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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs J.R. Derbyshire
62, Friars Avenue
Delapre
Northampton
England NNP 9PX
To
John Derbyshire
Siping Teacher's College
Siping City
Jilin Province
People's Republic of China
June 22nd 1983
My dear Son,,
Just got your letter, great to know you'll soon be home.
I shall count the days. Last week the Sun Alliance sent their insurance request, £25.05, less £3.76 tax
relief, (£21.29) so
I've paid that, to carry up to 22-07-84 The mortgage rate has gone up today 1¼%, I expect the
H.B.S. will notify us of the change. Interest rate has also gone up
Today, I paid the
rates & gas bill, went up to N.G.H. to get Dad new batteries for his
hearing aid, then
along seemingly miles of corridors to the plaster room. The plaster they put on Dad's leg last week has all broken
down, I went to complain,
shoddy application!! They're going to redo it on Friday. I hope you got Wuthering H. by now I sent it Airmail.
Noel came on Sunday & stayed till Tuesday morning. He cut all the hedges, they were in a
very bad way, got so woody & overgrown, a lot of dead patches. When I can afford it, I shall have some fencing
across the bottom piece.
Obviously, Dad isn't going to be able to do them any more. I cut the grass at week-end, but even after all the rain,
the ground is very dry. The
birds have a great time in the pool, giving themselves a bath. Robert took some pictures of the patio some weeks ago,
thought you'd like one to show
your friends. Noel has asked me to ask you if you can get him a small piece of ivory for Dorothy, (she had a piece, 3
elephants on a curved bridge)
but it got broken, money would be paid statim. Also if you are in any difficulty with sterling getting back to
England, let him know & he can
mail you the necessary right away.
Well, dear, I think that's all for now. Have you heard
from Anthony Sheil yet? Hope it's good
news. I may not write again love, unless something worth
writing about happens.
Take good care, see you soon.
Love as always
Mother X X X X X