On Leave in Grimethorpe, 22 - 27 November, 1942

 Stan and Grace are now on leave in Grimethorpe, with Grace arriving in Doncaster on Sunday afternoon, 22 November, and leaving to go back to Nottingham on Friday, 27th November, as she will be on duty on Friday night.

This postcard, showing the top of the High Street in Grimethorpe, was probably taken in the mid-1930's, judging by the clothes.  The little crowd is standing outside Andrews' drapery shop.  The railings on the far right-hand side are in front of the Council School.  The house in the centre of the photograph, facing down the street, is the farmhouse of Fold Head Farm, occupied at this time by William and Linda Metcalfe.  Low Farm, at the opposite end of Church Street, was occupied by William's brother, George, and his family.  

Note that there is a (paved) pavement but an unmade road - village roads were not surfaced until motor vehicles became more common, after the war.

From the letters we know that Stan and Grace will be limited to spending their time in Grimethorpe in the evenings, as the last bus to Grimethorpe from both Barnsley and Doncaster now leaves around 8 p.m.  Grace is hoping to see 'Gone with the Wind', which is showing in Barnsley, but they will have to go to a matinee in order to get home before the buses stop.

At least their enforced evenings in Grimethorpe will enable them to spend time in their favourite occupation - snuggled together in a large armchair in front of a coal fire!