Reference
Z153/63/59
Title
From Bess to ‘My dear Edith & Elsie’ Willington, Tuesday.
Date free text
1 July [1952]
Production date
From: 1952 To: 1952
Scope and Content
‘Now I cant be so busy I think "oh how nice it would be to be doing so & so", picking fruit just now - which I have always done before & sold surplus, which I look upon as my Christmas present fund for all my various family, but my word - when you have to pay people to pick them it takes more than half the profit - however in this case I didn't. Did you see in yesterday’s Telegraph about the woman who opened her Cherry orchard to all comers, then charged them a small sum for what they picked, I thought that was a good idea, you have to pay 1/9 – 2/0 an hour for women & currants are slow work. Have done some bottling & made a little jam – at least Joyce has. She had last week off as Olive went home for a week. She has really got out of house work – but like anything she tackles she gives her whole thought & attention to it while she is at it. I wish she did not put quite so much of herself into the Shire Hall work & Elstow but there your are, she isn’t 16 now.’ Comments about foxes and fox hunting.
Suggestion re. holiday.
Summer weather. Delphiniums and Madonna lilies. Fete made £100. Norma wonderful. ‘John wants to build a house himself when he comes home…He little realizes all the snaps in the way of permits, shortages etc. But we must find him something to do…’ Thyra and two youngest arrive mid Nov, Jen, Dec & John end of Nov hope to get them a furnished house.
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