Stan and Grace

Grimethorpe                                                                                 (99) 17-2-44 My Own Darling, As you can see, I am at home once again.   I arrived yesterday at 3 p.m., as usual – frozen and tired.   However, after an early night and thirteen hours sleep – without waking once, I am once again feeling full of beans. An air letter arrived for me yesterday before I left.   It was written on Feb 6 th . I am so sorry Darling, that my cable did not arrive on our anniversary.   I tried to time it so that it would.   I hope it arrived soon af...

G.H.N.                                                                                                    (98) 14-2-44 My Own Darling, Your letters dated Feb 2 nd and Jan 6 th (a sea letter) arrived yesterday. Thank you for all the birthday wishes Darling. I am so glad that my letters have started arriving regularly again.   I know how anxious I get if when your letters are delayed so I have an idea how dreadful it must be for you – stuck out there too. There is only one more night for m...

2362226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                            112. 13 Feb 44 My Very Own Darling, Sunday once more and the end of another week, a week which finished very pleasantly for along rolled a letter from you this lunchtime.   Quite a recent one, too, for it arrived in eight days. There was also one a couple of days ago, in which you mentioned that the powder and lipstick had turned up, appropriately enough on your birthday, too, I noted from the date.   I was pleased to hear that it seemed alright.   ...

G.H.N. 12-2-44                              2 a.m. My Very Own Darling, I hope that the mail situation has improved since I last heard from you.   The postman still continues to call regularly over here. I posted you a sea letter a few days ago but I suppose it will be some time before you receive it. Only four more nights to work and then – home for six days.   We now get six instead of five nights off each month.   It is also Kit’s nights off and Ivy’s - a friend of ours.   She is coming home with us.   It is Kit’s birthday whilst we are at home so Ivy is staying with Kit and I am going to Sutton on the Friday.   We are all going over to Grimethorpe on the Saturday. Kit is going back home the same night and Ivy is staying until Tuesday – when we are due back. I am really due on day duty when we come back...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                  111. 9 Feb 44 My Very Own Darling, Once again I am a happy being!!   Within two days I have had three air letters and one sea letter from you, so the long wait I was complaining about in my last letter has had its reward.   Letters from you Darling are the best and most effective tonic I could wish for. The air letters were the ones you wrote at Grimethorpe during your nights off & as you can well guess, Darling. They made me feel very nostalgic.   To be at home with you once again is my one long dream, ...

General Hospital Nottingham 6-2-44                     11 p.m. My Very Own Darling, My mind has just been travelling back to exactly two years ago to-night.   At this moment I was probably dancing in your arms, I cannot remember whether or not you had told me your name.   Yes, I had made a few enquiries from various people as to who you were and all about you.   They had also pointed out your Mother and Father to me, so you see, I knew more about you before we met than you knew about me. I went to that dance with the full intention of enjoying it – and I did.   Little did I realise that night that it would alter the whole course of my life. If I remember we talked about two arm chairs at the front of a blazing fire and the wireless playing soft music.   What else we talked about I do not remember.   A lot of nonsense I guess. But it was a very pleasant...