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Portsmouth, England.
Hello Dearest,
After recuperating from the shock of receiving the letter– I’ll put away the smelling salts and endeavor to answer […]. Really though dear– they were two awfully sweet letters and the pictures were really divine– you look frightfully cute in technicolur– and Alan is growing into a little darling. Incidentally the pix of you holding Alan is a homey and the girls at the office said you look right at home holding him!!!!
Well since receiving your letter I’ve been doing some enquiring as to my chances of getting across– but each time received practically the same answer “sorry – I’m afraid theres no hope yet awhile”– but I learned from the American Embassy that there might be a very, very, faint hope of fiances getting passage after the brides– but its just the merest hope. They said that the only thing to do would be to be married by telephone just for legal purposes– thus making me a G.I. Bride– and then to have a proper ceremony after I get there– Heaven knows what I’m going to do– but I’ll still keep trying….Tell me – hows the work at the garage coming along? For heavens sake don’t work too hard– because if I can get across you’ll most probably be too tired to welcome me.
So…you think I must look like a barrel huh??– well– maybe I did get a bit fleshy–but don’t worry – our “Ben Smith” will soon take that off again for me– oh!! Before I forget–can you keep a secret?? O. Boy!! You’ll never guess what!– There is going to be four instead of the usual four in the The Woods Family– and is Marie mad?? Guess it’ll put Jeanne in the background for some time, maybe it’ll take some of the starch out of her spine!!
Hey– why don’t you join the Navy– and get on a ship that’s going to be based in Portsmouth here. The first 3 U.S. warships that are to be based here– arrived yesterday-and the place is simply swarming with sailors– it seems quite strange– because an American uniform hasn’t been seen here for almost a year now–sort of brightens up the place I guess.
Incidentally old chappie– I have a proposition to make you (don’t get excited it is decent!) its like this– if I write to you for sure say every Monday–then how about you writing sure at least once a week? In this way maybe I won’t have to wait the customary “two months” in between each letter from you. It isn’t an awfully hard deal to keep to– is it? Surely you can find a couple of minutes each week to spare on me!!– Think about it huh?? There were quite a few cracks in your letter old boy– seems as if we are going to have one heck of a time once we get together again– wit seems to be the general line between us, oh boy!– Just you wait!!…Thinking things out– if like you say in your letter– your bed isn’t very big– then that means that with a couple of “tubs” like us– one of us will have to kip down on the floor– (think you’ll be comfortable dear?!!!…..)
Thanks for enquiring dear– my leg is fine it never bothers me in any way at all but I’m supposed to have a check up every so often– (some government ruiling)— because it was done through an air-raid– but I never go– cause the quacks a dirty old man– he doesn’t have to look at my whole leg just for an ankle– but I guess he’s just a boy at heart!! Will you say hello to Lillian and Dave for me, and tell Syd to make it snappy in developing some more pix of you. Tell Lillian also that I will write directly after this– I haven’t heard from here– I do hope she is alright!!
Well Toots– that just about does it for now– be good and do write soon– or should I say sooner.
Good-bye-now
All my love
Sandy
P.S. Regards from all at home here.
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