PC/3/4/3 - Letter, PC to her parents, 7/9/1947

PC/3/4/3

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Letter, PC to her parents, 7/9/1947

7/9/1947

7 pages; 2 leaves Letters (MS)

Crampton, Patricia, 1925-2016
Wood, Leslie John Cardewrecipient
Wood, Vera Marionrecipient

MS. 7 pages. 2 leaves. With envelope stamped 12/9/1947 and marked by PC as no. 3. PC is writing from Stein Castle, Nürnberg [Nuremberg].

PC remembers the brief meeting with her parents in Switzerland, before she had to leave for Geneva. She was comforted afterwards by a male friend, Kim. She had hoped her parents had found the used 35mm Retina or Leica film which she’d left in their room. She includes photos of Berchtesgaden [town in Germany]. She’d enjoyed Geneva especially its bridges and the shops. She bought two nail varnishes, [ice] skates and Polaroid [sunglasses]. She describes a wonderful dinner on the train (braised beef). They missed 5 and a half hours of work but their section chief let them off.

Her promotion is through – just over £600 a year, which means she gets £3.15 more a month.

She writes about buying clothes and shoes for Nan [Nancy / grandmother?].

Their section is being swamped with work while others have none. Mac [Charles Macnamara] and her worked 48 hours that week. She’s received the ‘Civil Service thing’. In order to get in she needs 240 but she only has 200. However she will send in the form ‘for next year’. She’d like to see the complete lists of other people’s results. ‘I’m very sorry not to have been your brilliant daughter this time!’

She asks her parent to look at the photos in the order she’s placed them, and to return all except 1,4,6, and 8. She longs to see the results of J [her sister Jenny] and her father’s photos. She asks for J’s measurements. ‘I know you always take them before term, so she won’t suspect.’

She’s pleased her parents had liked Mac ‘as I should have hated our week-end to be bust up by the presence of a stranger.’ She’s bought her parents some tumbler glasses.

Note: J is PC’s younger sister, Jenny / Jennifer.