Skegness
My Darling,
This is supposed to be a free day for us as we have just been inoculated and vaccinated, but their idea of a free day is rather different from mine. We have also been photographed! What a thrill. It is just an ordinary passport photograph, but I’ll see if I can get a copy and send it home to you. That will probably be in a few days’ time.
Two things, while I remember.
(1) Scarf and gloves if anyone is doing any knitting.
(2) If anyone calls about the application I have made for a special allowance, don’t forget I allowed you £3 a week for food and personal expenses and I paid rent, electric, telephone, insurances and papers. Set as high a standard as you can. That seems to be the general idea of things.
So far I haven’t heard from you, love. I do hope you are settling down to the new life a bit better. I was sorry to rush out of the house on Tuesday, but I thought it better that way. I still get a lump in my throat when I think of you all. I didn’t even say bye to Michael and Wendy properly. Still, perhaps that was as well, but instead of making this a long letter to you I’ll put a note in for the two of them.
All my love, sweetheart, it’s four days nearer seeing you now. Did you get my last letter before you went to Limedale?
Bye for now, darling. I do love you so much. Ever,
Arthur XXXX
P.S. We had a lecture on the evils of V.D. before church this morning! I like the Navy’s idea of relative importance!