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Letter: from Christine Dillingham at Kings Road, Flitwick to Richard Dillingham - writer notes Mr Petty, Mrs Hunter and Dick Ashby all asked her to see how she was getting on; - has received a letter from him and hopes he will be able to come home for the weekend; - "Tell them to let you stay until your arm gets better"; - comments she had a party for Ben's birthday to which his Mother and Father and Frank and Mary came; - notes her parents were taken out by Minnie Allen and Percy from Luton, "they took them for a long spin in the motor"; - wishes he could have been there; - comments that his father seemed very poorly; - doesn't think Frank [Richard Dillinghams brother] feels quite as clever as he did a month ago and that Harry [Harry Dillinghams brother] has had his papers come, "if it wasn't for worrying your mother and father it would do those two good to go"; - notes that her father is coming to help in the garden and they will have bushels of peas; - notes Mr Hawtin had told her that he was going to have some slates put on the side of the house to keep the damp out, "I reckon the house will look a fright, to see a row of slates sticking out from the middle of a wall"; - comments he asked her whether she could do with a lady and gentleman for 3 weeks; - notes Mrs Horsler had a son which weighed 12lbs; - "Everybody likes the brooch very much. So do I"

24 July 1916

From: 1916 To: 1916

English

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Dillingham, Richard,
Dillingham, Christine,
Dillingham, Frank,
Dillingham, Harry,
Horsler,
Hawtin,
Allen, Minnie,
Petty,
Hunter,
Ashby, Dick

birthdays, World War One, Flitwick Kings Road, LUTON