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Christmas menu - RAF Grimsby
Menu for Christmas 1943 at RAF Grimsby. Signatures of crew on reverse. 'Three engine Charlie a crew'.
Invitation to birthday party and dance 1st anniversary 784th bomb Squadron
Invitation to birthday party and dance with details of events.
Christmas day 1943
List of events with menus for all meals. Artwork of RAF and WAAF personnel and best wishes from Group Captain D C Pickard DSO DFC commanding 140 Wing airfield.
Christmas menu 1945
Menu for Christmas 1945 at RAF Church Fenton. Signatures on reverse.
Battle of Britain day programme 1945
Programme with list of ground equipment, aircraft park and flying programme. Date 15 September 1945.
Request for grave photograph
Printed form to Director of graves registration and enquiries. Includes a request for photograph of grave of Gunner J Pawson at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery. On the reverse 'your father & G, visited his grave, Katie'.
Cemetery burial plot reservation
Made out for Castleford and Glasshoughton Joint Committee. Made out for Mrs Arther Pawson at space 90 in section Q of New Cemetery cost 10 shillings and sixpence. Annotated 'Grandma, my mother's mother'. On the reverse 'Further [....] 25th January…
New Year's resolutions and notes on past year
Cover is artwork for the Beacon with Christmas greetings and caricature of Ford Killen. Inside on front page is a list of new year resolutions. Unknown author. Three pages with title 'New Years Eve 1938, Kathleen Myers age 20. Gives account of…
Valentine's card
Cover has bouquet of flowers and St Valentine's greeting. On the reverse 'Ive worshipped from a distance, you are my hearts desire. No stirrup pump in existence could quench loves burning fire'. Inside artwork and Valentine saying.
Partial letter from Ford Killen
Chat about show business shows and films. Other gossip and banter.
Partial letter from Ford Killen
Writes about films and perceptions of England and America. Comments that thousands of GIs who would want to return to England in peace time because they had grown to love it. Mentions what was on radio. Second page torn and some text lost. Lists…
Partial letter from Ford Killen
Starts with comment on fallen comrades. Describes events since he returned from leave. Asks how things were with her and asks after boyfriends.
Partial letter from unknown author to Winnie
General philosophising about men and women. Continues with gossip about boy and girl friends. Hopes they are safe from air raids. Says there was nothing to worry about at his end of the globe. The boys out there were quite confident that they defeat…
Partial letter to Gwyneth
Relates going to a store and choosing a salesgirl of similar size in order to get item of clothing for her. Asks what she does with her time and about boyfriends. Second page is torn and text missing. Seems to be proposing agenda for evening out.…
Partial letter
Describes train journey through Egypt and Palestine/Transjordan. Detrains at Kantara (El Qantara) Mentions seeing Australians, Transjordan and Palestine police and that country is cleaner that Egypt. Leaves train at Lydda and describes activities…
Partial letter about leave in Palestine
Describes and evening out in Palestine including meeting prostitutes. Philosophises on Palestine being a wonderful country for broadening the mind. Mentions taking a dip before breakfast and leaving Tel Aviv by train back to Cairo. Mentions food…
Partial letter to Kathleen from Mrs Phyllis Colley
From a relation of Bernard [Heaton] who had been killed. Asks for names and address of crew and talks of burial and expresses her feelings on loss. Thanks her for comforting letter.
Partial letter to Kathie
Several sectioned letter. Long description about how he feels in himself possibly over breakup. Feels sorry for himself. Talks of his dreams and relates his feelings through the war. Continues philosophising at length. Writes a lengthy story about…
Partial letter
Letter about time in Egypt. Describes location of camp and surrounds.
Partial letter to Kathie
Writes that crew had just arrived back in the billet. States that she was one of the grandest straight forward WAAFs he had had the pleasure of meeting apart from his sweetheart.
Partial letter to Kitty
Thanks her for parcel. Says they had been unwell and advised her to visit that weekend. Adds gossip about events.
Raw recruit
Three verse poem about the WAAF recruit process.
Take off
Poem about crews preparing for flight and taking off watched by station commander and off duty WAAFs.
Knights of the nocturnal moon
Two versions of four verse poem, one draft and the other final. First has handwritten corrections and other annotation. Second is final version.
The everlasting turkey
Version of twelve days of Christmas but all verses about turkey.