reading in bed, when we’ve time.

Your, Peter.

Collection

Citation

Peter Hattersley, “Postcard to Kathleen Crofts,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/7015.

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