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Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Acknowledges receipt of his letters and agrees with him that farming is probably not for them at this stage. States she will continue house hunting. Reports of daughter's illness and its effect on her birthday celebrations with delayed party. Lists…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Acknowledges arrival of a batch of his letters and informs him that a friend is out of the service as she is expecting. Answers points that he raised in his letters and glad that he has accepted the money spent on new cabinet. Discusses his…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes that she has sent forth parcel and provides a long list and description of contents. Continues with news of holiday in Sussex describing availability of food from farm and new farming methods for tomatoes and lettuces. Goes on to describe…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes that she has received a large amount of his mail and mentions her own letter frequency. Replies to all the points and requests that he made in his letters. Says he should not worry about her job goes on with description of their daughter and…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes of describing a property in Hertfordshire and asks him to tell her whether he favours renting or buying. Describe meeting with bank manager to discuss finance of new house. Describes visit to potential house and writes of her recent activities…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Continues to write about housing enquiries including options to rent or buy and possible locations and types of property. Mentions she is reading and old book about farming and goes on to describe her recent activities. Catches up with news of family…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Reports on her visit to estate agents and house hunting activities. Mentions many possibilities of renting or buying and costs of various options including in and out of London and possibly a farm.
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Reports arrival of two letters from him and mentions she is anxious to hear his views on size and cost of new house. Says she should be able to proceed with looking after parents arrive home and discusses possible locations and high cost of buying…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes that future correspondence will be on letter forms which go by airmail and suggest schedule. She will continue with normal letters but they go overland from Lisbon and will take a long time. Describes recent activities including concert at…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes of recent bad weather and her activities and stories about their piano and whether to repair it, Asks about his perspective on getting a new house. Continues with local news and her and daughter's activities. Concludes with domestic matters…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Catches up with local news and that a number of acquaintances had passed away. Describes investigation of source of parcel he received from Sweden. Describes her and daughter's recent activities and that she had been able to get eggs recently.…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Acknowledges receipt of a number of letters and postcards from him. Mentions his health and that she had asked Red Cross to send violin strings to the camp. Mentions there would be no further private food parcels from the United States and some other…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Describes photographs of Christmas celebrations she is sending and mentions suit she is making suit for daughter Frances. Continues with description of wedding anniversary present her sister has chosen from him and writes of her other activities,…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
She writes about making some clothing for their daughter, and that they had both been to the allotments and described the work she did there. She writes that her and a friend spent some time in Central London having lunch, visiting the National…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
She writes of greeting new year. Continues mentioning that she has sent a clothes parcel and lists the items in the parcel; that some of his clothes have been moth-eaten and she is trying to mend them; of taking her daughter to church for the first…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Acknowledges receipt of a number of his letters. Pleased her clothing parcel to him has arrived and will try and send his requirements in next parcel. Details chess moves and talks of violin strings he has asked for. Gives advice on washing socks and…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes long account about his sister's wedding, describes his new brother in law and mentions many people she met. Catches up with other family news and tells of her other activities. Mentions letters received from Switzerland and Sweden about…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes about photographs of daughter and describes weeks events, including her birthday. Mentions looking at furniture for future home and buying a tray for Christmas present. Continues with description of her other activities and news of daughter's…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
She writes about attending an ambulance station bazaar which Dame Myra Hess formally opened; going to hear a speech by Sir Walter Monkton about prisoners of war; selling flags on Flag day for London; daily/social activities and her factory work.
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes about his sister's upcoming wedding and getting an enlargement of his photograph from Red Cross headquarters. Continues with news of her and daughters activities along with other gossip. Continues with news of progress collecting for prisoner…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Reports arrival of his latest letter with enclosed photograph which she has sent to his parents. Continues with family/acquaintances news and hopes he has received photographs she sent. Announces news that her parents should be home in the spring and…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes she is sorry that number of letters he can receive a month has been reduced to four and that she has tracked source of other correspondence. Mentions that she has got a job to help war effort and that her sister and neighbours would help to…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes of making cakes for prisoner of war raffle and collecting contributions round the neighbourhood. Catches up with friends news and mentions offer from chartered accountants library to supply professional material. Writes of other organisations…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Starts with requests about his crew and other discussion of gallantry award for his pilot. Continues with news of daily activities of friends and family. Mentions trying to get a doll's pram for daughter and a tells of her wearing a new costume as…
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Writes of day to day activities and domestic maters. Mentions that she is not sending photographs as none have been taken recently. Catches up with news of friends and mentions that bad weather has prevented gardening. Writes that Frances came out in…