Tuesday, 14 & Wednesday, 15 December, 1943

Grimethorpe                                                                                         (80)

My Own Darling,

I could not say all that I wanted to say in my previous letter so I thought that I would pen you another air-letter.  I did think of sending you an ordinary letter but they take such an age to reach you so I decided upon this.

As I told you in my previous letter I went up to 19’ last Tuesday and was presented with my Christmas presents.  I suppose Darling that you will want to know what you have given me for Christmas!  Unless of course you already know.  Just in case you have not yet received a letter from your Mother telling you I will tell you.

Your present consisted of a cut glass sardine dish on a silver stand and with a silver lid.  It really is lovely Dear.  I wish you were here to see it.  Also from you is a cruet on a wooden stand.  Very useful.  The sardine dish, by the way, is our first piece of silver, Darling. 

From the rest of the family at 19’ I received a two tier cake stand.  It is very nice and very acceptable.  Excuse the smudge but it is this ink obtained in Grimethorpe.  I have to blame something so I might as well blame the ink.

15-12-43

Father has just been passing rude comments.  He says that he wonders you can read this as he cannot.  My writing he means not your letter.

I think that he must be feeling that way to-night.  He is trying to eat some fish for his tea but he says that he has come to the conclusion that it is utility fish as he has broken two teeth on it so far.

I have just informed him that he cannot expect too much as there is a war on.  This war – we do make it an excuse for some things.

I wonder how far away the end of it is.  As each day goes by I get more and more impatient and wonder just how much longer we have to wait before we shall see each other again and put all our plans into operation.

By the way, the other day when I was with your Mother I bought a meat tin.  Not knowing much about such things I turned to your Mother and asked her if it would be big enough.  “Good gracious girl” she said “how many are you going to cook for.  I only use one as big as that for four”!

So now you know what you are having for a wife – some day.

Really Darling, I dare not write any more with this ink so Au-Revoir.

All my love, my Darling, yours always, Grace   xxxxxxxx

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