A letter written in 1948 - just sharing

[ashjoma]

I have been sorting through Mum's papers and found this letter and I thought it was worthy of sharing. I find it happy, sweet and sad looking back through all the years and the person who wrote it is of course long deceased. This was written almost 20 years before I was born.

It was written in 1948, so not long after WW2 finished and the person who wrote it lived outside London

Was written to my mother when she was coming out to NZ and then Australia, and Mum met my Dad on the ship.

October 1948

Dear Anne,

I was so pleased to get your nice letter and to know that you are well and happy. I'm glad you had a very nice trip out and that you met a nice young man (my father). It must be very nice for you to have someone you can get about with.

Fancy Jean (mum's sister) going to have a baby. When does she expect ?

It will be wonderful for me to be a great great grandmother again.

I went to see my brother the other week. Your father took me in the little van. It was quite a nice day and I enjoyed the ride .......

We have not seen Jean or her husband but they say he is a very nice chap.

In fact, Uncle James thinks he is far nicer than Freda's  young man, in spite of him being a German.

I have heard it is a beautiful country and I suppose you are getting used to it by now although it is a long way from home but as long as you are happy that it the main thing.......

Well my dear, I must say goodbye and Godbless you and keep you safe always.

Your loving Granny

[j*oono]

That's a real treasure Ashjoma.  🙂

[katymatey*]

I have a lot of letters written by my father to my mother. One I treasure is the letter he wrote to my mother's parents asking for her hand in marriage. He was too nervous to ask in person, hence the letter. 

[ashjoma]

this is my favourite bit - remembering it was written in 1948

 ......he is far nicer than Freda's  young man, in spite of him being a German.

Says alot about the thinking of the time

[twinkles**stars]

After my mother passed away I burnt all of her letters......they were too personal to be shared IMO.

Ones she wrote to me I have kept, they are precious to me and mean a lot.

[azureline**]

I have a couple of mum's. One written to her from a friend in 1952, another from a man friend around 1958, another written by my father to mum in 1955 asking her to drop the charges against him for maintanance so he didn't go to Gaol. 😮

[kopenhagen5]

That's nice ash, reminds of a simpler time. 🙂

[cherry*135]

It is a lovely letter. I noticed the German comment too.

My sister has a lot of Mum's letters (she is in a home now).

I did go through them when Mum was still in her own home, but didn't have time to read many of them. Some more recent ones I threw out, as they were mainly people talking generally about their children/gardens etc.

[vintage-star]

this is my favourite bit - remembering it was written in 1948

 ......he is far nicer than Freda's  young man, in spite of him being a German.

Says alot about the thinking of the time

That was my favorite bit too, lol, I was just about to say that!

It is such a simple sweet letter.

[nevynreally]

ashjoma, you have a lovely piece of history from your great great grandmother, something to cherish. And the letter shows the kind of person she was. You are very lucky. 🙂