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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs J.R. Derbyshire
62, Friars Avenue
Delapre
Northampton
England
To
Mr John Derbyshire
126, Stevens Avenue
Valhalla
New York 10595
U.S.A.
6.6.78
My dear son,
wondering how things are with you, have you come to any decision yet. I'm not happy about you
going to the Far East, it seems like a powder keg to me, still I know you'll do as you wish. I shall just pray for your
safety. Nothing much
here, one day runs into another & the weeks seem to fly by. We've had a glorious few days, hot & sunny, but
back to rain today. We've
been out of doors till nearly dark. The World Cup
dominates the T.V. just now bores me stiff, but Dad likes it, when he's not
sleeping!! Did you get your birthday cards? & did you do anything exciting? Don't forget to send Dad a card for his
79th birthday, July 12th, he says he doesn't care if nobody
remembers, but he does really.
His legs are very bad at times, but its an arterial thing & nothing to be done. It makes him very miserable &
depressed.
Allan has now come to live in California so
Tess won't have quite so far to go, its only 7 weeks now. Judy has taken
her final exam for Dip.
Ed. so I hope she gets it, its been a long 2 years. The baby is lovely
but all climbing & very
curious about everything. I went to Snettisham & had a week with
Mary, but it was cold, wet & windy. Still nice to see her. Barry had
been to see her, he's
divorced & remarried to a Korean girl. Barry has 2 boys by his first wife & his wife just had a baby boy. We
talked about you all of
course She has a very nice Mobile House & seems quite happy.
My club went on a days outing to the Wedgewood factory a
Stoke, it was lovely. a hot sunny day, very enjoyable but
very expensive. We watched
several operations of the potters craft, most interesting. On June 20th we have an outing to
Cheddar Gorge &
Weston Super
Mare. I don't go on evening outings as its mostly 3 hours stop in a pub. I don't mind an hour, but 3 is too many.
Some of these old dears
really pur the booze away. Jean is just back from Switzerland &
has taken me out to lunch.
She's very good to me. Sends her love. She wants to retire, but can't bear to give up the money!! Its almost 2 years
since I came to U.S.A. it
seems like a dream now. I had a nice letter from Mrs Kettenring at St John's Hospital, hoping we could meet
again. How is Kathie & children Mary &
Jay,
Tom & Ginny. Take care of yourself my love. You are very precious
to us. Write soon. You
are always in my thoughts.
Love you.
Love from all here. Mother