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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs. J.R. Derbyshire
62 Friars Avenue
Delapre
Northampton NN4 9PX
England
To
Mr John Derbyshire
Siping Teacher's College
Siping City
Jilin
People's Republic of China
April 6th
My dear Son,
Herewith your card to be filled in & returned, so that you can vote by Proxy if & when
necessary.[1] Have been to the new
Derngate
Theatre today. Judy got me a ticket, plus box of chocs to see "Nutcracker" Ballet. Its a massive place. I
really enjoyed it, I think
once its got going it will be very good for the town. The Prima Ballerina was a beautiful Chinese girl,
Sui Kan Chiang,[2] trained in Peking. later allowed to go to Hong
Kong. In a hurry dear to post, to
town to get food — Dad can't do it now — then to hairdresser, then having Marcus while Judy goes
into school to get ready for
next Monday. Still very cold & wet. Its all go!!
Lots of love
Mother
X X X
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Notes
- The proxy voting card survives in Mum's letter, un-filled in, because the electoral officer had previously sent me one by surface mail in January. I guess both cards arrived at about the same time, then I filled in the other & sent it back. At any rate, I did vote by proxy in the June 9 general election — see Mum's letter of June 15.
- Jenny Sui-kan Chiang was the first Beijing-trained ballerina to have a successful performing career in the West. Internet references show her still teaching in 2003.