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January 19th 1916 - Letter from George Sladden to his mother, Eugénie Sladden

Date
19th January 1916
Correspondence From
George Sladden, 12 Charleville Circus, Sydenham
Correspondence To
Eugénie Sladden, Seward House, Badsey
Relationship to Letter Addressee
Son
Text of Letter

Charleville Circus
Sydenham SE

Wednesday

My dear Mother

It isn’t possible for Rosie to get even a day off, so we must be content with a short weekend. If you will have us, we hope to come down on Saturday by the 1.45. Will you see about having a fly ordered to meet us at Evesham, please? Rosie will not have to be on duty till 3 pm on Monday, so we shall be able to stay till that morning.

Am having a great time and find quite enough to fill it up.

Rather remarkable that next Sunday will see all your three “additional” daughters at Badsey together.

How is my god-daughter? I shall be glad to see her again, and I expect (from all the tales I hear) to be hardly able to recognise her.

I am getting over my ordeal of “parade for inspection” before Rosie undergoes hers. Tomorrow I am going to see Mrs Wilkinson. The next evening (perhaps an almost more formidable occasion) I have to present myself before the searching eye of my brother-in-law to be. If he were ten years older I should take the matter very easily; but Human Boy, aetat 13, is a very merciless critic! He is, by the way, still doing well.

Till next Saturday.

Love to all from
George

Letter Images
Type of Correspondence
Envelope containing 1 double sheet of notepaper
Location of Document
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
Record Office Reference
705:1037/9520/3/885-886