31 March 1959
My dear Len and Margaret
Here I am again to see if I can get through this letter so that it can be mailed in the morning. I don’t really like to be so late with my letters. I am trying hard so that you can have it.
Has Margaret finished asking questions and has Len finished relating all the news he gathered in Jersey? Well I don’t really know about Len having such wonderful meals, I think he only had the ordinary food.
We were very sorry to hear about Auntie Maggie passing away to tragically. It must have been an awful moment for all those people around her when she dropped dead at the whist drive. Yes Margaret, we do remember your aunt coming to tea with your mother, she was a jolly person. I guess she will be missed by all her friends. Had she been ill lately? Probably she was not very strong.
I say, John is coming out of his shell, you say he has been chosen for a choir at school and that he would be going in for a singing festival in April. You say that 8 were chosen out of his class of 42, evidently good old John may become a good singer. Please tell him that we will be looking to see on TV later on. What about Paul and Susan, do they sing?
We were surprised to learn that Good Friday was not a bank holiday in Scotland and that business was as usual on that day. I hope you did enjoy Easter Monday, the weather was fine and dry on that day, but there was a cold wind. I feel I am repeating myself about our weather at Easter, that’s what becomes of not finishing it.
Have you had your Wonders? We have had our, also Kay, Doreen and Margaret. You can well imagine the number of dozens they (the Le Feuvres) make at Easter, without speaking of all those they give to the du Feu family, they give some to a number of friends and send some away, the dear souls are certainly very kind-hearted. All being well they will come to us to spend the evening next Wednesday.
Last evening was Father’s Masonic Lodge meeting, he got quite ready for his friend Percy Luce to call him about 6:15. Poor Father was not called, he was forgotten, so he sat down to his tea with Rose and I. After tea he changed into his other clothes, sat near the fire and read the EP. We had no TV last eve, we remained in the dining room, we decided we would not light a fire in the front room thinking Dad would be out, but then there was nothing much on the TV. We had the radio on all evening.
Father attended the funeral of Mr. Williams yesterday at St James Church at 12noon, today he has attended the funeral of Major L’Amy, also at the same church and at the same hour.
We did not go on our usual drive yesterday. Kay and Arthur were attending a wedding reception, we went on our drive today instead. For a change we did not have the bucket and shovel, Arthur has enough for some time, we went through St Lawrence and St John. Kay said she knew a place where there was plenty primroses, she and Margaret were going to pick some. When we came to this place, there was no primroses to be found, they were both disappointed. Then we made our way right through to Corbiere, where we stopped to have our cup of tea and biscuits. We did not stay there long, we wanted to call on Aunt Marie, we got there after 4 o’clock. She was pleased to see us, the poor soul is still in her same old corner. We asked her how she was, she replied that she would like us to walk. I’m afraid she still has a long way to go before she walks and now that the summer will soon be with us she will want to go out. I guess someone will take her out in a bath chair.
One of these days when we go on our drive Dad and Margaret want to go and see the Zoo at Trinity. I am not interested, Kay is not over keen, but to please the other two I suppose we will have to go. I don’t know what kind of animals they have in this zoo, I shouldn’t think they have many kinds yet. I don’t know what they charge to go in, I guess when we do Father will have to open his purse and treat us all.
