Stan and Grace

G.H.N.                                                                                (118) 13-4-44 My Very Own Darling, Pleased to receive an air letter from you this morning.   I am looking forward to receiving your sea letter enclosing the photograph.   I should receive yours about the same time as you receive mine as they were both posted about the same time. You asked me if I had finally decided upon Edinburgh for my holidays.   Yes, both Kit and I are going – all being well.   Of course, so many things may happen before July, that we may have to alter our plans and ...

2364226 Sergt S. Bristow Headquarters                                                                                 136. 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces 12 Apr 44 My Very Own Darling, I spent the greater part of Easter Sunday afternoon and evening sitting on the pier writing a sea letter to you.   It seemed such a long time since I had written a lengthy epistle to you and as I seemed to have plenty of odds and ends to write about I set to work and turned out quite a long one.   Actually it is 11 pages long, but as the paper is twice the size of the stuff I usually use, I t...

  G.H.N.                                                                                (117) 10-4-44 My Very Own Darling, To-day is my first day on duty following my week-end.  I decided not to go home after all as it would have meant travelling home Good Friday and returning Easter Sunday.  Knowing the usual crowd for the Doncaster bus on Sunday and knowing how Grimethorpe people like to “get away for the holidays” I decided to “stay put” for Easter and rest my weary bones here.  Yes, I felt really tired and ready for my week-end. What sort of Easter did you have Dear?...

2364226                                                              Sergt.S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                                      132. 7 Apr 44 My Very Own Darling, It is Good Friday today and I’ve just been thinking of past Good Fridays an...

G.H.N. 6-4-44 My Very Own Darling, I could not let the sixth of the month pass without writing to you.   As each sixth goes by I wonder how many more will pass before we are together again. It is almost ten o-clock.   Two years and two months ago we were dancing in each others arms, having met each other for the first time.   I never realised that such a strong love would ever grow between us.   In fact, I thought that I would never see you again after that week-end.   My Darling, you have no idea how thankful I am that everything turned out just as it has done, all except our being parted.   Even this parting between us has taught us something – and that is to value our love for each other.   I don’t think we will ever take it for granted after this, do you?   I am afraid that that is not a very good description of how I really feel about it all deep down but I guess you feel the same way so you will understand. Your “sermon” duly arriv...

2364226                                                                                        131. Sergt.S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces 5 Apr 43 My Very Own Darling, I feel quite homesick after reading the letter you wrote dated 27 March. Your news of playing tennis in grand spring weather and of the violets, daffodils etc makes me yearn more than ever to be at home by your side. Spring is such a lovely, exciting period of the year, isn’t it?   It makes me feel good to be alive, when one looks around & sees ever...