Saturday, 22 January, 1944

Nurses Home                                                                                (92)
General Hospital
Nottingham

22-1-44

My Own Darling,

Having given out all medicines, taken my temperatures and tucked everybody up for the night and done all the other hundred and one jobs that there are to do, I find myself with half an hour to spare so thought that I would start this letter to you.

I have only three more nights to work and then I spend five nights in my own little bed at home.  I suppose that by the time this letter reaches you I will have been home, come back again and I will be ready for going again.  As I have had to wait six weeks between my last lot of nights off and these it means that I only have to work a fortnight and then I go for my last nights off – and so to day duty.

The Sister of this ward has asked me if I would like to do day duty up here but as I have done four months day duty here before and now this spell of night duty I think that I have done enough.

However, that is quite enough about that.

I received an air-letter and an air graph yesterday from you.  In your letter you mentioned the first night we had out together and we went to that small cafe in Barnsley.

Little did I realise that night that so much would develop from that one night out with you.

I think that we both had the same idea in mind that week-end.  We thought that we were both home for a few hours, that we would have an evening out and that would be that.  However, Fate decided otherwise – or whatever it is that decides these things.  I think Cupid must have been hovering around with his bow and arrow that night!

By the way, in one of your letters you asked me which blood group I was.  Well, I am O or Group 4.  I can give my blood to you but you could not give yours to me.  I can only receive blood from somebody the same group as myself.  Yes, it is very complicated.  Some day, if you are sufficiently interested I will explain it all to you.

A friend of mine and myself went to a trade show a few mornings ago and saw a new child protegee.  Her name is Margarete O’Brien and she is six years old.  She is very good.  Quite plain and simple and a change from what one usually gets.

A fortnight ago I managed to drag myself out of bed at 3 p.m. and went to see “Stage Door Canteen”.  It was an all star cast and a good show.

The last film that Leslie Howard made is being shown in Nottingham this week.  It is called “The Lamp Still Burns” and is a tribute to the nursing profession.  If once again I can drag myself out of bed at 3 p.m. to-morrow I will go and see it.

Have you had chance to see a film recently or are there not any such things where you are at the moment?

Have you done any reading recently?  I bought a book called “I, Claudius” just after Christmas, but have only read about six pages.  As far as I can gather the book is about the life of that Roman Emperor.

Well Darling, I think that I have exceeded my half-hour so had better say Au-Revoir.  All my love, Darling.  Yours as always, Grace   xxxxxxx

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