Stan and Grace

G.H.N.                                                                                (104) 3-3-44 My Very Own Darling, Here we are, in March again.   This year seems to be going quickly, though it cannot go too quickly for me.   I can hardly realise that Eric will have been married 3 years on the 22 nd of this month and that the 22 nd is your birthday too, Darling.   Yes, time certainly flies though I must admit there are times when it simply crawls along. The sea letter you wrote me on Christmas day arrived yesterday*.   It just goes to prove that “everything comes to...

2364226                                                                    Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                            118. 2 Mar 44 My Very Own Darling, No more mail since last time I wrote, so I am not feeling too happy.   I am happy only when I get mail from a certain young lady from Nottingham & the more I get, the happier I am!! Still...

G.H.N.                                                                                (103) 28-2-44 10p/m My Very Own Darling, Thank you for your cable which arrived this afternoon.   I was so pleased to hear that you eventually received mine, though it got to you three weeks later than I intended – that is according to your cable which is dated Feb: 24 th .   The A.P.O. have a marvellous way of working things at times, don’t they? However, Darling, the main point is that you have received it which is all that really matters. It is rather late in the day to start letter writing...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals                                                                                      117. Cen Med Forces 26 Feb 44 My Very Own Darling, The only thing of note during the past few days has been the arrival of a very nice letter from you, date 17 Feb 44. I had to smile at the note you put in brackets after the description of the shawl that Vera is knitting.   Do you remember what it was?   I think you must have been thinking a long way ahead when you wrote it!! Of course you didn’t bore me by the d...

G.H.N.                                                                                (102) 25.2.44 My Own Precious Darling, This morning I posted an ordinary letter to you but I suppose it will be some time before you receive it. If my memory is correct it will be about a year now since you left the shores of England.   I wonder how long it will be before you see them again?   Not very long my Darling, I do hope. Quite a lot has happened in this last year.   You have travelled thousands of miles, the Allied Nations have had many victories on all fronts and above all Darling...

Nurses Home General Hospital Nottingham                                                                          (101) 24-2-44 10 p/m My Own Precious Darling, Once again I am back at the old G.H.N. and settled down to routine; or at least, almost settled down.   Tomorrow I take over Staff Nurse duties on Seely Ward – men's surgical.   It is the ward I was on previous to my last night duty.   Yes, I have finished with night duty for the rest of my stay here. The Staff Nurse of Seely Ward has taken a night Sisters post so I have taken her place.   It does not seem two minutes since I was a junior proba...

Grimethorpe                                                                        (100) 20-2-44 My Very Own Darling, As I write this I realise that my short stay at home is nearly over.  Ivy, my friend is staying with me and in a short while my Mother & Father, Ivy and myself are going to pay a call on the Bristows.  Ivy is a grand girl – she is older than I am – she is 30 I believe this year.  She has heard such a lot about you and the rest of your family that she must go and prove that everything I tell her is correct. Last Friday I went to Sutton to Kits house and Ivy came back with me yesterday.  We had to ...