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Transcription of Letter
Dear John,
Many thanks for your card & cheque received today 30/11/76. Mum is away for a week expect her
back tomorrow. She has spent 3 days with Mim & is now at
Stourbridge with
Whin. I shall have to get
some Brandy to bring her round after she sees your cheque. It will form a nucellus to start the visit John Fund 1977.
She's like the squirrel &
his nuts (I am only kidding) but has it happens she got a letter from
Mary this morning asking her to
get over next August to be at her wedding were you will be usher & she is going to drop hints to you, so what
chance do you stand, but dont let
Mary know that you know. anyway I hope you have a good time & realise there is one born every second, of course if
it has a dowry say $1,000,000
it nice to be caught (are'nt I terrible)
I see you have fallen again. What makes you think its love. ask yourself, could you lie in bed without
having a go, then its sex & it will wear off & you will wonder what you saw in her & I speak from my
experience at your age, & that
is not hear say. I only wish I had the advice, at your age, that I am giving you. I was lucky to meet your mother there
is'nt any more left her now,
so its useless to look for one I often wonder what she saw in me, she should have had someone worthy of her &
you will never know how much
you owe to her so always look after. You know an old song says "I can get another sweetheart any time but never
another Mother"
Difference in age tells when to years pass & if she is older than he it shows, & everything points to the world
not lasting the generation
after yours. You see I have seen the world shrink from a Big thing to a small thing, from a place of open spaces to
urban growth, & I doubt if it
will last another 100 yrs.
I am glad you like the watch. It is one of the first type of spring
action watches, they used to be chain driven. I had a gold chain but sold it during the war as they went out of fasion
in world war I when the wrist
watch came in fashion. I carried it (the chain) in my suitcase all over the world, & I was afraid of losing it or
getting it pinched. I've got a
gold medalion to go with a gold chain when you get it. its a medal my dad won at bowling in 1908. If Mum comes over
next year she can bring it. its
engraved on the back (Captains medal R Derbyshire). then you will have the
set.
Mum gets worried when she does'nt hear from you & when you dont give he the answers to her
questions so keep her happy & write oftener. I know how it is I was the same only it took 2 months for my letters
to get home so you are lucky.
Well thats your lot for this time & I ramble on dont I you will have to sort out the gems. So all the best
for Xmas & Good luck for the
New Year
DaD
Mum will be bring you up to date with local news
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& Happy
New Year For 1976
All The Best