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Transcription of Letter
From
J R Derbyshire
62 Friars Avenue
Northampton
England
To
John Derbyshire
57 North Perkins Avenue
Elmsford
New York 10532
U.S.A
62 Friars Av N,ton 24-3-75
Dear John,
Your welcome letter to hand & Mum will be writing to you as well this week. We were so
relieved to know you were OK. I wanted her to wait till her birthday I said if he forgets your Birthday then I
will worry with you, but she
was to worked up to wait. She phoned New York 5 times & couldn't get through. She phoned Information who put her
through to International who
asked her what number she had been calling as New York Exchange had burnt to the ground, so when Mum gave her the
number she said you have your
figures to many so she cut N.Y.s number out & that is how she got through first time but you wer'nt at home so I
suggested early morning your
time, before you departed.
I think as I read your letter you are trying to hard & to much, if you want to get that
College Degree you
must ease up on other interests as social, & look at it as the thing you want, to ease your way in the future as
you only get out of it what you
put into it & if you move up to quick there may be a bit of Green Eyed by some in the office there generally is but
dont let it worry you,
look after yourself. I hope you have a good trip to Atlanta[1]
I got it mixed up with Atlantic
City when I said it was seaside sorry
I bouy your hopes Atlanta is Deep South & Warm Judith was there when
Allan was at Fort
Brigg & I think he has relatives there now but I can't ask Judith as she has gone off to Austria for 2 weeks with
her fancy man who is a Jew
& has relatives there Tessa is with us She answered when
you rang She is
lovely but I dont know what impression it will leave on her mind for after years, as she is cut in three with Mum,
Judith &
Allan she
loves them all & wants them all to be together & its difficult to make her understand Still thats
life.
You must have had a job with
your crossword that is what I mean dont let anything get in your way or you will always regret it. You had one chance
at University this may be the
main one, so either buckle down to it or drop it, one of these you must do at the expence of the other. I am glad you
have taken up Tennis its a
fine game if you start right & remember, we all have our own natural talent & just improve on it with practice
& dont let anyone try to
alter it. A good player will show you the basic strokes but dont copy him but do them your way. We are joging
along some days I feel 100 &
others I feel 30 again I try to keep fit I walk about 4 miles after breakfast some days its an effort
& others no trouble. I eat
well so I just go from day to day. I think your car has done you good service you were lucky, how many miles to
the gallon, that is the thing
that counts. Judith bought a banger £75 to try & pass her test its outside here the weather
can't do any damage to it
1963 Ford Anglia.
The weather here is awful Rain & more Rain then sunshine all with a North East Gale that will freeze
you I can't
remember the last time we had a nice day, but I hope it wont be long as cold weather is one thing I can't stand a lot
of it. I had a letter from
Auntie Polly who will be 80 in August she used to fly to
South Africa to her daughters
every year Noel & me went to her husband (Uncle Eddie) funeral last year he was 80 yrs. I dont think I shall
make that.
Auntie Cissie & Fred are just the same nothing much
alters, even the weather. I dont
want to sound morbid, but at my age one is liable to slip out of this world at a minutes notice & if & when it
does I dont want you to risk
coming over here (now you are settled) if you can't get back again as I am nothing to worry about & apart from our
family wont be missed & you
are (I hope) settled & it better there than here so dig in & stay put but keep single without you meet someone
with a good bank balance,
because its only sex & when its there, when you dont want it, is more off putting than anything that's the
worst of marriage.
Well you have put your foot in it you forgot to sign your cheque you
sent Mum. Well all for now just
look after yourself & dont leave it so long before you contact us again as you know what Mum is so Cheerio for
now all the best
thinking about you
Love Dad
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