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Discusses photographs she has sent. Mentions finances and problems with the gardener. Writes about RAF allowances arriving and his leave.

Discusses baby's christening plans. Mentions she was pleased to receive his letters and other domestic matters. Catches up with family member doings. Reports that her daily help is leaving and she will try advertising for a new one. Continues with…

Writes of news of allied landing in Spitzbergen, mentions funny stories she has heard and comments on attack on Berlin. Writes about air raid warnings and their shelter in the garden. Mentions changing to the Times newspaper and parcel of baby…

Writes about putting up air raid shelter and how they will use it. Continues with news of daily activities and mentions putting advert in paper for daily help.

Writes that she was glad to hear of his gunnery course and explaining a mix up over letter to his father. Continues with gossip over daily activities, friends and family. Says she is exited over possible upcoming leave.

Thanks him for parcels and agrees that he could get her goods from his local chemist. Comment on his last letter and continues with gossip on her activities. Reports that she has found a daily help.

Writes of daily activities and Mrs Stenzel's jam making. mentions savings scheme and cost of armoured piecing bombs. Continues with more gossip of her and family activities and concludes with comment on his smoking.

Replies to his previous letter and hope the weather will be good so he can finish his high level bombing training. Encloses latest photograph of daughter Frances and writes of laundry and books. Continues with mention of fire watch schedule and…

Writes of contacting and plans for acquaintances as well as looking forward to possible leave. Comments on new daily help and that Mrs Stenzel may be leaving. Concludes with other gossip.

Writes of good weather, her activities and that she is still hoping he will get leave. Continues with discussion of his and her faith, baptism of baby daughter and prospective god parents.

Wonders if this will be last letter to him at Jurby and hopes good weather will allow him to complete bombing training. Reports that Mrs Stenzel will leave next Monday. Mentions problems with new daily help and that his parcels containing soap…

Describes her activities including incident with a large irate bee. Says she enjoyed his leave tremendously and wishes him luck with the M.O..

Reminisces over his leave and says she is looking forward to his letters from Finningley. Continues with gossip on family and her activities. Mentions she is thinking of plans their future home. Concludes with report that his telegram has arrived.

Mentions his phone call and then relates her daily activity. Commiserates over his medical issues. Continues with gossip on her activities.

Writes of RAF allowance book, problems with parcel/lost items in post and book he is reading. Says she will not answer his letters in full as hopes to see him soon.

Mentions a financial issue and a bad journey home. Writes of air raid and using the shelter and how comfortable it was. Continues with gossip on her activities.

She writes about her chores and her cousin becoming a Sergeant.

She writes about their daughter and her small weight gain, and glad that John is receiving some medical attention for his nose, and also about domestic and social activities.

Thanks him for his letter and glad he is settling down. Writes of an acquaintance who lost an arm just before he getting into the action at the front and how he is finding it difficult adjusting. She also writes of her social activities and their…

She writes about their daughter, her friends and domestic activities.

Writes about her neighbours and their daughter.

Mentions a WAAF lodger and writes about her domestic activities, listening to a talk by Mrs Jean Knox, the Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and about news of American miners’ strike.

Writes about meeting at the weekend at his parents’ and finishing her article for Housewife.

Sad that he will get no leave this week. Mentions bad fog and then describes daily activities. Catches up with family and baby news.

Chastises him over his comments on her letter writing and thanks him for sending her sister a birthday card and a photograph of a Hampden. Continues with other gossip and asks whether she will travel to meet him this weekend.