4 November, 1943 - Airgraph from Stan

 2364226  Sergt Bristow S, UHQ, 15 L of C Signals, CMF

77.                                                                                     4 NOV 43

MY VERY OWN DARLING,

I USED MY LAST AIR LETTER CARD LAST NIGHT IN WRITING TO YOUR MOTHER TO SAY HOW SORRY I WAS TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF YOUR GRANDFATHER, SO THIS AIRGRAPH WILL HAVE TO SATISFY YOU FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, UNTIL THE NEXT ISSUE OF A.N.L.C.’S COMES AROUND!

HOW JEALOUS YOU MAKE ME FEEL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ERIC COMING HOME! !  I WISH I WAS IN A SIMILAR POSITION ALTHOUGH I SUPPOSE I SHOULDN’T GRUMBLE.  STILL, A SPOT OF WISHFUL THINKING NEVER DID ANYONE ANY HARM, DID IT?

I DID VERY WELL AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK.  I ACTUALLY GOT TWO LETTERS FROM YOU IN ONE AFTERNOON.  QUITE A RED LETTER DAY!  I WAS SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR GRANDFATHER’S DEATH AND ALSO OF THE TROUBLE YOU HAD WITH THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES TRYING TO WANGLE AN ODD HOUR OR TWO OFF FOR THE FUNERAL.  AN UNSYMPATHETIC LOT OF BLIGHTERS - - - AND TO THINK THAT ONCE YOU SERIOUSLY THOUGHT OF TYING YOURSELF UP WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

TODAY HAS BEEN A DREADFUL DAY.  IT STARTED RAINING JUST WHEN I WAS GETTING UP AND IT HASN’T STOPPED SINCE.  IT HAS MADE ME FEEL QUITE DREARY EACH TIME I HAVE LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW.  STILL, ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AND THE WINTER IS OVER HERE AND IT STARTS GETTING WARM AGAIN.  LIFE IN THE ARMY IS ALWAYS A LITTLE PLEASANTER WHEN IT IS FINE.  COLD WET WEATHER REQUIRES A NICE COSY ROOM AND A FIRE AT NIGHT IN FRONT OF WHICH ONE CAN ROAST WHILST READING A BOOK, LISTENING TO THE WIRELESS - - OR DOING OTHER THINGS!!

WELL, DARLING, THIS ALWAYS SEEMS SUCH AN IMPERSONAL WAY OF WRITING TO YOU SO LATER ON THIS EVENING, OR TOMORROW, I WILL START A SEA LETTER TO YOU.  THERE’S NOT A GREAT DEAL OF FRESH NEWS TO RETAIL TO YOU, BUT I NEVER FAIL TO COUGH UP A FEW THINGS FOR YOU, DO I?  FANCY HAVING SIX LETTERS FROM ME ALL IN ONE WEEK.  I BET THAT PUT YOU UP IN THE CLOUDS.  IT WOULD ME IF I RECEIVED ALL THAT AMOUNT FROM YOU IN ONE WEEK.

UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT, THEN, KEEP MY LOVE, DARLING.  YOURS ALWAYS,  Stan xxxx


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