Letters from a Jersey Mother 1956-61

1 April 1958 My dear Len and Margaret This is Tuesday eve and I’m making a start on your letter. I am not sure if it will go as usual on Friday (Good Friday). I think we will have to mail it on Thursday eve. We have been to St Peter this afternoon, this was our second visit this year. Uncle John is about the same. The only thing he is trying to stay in bed all day. Aunty has trouble to have him to get up, it would be a bad thing if he started not to get up. The weather has been colder today. There was a fog this morning which made it feel cold. Now that we are in April we will expect to have some nice sunny weather. On Good Friday afternoon Kay, Arthur, Jean and little Jane will call in time for afternoon tea. Jean and Jane go back to England on Tuesday and won’t return here before they go to Canada next month. Well now, I did not finish answering the news on your letter last week, but then I don’t really know on what I spoke, very likely I am going to say thin...

Sadly I can’t find any letters from 23 March 1956 until now. During that time my father had another promotion and we moved from Whitley Bay to Oxford. My dear Len and Margaret At last we were very pleased to receive that promised letter from Len (although a little delayed). Well yes there is some truth in what Len says about me thinking that he was out most evenings. So long as you don’t overdo it Len. Margaret needs company in the evenings after being alone all day long. According to what you say you seem to be getting on alright with your golf, and also that you have had your golf stick repaired, will you use it in the proper way now so as not to break it again! You must throw an over strong drive to break it, whatever you do don’t throw the ball across anyone’s head. That would be a very bad throw wouldn’t it? Susan, John, Paul, Roselle I notice Mrs B [1] has now left you, that means your little pleasures are now over, still we are pleased you both enjoyed yoursel...