Have just finished writing to
Mum & this letter is in answer to your letters numbers 10, 11 & 13. I
answered No 12 some time ago. I definitely don’t mind you having that bracelet
that I sent to Betty N. &, as I said before, it’s much better for you to
have it than to have it returned to the lost property office where anyone may
get hold of it. I have intended writing to Mrs Carter & thanking her for
letting you know the parcel was there for some time but somehow or other I
haven’t had a chance.
Re suggestions for parcels I
think you have a good idea what to send, however I just asked the boys what
they thought would be most acceptable & the suggestions I got were:-
chocolate (if possible), dried fruit, nuts, Horlicks tablets, asparagus, any sandwich
spreads – except cheese - , lollies of any description. Now & again you can
include a toothbrush & a tube of paste. Don’t forget that cakes are still
the most acceptable parcel of all.
It’s a long while since I have
had any word from Aunty Lizzie & the cake she mentioned in one of her
letters has not shown up yet but I still have hopes of it arriving shortly.
See that you keep Mum away
from the hospital if these blood transfusions are going to play up with her at
all.
As soon as the cake tins
arrive I will send them back to you again. I don’t know what I will be able to
put in them but I will fill one of them with cigarettes for Dad & if we can
get any leave in Tripoli I will see if there is anything in there that I can
send home. I’m afraid I won’t be able to get any calico in Alex because at
present we are about 1800 miles away from the place. Most of the parcels come
over done up in a piece of sugar bag or some such fabric. So if you can get
hold of any of these bags it would be better to wrap them up in these.
I’m glad to hear that the
cross & brooch arrived alright, all I’m worried about now is whether the
coat & jewellery has arrived yet I have been expecting to receive a cable
to say that the coat has arrived but so far I have been disappointed.
Well, Bet, I’m afraid that’s
all I can make up for the present but I will write to Mum again shortly.
Much
love to Dad & Mum & my regards to Leo
Lots
of Love
Frank
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