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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs J.R. Derbyshire
62, Friars Avenue
Delapre
Northampton England
NN4 9PX
To
Mr John Derbyshire
Siping Teacher's College
Siping City
Jilin Province
People's Republic of China
Sunday 31.10.82
My dear Son,
it's 6 pm, Dad watching Football, I've just put clean curtains up & clean bed linen in your room, had a bath, I've been clearing up leaves in the garden & put
another 20 tulip bulbs in the
last now weather turning grey & cold. Did I tell you Fred & John from the garden centre, dug all the mud out of
the little square patch by the
pool, relined & cemented it & put fresh peat & top soil in? how I long for Spring to see how things look
then & your return. On
Wednesday last Judy & I took Marcus to Mu's for the day. It
was a lovely day & Mu did
us proud, gave us a lovely lunch She said to tell you if you don't send her a Xmas card she'll cut you out of her
will!! She sent her love of
course. You know darling, we are wondering how you are faring, looking forward to another letter, I expect you are
very busy. Judy & Phil have
been to Paris for the week-end, back later to night. No news yet from the Tax Office. There's talk of mortgage rates
coming down to 10%
Darling, its Monday, so add a bit more. There was a call for you from
Computer Staff this morning, saying they had a contract for you. I
explained where you
were, they asked when you'd be back, I said — hopefully — February or March. This fellow said
when you come back will you
contact them. A bank statement came from Barclays.
Its now Tuesday. I won't wait any longer, I kept hoping each day we'd have a letter, please write soon
love, you know how we worry. It is a grey, drear day, everything wet & dank, Dad's gone to town, he'll come back
grumbling about the expense, the
weight of the shopping, the incompetence of assistants, someones diddled him, the state of his legs, bowels, ears etc.,
its all so repetitive I'm
afraid I'm a bit callous. He had a fellow here yesterday about a hearing aid he was telling this guy its catarrh,
although the Dr
said it was age, he knew better. He was told that to have an aid made to his specifications would be £1000.!! Ah!
well that will come to nothing
I know, he won't part with any money. Otherwise love we are fine, I'm just going up to
Jean's, then I might walk up to the Garden Centre see what plants
they've got. Don't worry
about us, just take care & do write soon. Lots of love
Your doting — dotty
X X X X Mother
Dad is going to write to you soon.