Dreams of Things That Were

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  • Artifact 1940-11-14-a – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

    Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – November 14, 1940

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    Aldershot Eng
    November 14/40

    Dear Franc:-

    Well I haven’t written you for a couple of days now. I still haven’t received any mail from you. But the mail man brought in 28 bags of mail to-nite So I expect a couple letters from you to-morrow. When he gets it sorted out. That seems like a lot of mail (28 bags) But then we haven’t had mail for 2 weeks & there is over a thousand men.

    Two of the police have gone on 9 days leave this morning. Jimmie Tweedale & Burdett. Burdett is the one I went with on my five days leave. Its making a lot of extra work for the rest of us. Altho’ we only have five prisoners now. I hope we don’t get any more either.

    I wrote to Onn. last nite & was going to write her again to-nite. But I’ll wait until to-morrow & I’ll get a letter from her (I hope) & then I can answer it. I’ll answer yours too. If I don’t have to work too late.

    We have had a grand day to-day. The sun shone all day long. I washed my pants to my oldest Battle dress uniform, yesterday & so I hung it out in the sun to-day & it dried real good. I’ll have to find time to press them to-morrow. It will likely rain to heat the old devil to-morrow cuz’ this is the first day we’ve had without rain for I don’t know how long

    Well I have just made some coffee & I told Glen to come over to the office & have some. I don’t know wether he’ll be here or not. I will write more when I get your letter & will close for to-nite

    As Ever

    Lovingly

    Harry

    P.S.

    I hope you can read it

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  • Artifact 1940-10-24 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

    Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – October 24, 1940

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    Aldershot, England
    October 24/40

    My Dear Sister:-

    Was so glad to get your letter yesterday. But I didn’t get a chance to answer it until to-nite. I also got on from Onn. & I’ll try & get hers answered too.

    I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me for so long. It isn’t because I haven’t written. It must be as you said. It went down on that ship with those refugee children. I think that I’m getting all your mail tho’

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  • Artifact 1940-09-20 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

    Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman – September 20, 1940

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    Aldershot, Eng.
    Sept. 20/40

    Dear Franc:-

    I just finished writing to Mr. Allen’s & I thought I’d drop you a line or two before I shaved & had dinner.

    The whole regt. Has gone out on a scheme. They left at eight A.M. So I stayed in bed until ten. I don’t go on duty until 1.30 So I thought I’d better write some letters.

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