Stan and Grace

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters, 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                  170. 7 Jul 44 My Very Own Darling, I’ve just come in from the cinema after having seen Leslie Howard’s film “Pimpernel Smith”.   It’s 10.30 p.m. but so hot that I know it will take me a long time to get off to sleep, even if I try.   I’m not going to try, however, I’ll write this letter to you and then read a book.   I shall just drop off to sleep then. When I say that today has been a good day you will automatically guess that I have had a letter from you.   At the time you wrote it you were in a flur...

Edinburgh                                                                  (146) 6.7.44 My Very Own Darling, I could not let the sixth pass without writing a letter to you, though it is almost impossible as these Scotch people talk almost as much as the Welsh.   They have all been most kind to us and we have had excellent food.   In fact they hardly know there is a war on this part of the world.   Of course, Nan is an excellent cook which makes a lot of difference. Last night we went to a dance. We quite enjoyed it but the tunes they played were far from modern.   In fact some of them went back to ten years ago.   We thought they might brea...

Edinburgh                                                                                     (145) 5.7.44 My Own Darling, As the weather is not too good to-day we decided to stay in for the afternoon. We (Kit and myself) were rather late getting up yesterday so we did not go out until the afternoon.   We thought that we would do a round of the shops but we did not even cover the length of the shops in Princess Street.   Princess Street is certainly a length, is it not? In the evening we went to the pictures and saw Irene Manning, Dennis Morgan and Bruce ...

Edinburgh                                                                                     (144) 3-7-44 My Own Precious Darling, Well, as you can see, Kit and I have really arrived in Edinburgh! A letter arrived for me this morning, before I left, from you and was written on June 25 th .   It had arrived at the G.H.N. on Saturday and had been posted on to me. I was pleased to hear that you eventually received a letter from me.   I am sorry that you were kept waiting so long – I don’t think that we people have realise just how awful it must be for you o...

Grimethorpe 2-7-44                                                                       (143) My Own Precious Darling, Once again I write to you from dear, old, Grimethorpe.   It is Sunday night and I am sitting in Vera’s room by the window, writing this letter.   There is community hymn singing on the wireless and the usual “Sunday atmosphere” everywhere. I did not arrive home until Friday night – 9 p/m to be exact.   I had not even time to post your last letter before I left Nottingham so had to post it in Grimethorpe. Yesterday was an uneventful day – I did not do much.   Late in the afternoon I took Vera up to 19’...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                            168. 30 Jun 44 My Very Own Darling, What a hellish day it has been to-day!   The hottest day we have had this year and quite up to the African standard.   Consequently I have been very irritable and the lads in the office here had rather a bad time today.   (Just see what you have to put up with when I come back to you & we get married). Probably my bad mood was as much due to the fact that I have felt very tired today, due to some unaccustomed ...