Tuesday, 18 July, 1944

Grimethorpe

18.7.44                                                                               (152)

12 M.N.

My Precious Darling,

I was very pleased to receive a letter from you this morning.  I somehow thought that there would be one.  You wrote it eight days ago.  Really the A.P.O. have excelled themselves recently.  Your letters are always very dear to me – especially when they have been written fairly recently.

Believe it or not I have been to pay a visit to my sister-in-law at Sunny Bank Farm.  Connie wanted to meet her, so, together with the baby we went this afternoon.  The baby was very interested in the young ducks and hens etc., and before I left, Roy (Bessie’s brother) would have me try my hand at milking.  I felt like a raw recruit to the Land Army, sitting on a three legged stool trying to milk a cow.  My efforts I am sorry to say were not very successful.  The more I see of farms the more glad I am that you are not a farmer, Darling!!

Bessie is much the same.  She informed me that Eric had been over for the week-end.  Bessie knows that I was on holiday and I am sure that she would have told Eric.  As usual she had an excuse as to why Eric had not been home.  I am afraid I get more and more disgusted with my brother as time goes on, though there was a time when I worshipped the ground he walked on.

I hope Darling that our being so much in love with each other will never be the cause of us hurting our relations that are near and dear to us.  I would not mind so much for myself but he does not put himself out to come and see Mother so often.

Darling, forgive me for your seeing this.  I know is not the way to write to an Army man serving abroad – especially to my own dear man, so I will see if I can finish the short space left without a grouse.

This evening I took Connie and the baby to 19’ to arrange about going to Sports Day at HGS* tomorrow.  John was delighted with the baby and kept her amused the whole evening.

There is just this wee space left now Dear in which I can say “I love you, Darling and come home soon – I miss you and need you so much.”  Always your own  Grace xxxxxx

* Hemsworth Grammar School

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