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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs. J.R. Derbyshire
62 Friars Avenue
Delapre
Northampton
England
To
Mr. John Derbyshire Bsc.
c/o 2 Harbor Lane
New Rochelle
N.Y. 10805.
U.S.A.
Jan 3rd '74
My dear Son,
Happy, Healthy New Year. Sorry to be so long but waited to see if there was a letter from you. Well, dear,
Xmas has come & gone once
more, I had a weep for our absent one but kept busy with Tessa who came
Friday & stayed till Xmas
Eve. We had a nice Xmas Eve tea together & then Xmas dinner together. Judy & Allan provided the turkey &
trimmings, far too much for us
& they insisted we kept everything. It was a joy to see Tessa undo her "parcels" & she spent hours
with a box full of dolls clothes
I had made & a doll.
Hope you had a happy time love. I miss you. It is very gloomy here, no light anywhere, thank goodness we don't relie
on electricity for cooking & heating. Pig-minded governments & pig-minded unions, each blaming the other &
neither doing anything. We
wish we were young enough to emigrate to New Zealand!! I felt sad to think you had nothing from home at Xmas, but on
making enquiries John, it
costs more to send a parcel than its worth & if contents value more than £3 you have to pay tax. I'll just
put your things away either
till you come or we can get some-one to bring them. If Gary comes to N.Y. I'll ask him to bring them. We are fit
love, longing for Spring. Mrs. Lamb wants me to go to Cornwall on holiday in the Summer so thats
something to look forward to.
Darling, don't worry about bills, grateful for a little help, but look after yourself. Electricity usualy end of
January & Gas—Mid Feb.
This quarter the worst, approx £35-40 the two, have tried to keep both down, so may not be that much. Take care,
As always
Your loving
Mother & Dad