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Transcription of Letter
From
E. A. Derbyshire
Lister House
15 Boughton Green Road
Kingsthorpe, Northampton
England, NN2 7SU
To
John & Lynette Derbyshire
15, Chestnut Street
Huntington
New York 11743
U.S.A.
July 10th 1994
My darling children,
Sunday morning again, the sun is shining, birds are twittering, but it's not my favorite day. However,
must tell you how lovely to get the photos. I keep them near me & take them out & gaze & gaze at them, I
have to smile at her dear
little face & love to see you & Rose together John, I so want you to be happy. There's a very sad case here,
some woman dressed as a
nurse walked into a Maternity Ward & took a 4 day old baby out of her father's arms, saying she was taking the baby
for a hearing test, &
they haven't been seen since The parents were so happy, they already have a little boy & were thrilled to
have a baby girl. Now of course
they are quite distraught. Despite widespread searching & appeals on TV & radio with a reward of
£25 000, no-one has come forward,
except some man who said he was the woman's husband phoned the BBC to say he knew where the baby was & would get
her returned. he hasn't
rung since The Police think this is a hoax. Wicked buggers! It's a week since it happened, surely someone
somewhere knows something. Now police
are wondering if the child has been sold & taken out of the country or is she still alive. "They" say the
woman is sick & needs
sympathy. I say she wants locking up — if she's ever found. My heart goes out to the poor parents, I think
of our little darling, it must
be unbearable. Another little 3 yr old out to get an ice cream just outside her home found murdered in a house almost
next door. It took police 3
days to find her & arrest a man. It makes me sick & weary of this world John. This is a depressing letter!!
Marcus is fine, Judy moves on the
25th, her phone No will be the same. I found the snap of the bridge, I really didn't recognize
it till after you mentioned it.
Peg's on the rampage she has two empty rooms & tells us how
high her bills are &
so on. She's sacked one girl & the others are fed up. She's told them they've got to work harder for their money!
The conservatory is twice as
big & she says shes got to pay another £500 on the house, whatever that means. We think she's been on the
fiddle someway & has been
found out. There's been one or two official looking men about all week & she's in a foul mood.
Ann & Linda & Jan say they are looking
for other jobs. They are her 3 best so I should be very sorry if they left. Anyway my love to you 4
Mum
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