PC/3/4/2 - Letter, PC to her parents, 12/7/1947
Reference code
PC/3/4/2
Level of description
Item
Title
Letter, PC to her parents, 12/7/1947
Date/s
12/7/1947
Quantity & Format
8 pages; 2 leaves Letters (MS)
Creator
Crampton, Patricia, 1925-2016Creator
Wood, Leslie John CardewAdministrative/Biographical history
recipientCreator
Wood, Vera MarionAdministrative/Biographical history
recipient
Scope and content
MS. 8 pages. 2 leaves. With envelope marked by PC as no. 2. PC is writing in the barber shop of the Grand Hotel.
She had spoken with her mother on the phone. The trip back to Nuremberg was uneventful, she was looked after as before and had managed to sleep well.
She describes skiing in the Zugspitze [highest mountain in Germany]. She also danced there like she’d never danced before, with Charles Gordon (Chuck), an American naval recruit. ‘We made verbal love in French with great intensity except when dancing.’ Chuck returned to America that month.
PC relates an attempted suicide by a girl staying in the room above her and Helger’s room; and the subsequent unhelpful assistance which rendered her paralysed.
She describes their visit to beautiful Prague. They hitched their (in six rides) and back (in one). The only photo taken was of her ‘leaning nonchalantly against a bit of frontier’.
‘Tourists in Prague have to live on the black market dollar exchange - Czechs presumably don’t live at all – and The night-club, the Embassy, is very nice indeed.’ She describes the poor driving of the Czechs. They had stopped in Pilsen on the way back and sampled the famous brew.
She writes ‘I’ll wangle Switzerland somehow … though it’ll be difficult after coming to England this month (hopefully).’ PC is very glad her father is better.
‘P.S. Mac is in love with me - the first time he has been in love poor darling.’ [Refers to Charles MacNamara].
She had spoken with her mother on the phone. The trip back to Nuremberg was uneventful, she was looked after as before and had managed to sleep well.
She describes skiing in the Zugspitze [highest mountain in Germany]. She also danced there like she’d never danced before, with Charles Gordon (Chuck), an American naval recruit. ‘We made verbal love in French with great intensity except when dancing.’ Chuck returned to America that month.
PC relates an attempted suicide by a girl staying in the room above her and Helger’s room; and the subsequent unhelpful assistance which rendered her paralysed.
She describes their visit to beautiful Prague. They hitched their (in six rides) and back (in one). The only photo taken was of her ‘leaning nonchalantly against a bit of frontier’.
‘Tourists in Prague have to live on the black market dollar exchange - Czechs presumably don’t live at all – and The night-club, the Embassy, is very nice indeed.’ She describes the poor driving of the Czechs. They had stopped in Pilsen on the way back and sampled the famous brew.
She writes ‘I’ll wangle Switzerland somehow … though it’ll be difficult after coming to England this month (hopefully).’ PC is very glad her father is better.
‘P.S. Mac is in love with me - the first time he has been in love poor darling.’ [Refers to Charles MacNamara].
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