This is Tuesday evening. I don’t know how far I will go with this letter. Doreen & Nick will be coming later in the eve. But I would like to get on because we have the Le Feuvre’s tomorrow eve & this letter has to be mailed as usual on Thursday A.M.
Our weather has now improved & it’s not quite so cold as if has been. No more snow at the moment.
We went to Les Augerez this afternoon. Aunty is keeping fairly well, though I think she feels lonely & tired at times. Once the spring comes & the weather more pleasant so she can do some gardening it will be better for her, then she will be going out more.
Last Wednesday Dad & I were having tea at Margarets. She had the Le Feuvre’s in for the evening. We left there at 9.30 for our 1st Tower bus, which was the last one. The le Feuvre’s did not like it too well, they asked if we had to leave so early, yes we said this was our last 1st Tower bus. Mrs. Le Feuvre said they were going back in a taxi & we should go back with them. We said we wanted to go back at our usual time, they left at 11 ‘o clock.
I’m sorry to say that I find Mrs. Feuvre failing in health very much. There is nothing left for her. She’s terribly thin. I’ve seen her very thin before but she struck me on Wednesday. She hardly spoke, she looked most miserable in my mind. I wouldn’t say that she has not seen her last Christmas. I am strongly hoping I’m wrong & hope she gets a little stronger. They were spending the evening at Doreen on Saturday, they too had a shock when they saw her. She hardly spoke.
Nick told Dad that he doesn’t think she’ll go far, they found her failing. I don’t really know what to think of the poor old soul. Philo & Mim are all right.
Next Wednesday we are invited to Kay for an evening meal. We will go along with Arthur & they will bring us back. They have been having a lot of bother with their electric heating. They hardly had any heat at all. Especially those days when we had snow & ice & so cold, Arthur kept on going to the company to complain. Sometimes he went twice a day, they went to see about it, but did not improve matters. Arthur kept on going after them & writing to them, at last they have been out to test their heating. They had a shock & saw for themselves that the heating was in a bad state. They opened a part of their Avenue & found one of the lines was dead. Another one was giving more to another house, more than it should have been doing.
Anyway they have made a temporary alteration, they are having more heat these last two days. On Saturday Arthur borrowed an oil stove from the shop to take home for the weekend. They were more comfortable & warm with it. On the quiet Kay would be pleased to go back to a coal fire, Arthur will not hear of it. Even gas heating would be more reliable. I will admit it would not be so clean as electricity.
Well the big car rally from Glasgow to Monte Carlo is now on. We have seen some of it on T.V. this evening. I think they will have something to get on with on snow & bad roads. Some accidents are sure to happen. I’m not sure whether they said yesterday that one driver had been killed, I wonder why they choose this time of the year when the weather is bad & cold and treacherous for driving, they have a reason for it.
The old lady Mrs. Millow (Billy’s mother) had passed away, the funeral took place this A.M. She was 74 years of age. She had a bad stroke some time ago, she had not recovered from it.
What is Len. doing with himself? No letters from him for some time. Each morning when I come down I look up the empty mat near the front door, also the lunch hour. Maybe in the morning will be the lucky day.
Brother Edward from the Beeches has passed away. He was buried a few days ago. Hope Len’s throat is better.
Lots of love from we 3. Lovingly, Mother xxx
