Letter No. 95 (
transcriber’s note: there are 3 letters No. 95)
2ND AUG ’43
Dear Boop,
Three
letters from you were here when I arrived back from leave. One letter was dated
13/4/43 & the others were 28 & 29.
You
certainly seem to have had a good sort of
holiday. When I get out of this show I’ll have to see if I can get Leo
to organize a holiday for me up there. Do you think he would do that for his
brother-in-law?
You certainly made Leo’s car earn its keep on the way home. It’s a
wonder to me that it survived the trip.
I’m glad
that you liked the evening bag & compact. Although I bought them in Tripoli
they were not made in this part of the country. They were made in India &
the fellow in the shop said that before the war the compacts used to sell at
1/6 or 2/- each but because they have not been able to get any stocks for the
last 3 ½ years the price has gone up considerably. Just the same I think they
were rather cheap at 15/-. When we first got to Tripoli they were only 6/- but
they sold so quickly that the price was put up.
By the way,
when I wrote to Mum I forgot to tell her that when I was out at my kit bags I
got the receipt for the Taj Mahal & so when I get a chance I will write to
India & see what can be done about tracing the missing parcel.
Also tell Dad
that as soon as I can get hold of some more cigarettes I will send them home
because I know smokes are short. Before I went on leave I had a few hundred
Craven A & Peter Jacksons to send him but, as smokes are so hard to get
hold of in Palestine, I took them with me & used the lot. Still I will be
able to get some more sooner or later.
At the
present time I am in a transit …………………….. (transcribers note: letter was torn
and 7 lines of text missing……….)
every day without exception ……….the wind blew at gale force & fills
everything with sand. All the food is filled with sand & after being on
leave for a month & having good clean food all the while, this is a bit
hard to take.
I am going
to Tripoli to-morrow afternoon to see the picture “Eagle Squadron” a few of the
boys have seen it & reckon it’s a good show. By the way, has Desert Victory
been on out there yet & if so have you seen it? It’s a good show.
Well, Bet, that’s about all for the present but I will write again
soon.
Much love to Dad & Mum & my
regards to Leo
Lots
of Love
Frank
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