Saturday and Sunday, 8 & 9 July, 1944

56 Brierley Road
Grimethorpe
Nr Barnsley                                                                                     147.

8.7.44

My Own Darling,

I received an air-letter from you this morning dated June 28^th.  It had been forwarded on to me from the G.H.N.  In it you said that I would probably have started my holiday by the time it arrived.

Yes – I have been on holiday a week now and it has simply flown by.

I was going to write you an air-letter but found that I had run out of them and all the post-offices close for the half-day up here on Saturday.

So you see Darling – it had to be a sea-letter.  The only snag attached to sea-letters are that by the time they reach you the news is stale.

According to your letter Darling, the place you are at at the moment sounds heavenly.  You made me long to be with you – in that little villa and to be going moonlight bathing with you.  What a lot of time is being wasted and what a lot we have to make up for when you come home, though, Darling, just to have you by my side is all I ask – I should be perfectly happy.

And now I will tell you of Kit’s and my own adventures since I wrote to you on the sixth.

Yesterday – Friday, we toured more of the shops and I managed to get hold of some embroidery silks for a tablecloth which I want to embroider.  Yes – one more addition to my “bottom drawer”.

Friday evening we went to the pictures and saw “Ali Barbar and the Forty Thieves” starring John Hall and Maria Mantase.  It was in Technicolour and was quite a good film.  A bit different to the usual modern war films that we see so many of these days.

As we were not up very early this morning we did not go out until after dinner.

We then went down to Holyrood Palace.  It is very interesting, is it not?  Leaving Holyrood Palace we walked up the Royal Mile.  I was in my glory walking up there as there are numerous curiosity shops.  We walked in each one and had a good look round.  The very last one we went into I found what I had been looking for ever since your birthday – some solid silver teaspoons.  They are really nice Darling – I am sure you will like them.  I think that nothing looks as nice as silver, don’t you?

I am writing this letter after having eaten a late tea of salmon salad, shortbread and various other home made cakes.  By the way, Nan says I have to tell you that she can recommend my salad cream*.

We have not yet decided whether or not to go out this evening.

Sunday.  9-7-44

As it was such  nice evening we decided to go out again.

Yesterday was the last day of holiday week and the authorities were encouraging people to take holidays at home.  They arranged various forms of entertainment for them – one of which was open air dancing in Princes Street gardens.  Kit and I found our way there last night.  We had quite a good time and the weather stayed nice.

We were going to the sea this afternoon but as it is raining this morning I doubt if we shall get there.

As it is dinner time I am afraid that I will have to say Au-revoir.  We don’t seem to have done much else but eat and sleep since we came here.

‘Bye then Darling.  You have all my love.  Always yours – Grace  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 * Note that at this time 'salad cream' was made at home and did not come ready-made in a bottle!

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