Wednesday, 19 April, 1944

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Sergt. S. Bristow,
Headquarters,
15 L of C Signals                                                                           137.
Cen Med Forces

19 Apr 44.

My Very Own Darling,

I’ve just finished a very nice lunch of roast pork, baked spuds, onions & apple sauce and am now feeling in a very pleasant mood.  The lunch was helped down too by the fact that just as I was sitting down I was presented with a letter from you, dated 13 Apr.

Your mail is coming in very well just now, Darling and it is always much nicer when one gets “fresh” letters.  Six days from England not bad going is it?  I hope you are getting mine just as quickly, although I hear quite a lot of complaints from other people that the mail isn’t doing so well from this end.  Do you get any trouble?

I have actually got two letters of yours to answer.  The first one is the one describing your visit to the American Officers’ Mess.  I feel like you about the Yanks.  They always go out of their way to make you welcome, but there’s something about them that makes them rather distasteful company.  I think, as you do, that it is just that they talk too much.  I hope you chose as a dancing partner one who did not chew gum.  I think that's an absolutely nauseating habit.

Anyway, Darling, I am glad you had a good time.  You must keep in dancing trim so that you can take me dancing again.  After all these months I shall be stiff – require teaching again!!  Roll on those happy nights once more.  What do you say, Dear?  We owe quite a lot to our ability to dance, don’t we?

I hope that nothing crops up to prevent your holiday in Scotland.  I wonder if you will be energetic enough to climb up to Arthur’s Seat.  It is well worth it, for there is a smashing view from the top.  Oh Darling, you don’t realise how much I wish that I was coming with you.  Who ever wrote the song “Wishing will make it so” didn’t know what he was talking about.

I am going to have a short holiday to-morrow when I am going across the country to pick up a dozen men who are joining this unit.  It is a matter of there one day & back the next, but it involves a journey of 400 miles across beautiful country, so it will be a break.  I only wish that it would be you who would be sat beside me & not a driver & that it was a nice little private car I was doing the journey in and not a three ton lorry.  Ah me!  More wishful thinking.

Sorry to hear of your visit to the Orthopaedic Hospital.  Hope Mrs Brown is getting on OK now.  Your remarks were very interesting.  I don’t think you love nursing as much as you used to do; do you?

Well, Darling I must go now.  It is ten minutes walk from the end of this pier to the office & I’ve five minutes to do it in!!  Bye Bye, then, Angel.  Keep on loving me.  I love you so much.  Always Yours, Stan   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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