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Transcription of Letter
From
E. A. Derbyshire
Co Lister House
105 Boughton Green Rd.
Kingsthorpe, Northampton
NN2 7SU. England
To
John and Lynette R. Derbyshire
15, Chestnut Street.
Huntington NY 11743.
U.S A.
Sunday September 24th 1995
My Darlings John & Rose & children,
Sunday morning
It's dull, raining & not very
warm. John, thank you for your letter, I'm so proud of you, and thank you for sending me the review of
your book, it sounds ver promising, I've shown it to
Peggy and she sends her congratulations and best wishes, she thinks you
& Rose &
children are a lovely family & tells all her friends about you and some of them ask to come and see me! They look
at my pictures and are
really interested, so you see already, you'r quite well known here You'll be famous yet!! and Rose and
children very much admired.
There is a harvest festival service on TV with the old H.V. hymns on. How my mind travels back to my girlhood, going
to church with my mother and
ogling the choir!! I have Uncle Harold on my mind and
think how sad to have no one to
attend his funeral, of the family I mean. He was a nice man & very friendly We were always good friends but
sadly his wife was man
mad & broke his heart many times with her antics. Ha! Well he's at peace now. I don't know how he's lived so long
with the dreadful injuries he
got from the burns accident years ago. I rang
Tess[1] on Saturday,
she's hoping to work up to Xmas,
but says they are coming soon. Rose dear it was lovely to have a chat
with you and hear your news.
I know life is very hectic for you, John said Daniel is sleeping better now. It will get better darling, and you seem
to be coping well, put your
feet up when you can, you are always in my thoughts and prayers
John tells me you are going to
Washington for a few days soon. You will enjoy that I hope I wish I was young enough and fit enough to have the
children now & then to
give you & John time on your own. Old age irks me so much. John,
Peg took us to Pitsford
yesterday, it was lovely to
get out fo an hour.
Lots of love to you all, Mum.
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