Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Category: Dot [Dorothy] Sweetman

Artifact 1940-11-01 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 10, 2022

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Bill Reive, Charles Manchester, Chip, Dot [Dorothy] Sweetman, Essex Scottish Regiment, Eva Robson, Frances Newman, Jeff, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Onnellee Reive, Pearl, Wilf[red] Sycamore, Windsor

Billie [Bill Reive], bombs, boyfriend, Charlie [Manchester], Chip, Dot [Sweetman], Eva [Robson], girlfriend, Jeff, La Verne [Woods], Mr. & Mrs. Newman, Onnelle [Reive], Pearl, tonsils, Wilf [Sycamore]

“Billie wrote a letter to me & put it in with Onn. He’s quite a boy Isn’t he?”
Artifact 1940-09-13 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Apr 26, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Aunt Clara, Dot [Dorothy] Sweetman, Elton Newman, Gladys, Letter, London, Onnellee Reive, Pearl, Rita [Pearl’s sister], Ruthven

Air Raid, Aldershot, Aunt Clara, Brigade H.Q., C.B., cigarettes, Colonel, convoy, cows, Detention, Dot, Elton, England, First Div[ision], fruit cake, Kiddies, London, machine gun, major, motorcycle, Onn[ellee], Pearl, Regiment, Rita, sniper, United Kingdom

“We had an air raid first thing this morn. to start the day off. It seemed so funny yesterday We didn’t have on raid all day long.”