16 June 1959. Rogues, villains and nasty little boys
16.6.59 My Dear Len and Margaret This is Tuesday AM and I’m sitting down to my writing. This is a fine morning, though there’s a fresh wind. Thanks for nice letter received on Saturday AM. We notice how Len is interested reading about the stock markets. I don’t blame him, this is a man’s reading, especially for a man who is in the kind of business as Len is. It keeps him in touch with these things (a person like Mother would not understand anything about it). I’m not sure Dad is up to it either. Len is the one who understands. I guess Margaret is not very interested but then this is not the kind of reading that appeals to her. We see you are still in Scotland, no further news from Manchester. Len is wise to make sure before changing his present job, these days everyone has to be careful not to take a wrong step. Ah Len, what an untrustworthy man that Mr Bayley is, fancy stuffing you with the tale that he had left home that A.M. in a hurry and had left without mo...