Monday, 10 April, 1944
G.H.N. (117)
10-4-44
My Very Own Darling,
To-day is my first day on duty following my week-end. I decided not to go home after all as it would have meant travelling home Good Friday and returning Easter Sunday. Knowing the usual crowd for the Doncaster bus on Sunday and knowing how Grimethorpe people like to “get away for the holidays” I decided to “stay put” for Easter and rest my weary bones here. Yes, I felt really tired and ready for my week-end.
What sort of Easter did you have Dear? I guess a letter will be coming along soon from you telling me all about it.
Did you manage an Easter egg? We had boiled eggs for breakfast Sunday morning. Real “honest to goodness” eggs with shells on!*
Apart from Saturday night I had rather a quiet week-end and spent my time reading and sewing and thinking a great deal about you, a little about myself and our future.
You will be wondering what I did Saturday night. Well – here goes!
An invitation came to Matron from an American camp (Air Corps) for any nurses who were able to attend an Officers’ dance. There were about a dozen of us off duty that evening so we decided to go and see what sort of show they would produce. They seem to talk such a lot about nothing, don’t they?
The dance was being held about thirty miles away but they arranged for a ‘bus to take us and bring us back.
I must admit they gave us a jolly good time. There was plenty to eat, plenty to drink (if we wanted it) and plenty of partners (I do not like their dancing).
However, we all enjoyed it, and returned sober at 2.30 a/m. I am afraid that it would not do for me to be with an American for long, give me an Englishman any day – and one in particular – do you know who that one might be Darling? If not, I will leave you guessing but should you guess right give him all my love.#truelovestory #lovestoryWWII #lovestoryworldwar2 #1940slovestory #wartimelovestory #lovestoryinletters #loveletters
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I've read that when cooks in restaurants did get real eggs they would keep the shells. When they used dried egg powder they would crumble up the egg shells and distribute them thinly in the scrambled egg mixture. Then when customers found a tiny bits of shell they would not complain, because they thought "oh good, made with real eggs!"
ReplyDeleteA good scam, but I suspect their customers could tell the difference! I understand that dried egg was very watery when 'made up'.
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