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Transcription of Letter
From
J R Derbyshire
62 Friars Avenue
Delapre
Northampton
England
To
John Derbyshire
126 Stevens Avenue
Valhalla
New York 10595
U.S.A.
62 Friars Av. N.ton 29-11-77
Dear John,
It was nice to hear from you & to know you are O.K. The Weather here is very cold here only
4° in the day time & −4° at night, so you will see its not the kind of weather we like as when you
get older you feel it more
& when I think of another 4 months of it I dont think I can stand it (I said that last year) But this year I
have deteriorated more
& at my age one does'nt come back there is no way only down. dont think I have thrown the towel in, I do try, but
it gets harder so I just
hope for the best & caryy on & if I find a better way I will try it (Aint I a dismal Johnny)
Its not only me who is in a mess the Country has had it. We have
protesters from every country in the
world upsetting different towns every week & the Government give in to them. we have people of every colour
sponging on the state. Dockers, Steel
workers, being paid £60 a week just to attend place of work & sit playing cards & drinking tea. The Steel
industry alone costs the
Taxpayer £300,000,000 a year Railway £30,000,000 Leyland Motors £70,000,000 a year. Men on the dole
receive more money than if they
were working some draw £50-0-0 & another job bringing in £30 moonlighting so you see we shall not
rise up again but sink deeper
in the shit When they want money they just walk in to P.O or Bank with a toy pistol, "Hands up hand over
cash" then walk out no one
tries to stop them they dont get caught. Its so bad now that there is only one way out rebelion & dictatorship as
there isnt anyone to command.
Its not safe to be out after dark or in a lonely place in daylight as rape muggings & murder are every day
events dont give anyone a lift
in your car expecially Blacks. You may think I am shooting a line but every word is true. All the money from oil will
be thrown away with
nationalised industries i e coal, rail, Steel, Shipyards, Docks.
Steel is costing more than we are
earning in oil. The Common Market tells us what to do & how much to charge for everything they over rule our
Parliment so for Gods sake
dont come here to settle ever at least U S A will never sink.
Allan came over to see
Tessa yesterday & staying 2 weeks. he phoned up to day to see if he
could call on us
tomorrow Tessa is thrilled She is a lovely girl not only in looks talks nice & is well mannered &
comes to stay with us every
week-end So that is Kathy is it well you are just at that
vunerable age so watch out you
know what I've told before you never marry the girl she marries you & when you kid yourself you are impressing her
she is having a quiet smile
& being Jed's[1] sister is like I told you before shitting
on your own door step (Bad)
& with 3 kids you must be crackers. I will see if I can trace Mr Gissing up & let you know how I get
on. Well your papers are
taking thier time comming through goodness knows what they are doing they must be tracing the Family Tree. if they do
they will kick you out? What
dental treatment are you having that is so expensive Top & Bottom set of gold.
Auntie
Polly (my eldest sister, is flying to S. Africa tomorrow for the winter & her son in law & daughter are
running her down to Heath Row
& calling at Cissie's for lunch so we are having a get
together. She is 83 next August she
has more pluck than me. Mum told you about Fred Allen he has been ill for
a long time Barry is
coming over next year. I am having trouble with my leg. I am going to see the Quack about it I get 2 lumps at the
back of the knee hard &
as big as a fist otherwise I am not to bad otherwise I can eat & sleep & if I had two new legs I would be
OK Still when you get
old & different parts start to wear out there isnt anything one can do about it but grin & bear it. you never
tell us much when you
write it always short & sweet surley since you wrote us last you have been doing some interesting
things & events are happening
every day which would interest us so pull your socks up
Well its past my bed time so I must close just one more bit of news. Mum's brother's daughter is
paying us a visit on Thursday Vicky from Cannock Staffs I dont
know if you remember her
her husband & two children they have & he has 3 businessess electrical there is some sort of another man &
she is coming to stay with us
for a few days to sort it out.
Well all for now love from all of us
DAD
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PS I hope you can read my writing Dad