Stan and Grace

G.H.N. 13.10.44                                                                    192 My Precious Darling, At last, at long last, have I got my future (or at least for the next twelve months) settled. Kit and I have just returned from our interview at Kendray Hospital, Barnsley.   We have decided to go there – and have been accepted. We went home last night.   We caught a train at 7 p/m and arrived in Grimethorpe at 9.30 p/m and went for our interview this afternoon. The hospital has 140 beds – much smaller than this place of course.   The Nurses Home looks very nice and the conditions seem all right.   Of course, I cannot really ...

2364226                                                                    Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 12 Oct. 44 .                                                                           220. Hello, my beloved Darling, There’s not a more contented bloke in Italy then yours truly today.   The reason?   Why I’ve had two more letters from you to-day.   Fancy five letters in five days.   What...

2364226                                                                    Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 11 Oct. 44 .                                                                           219. My Very Own Precious Darling, Nothing much to report today.   Started the day off well, though, because another letter (the third of the week) arrived from a certain young lady who means more to me than anyone else...

G.H.N. 10.10.44                                                                    191 My Most Precious Darling, I hoped that there might be a letter from you to-day but no – I was doomed to disappointment.   There will probably be a letter from you tomorrow though. I don’t think I mentioned in my last letter that I went to see “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”   It was a really good film.   The acting was superb.   I have not read the book so I cannot compare the picture with it but I thought that it was well worth seeing. Kit and I go for our interview at Kendray Hospital on Friday.   Will let you know the result afterwards. Am wri...

2364226                                                                    Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 8 Oct. 44 .                                                                                            216. My Own Most Precious Darling, The Army Post Office has dropped at least 200 per cent in my estimation during the last few days.   Do you know h...

2364226                                                                    Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 6 Oct. 44 .                                                                                            215. Hello, My Own Darling, The Army Post Office has let me down today.   It's our anniversary day & they haven’t sent me a letter.   Just ...

G.H.N. 5.10.4                                                              188. My Own Darling, I posted a sea-letter to you this morning but thought that I would write you this air-letter as sea letters take such an age to reach you. I hoped that there would be a letter from you this morning but there was not.   You know Dear, I am quite greedy where letters from you are concerned.   The more I get and the more I want! Yes, I do remember going into the Elephant in Doncaster with you and your Mother.   You said that you did not think that there was any harm in going into a place like that but that I would argue about that statement.   Well – no I do not.  ...