Stan and Grace

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals                                                                  143. Cen Med Forces 4 May 44 My Very Own Darling, Your letter describing your two days at Grimethorpe arrived last night.   You certainly seemed to have had a really lazy time.   Fancy spending so long in bed!   Good to tell I wasn’t around to drag you out walking or on a trip to Leeds or Barnsley!!   You were never allowed to spend so much time in bed when I was at home – rather it was the other way round; I wouldn’t let you go to bed.   Remember all those heavenly nights & mornings, Darling? Your new cousin...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals                                                                            142. Cen Med Forces 2 May 44. My Own Precious Darling, After two or three days of cold weather when a blustering wind blew lots of dust round and generally made things uncomfortable, I am pleased to say the sun is shining once more and (going back to Sunday School days) “all is calm and bright” as I sit here in my favourite lunchtime haunt amongst the rocks. So you are “having a go at making some Baby clothes”, eh?   You made me go all hot & cold when I read about it!! ...

G.H.N. 1.5.44 My Own Darling, What a climate ours is!   Yesterday was a beautiful day and quite warm but today it is very windy and just like a March day.   However, it is not raining so that is something to be thankful for. I have just seen Nan off on the bus.   This is the first chance I have had of seeing her since she came down to Nottingham a fortnight ago.   We went to the “Granary” for tea – remember the place?   We then decided to go to the pictures and saw Mary Astor and John Bales and several other famous stars in “Thousands Cheer”.   It is an American film and was chiefly about the American Army.   The Colonel’s daughter entertained the troops and fell in love with a private.   It was quite a good show. Kit is on day duty at last, for which she is well and truly thankful, though the   Sister is on holiday and Kit is having to do her duties which she does not like.   She never gets off duty before 9 p/m unless it is h...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces 28 Apr 44                                                                                       141. My Own Precious Darling, Your letter announcing the arrival of the cafe “snaps” turned up yesterday to shed a little brightness onto an otherwise boring day.   So glad you liked them.   I thought they were quite good.   It’s a bit of a change to get a good photograph of myself. So you claim to be one of these people who’s moods are governed by the weather.   Well, ...

G.H.N.                                                                                (122) 27-4-44 My Own Darling, I have just returned from spending a couple of days at home.   You can imagine how thrilled I was to find two air letters and a sea letter waiting for me.   One air letter you had written on the 16 th of April and the other on the 19 th .   Your sea letter you had written on the 2 nd of this month and in it you had enclosed the enlargement of one those snaps you sent me.   Thank you for it Darling.   I liked those snaps better than any you have had ta...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow, Headquarters, 15 L of C Signals                                                                            139. Cen Med Forces 25 Apr 44. My Very Own Darling, Well I arrived back yesterday from my 400 mile trip, very dusty & with a few bruises for a combination of a 3 ton lorry & the Italian roads makes one's ride a bit rough at times. There’s not a lot I can write about regarding the trip.   The countryside looked very beautiful & fresh, the apple, peach & cherry blossom adding a dash of colour to the fresh springlike greenness of the fields.   There were...