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Transcription of Letter
From
E. A. Derbyshire
Lister House
105, Boughton Green Rd
Kingsthorpe
Northampton
England
To
John & Lynette Derbyshire
91-15, Lamont Avenue
Apt 6F
Elmhurst
NY 11373.
U.S.A.
Lister House
Sunday. 13. Oct.
My darling Son & Daughter,
I thought I'd start you a letter to send
as soon as I have an address. It has been a long & worring week-end. You are in my thoughts every moment, day &
night. Today is
beautiful, like Summer, quite hot & I thought of you both sitting in your pretty little garden by the river instead
of haring off around
U.S.A. I suppose you've had little time to ponder yet. I understand your reasons for going my darlings, but you have
left such a gap in my life
but for your sakes I won't whinge. Peggy took 4 of us for a drive this
afternoon to
Pitsford, where there were crowds of people sailing & fishing &
dozens of cars
& people picnicing. Peggy bought us all an ice cream & then we went round the country lanes to
Chapel Brampton, where she bought a cabbage, some heather plants,
a pot of home
made strawberry jam & a sponge cake for tea. We went to Moulton,
where we saw lovely
houses & pretty little villages. The trees were in their lovely Autumn colours. It was very enjoyable & eased
my heartache a little.
Charlotte twittered, Ellen the 101 yr old was scared & kept trying to direct Peggy together with Doris who didn't
like being in the
back with C & E & did her Lady Muck act which so annoys Peggy. When we returned Ellen was upset as her 80 yr
old daughter had been to see her
& not waited. She insisted on Peggy ringing her & tell her to come back but she — daughter, said she
was too tired & would come
on Wednesday; but with all the quibbles it was very enjoyable, by me anyway.
Monday It is very foggy but today, so hopefully will clear
as it did yesterday Then I
shall go a walk in the garden. I've started the jigsaw, but it takes up such a lot of space, however I shall persevere,
Mu & Win
rang, both send you two best
wishes
Tuesday Lovely to get your call John, I
feel much happier now. Peggy
wants to see me after lunch, I can only think she is increasing the fees.
Wednesday A blustery, rainy day. No! it's not what I
thought Peggy's accountant had
told her I owed her £400 as the Bank had been paying her monthly instead of every 4 weeks. I've
given her a cheque & as from Nov. 1st will be put right. I've still got to pay her £800 on the
30th this month, so it
makes my Bank balance look sick. I'm going to write to D.H.S.S. to see if I
can have a little
help. Well, darlings still wondering how you both are. love you, loads of it.
As always
Mother X X X
Am hoping Lynn can post this
tomorrow
Karen & Angela off sick so Peggy short
& very bad-tempered. Kit still comatose, Mercy in bed. Jane & Violet in hospital, Flo like a zombie so very
depressing just now! only 4
on our table today, 3 on other table.