9 May 1960
My dear Len & Margaret
This is Monday evening & Liberation Day which is a holiday.
Margaret & Charles are here. They came to tea. It’s now gone 9 ‘o clock but no one speaks, all eyes on T.V. or others reading. So I thought I could just write a few lines instead of being like a mute, not saying any thing & not interested in T.V. I guess you would do the same if you were in my place, oh maybe you would not though because I don’t think writing is much in your line.
It has been a lovely day. This morning was fine & dry, but no sun. The afternoon has been sunny & warm. I had a very busy time this A.M. Roselle being home I thought she did not want me to fuss around her, I decided to wash the flower pots. I had hinted at Father some time back that it was time they were washed & put away, but Father did not seem to want to hear what I was saying. So today my holiday was to wash the flower pots. I erected a place to put my washing tub on in the centre of the yard. Then I started, my goodness it was a job. I was at it all morning, Roselle called me for lunch. I was not yet finished, I had to wash & scrub each pot. I had a few dozen of them. I did not like the work very much, but it was very pleasant to be where I was standing facing Victoria Ave, where a lot of traffic passed. There was also a bicycle race, they kept on passing as they went around. They kept on for the best part of the morning. All this helps me with my work & got the yard tidy. Dad tried to tidy a bit in the shed. After a time he got tired & went in to have a rest on the couch, there he remained until lunch time.
Now Tuesday evening, well at this stage of my letter last evening I had to stop my writing. They stopped the T.V. when another programme came on which they didn’t like & started chatting, so I had to be polite & join with them.
I don’t know how much I will do this evening. Doreen & Nick will be coming soon.
Before I go any further I want to know what you all thought of the Royal Wedding. As for ourselves we thought it went off very well. Of course it was just the ordinary simple wedding.
What did you think of the Queen? We all thought she was awfully sad & also thought she looked very old. At first we hardly knew her. The poor soul looked very miserable. We thought she would cry at any time, in fact she put her finger in her eye once as if to wipe a tear. We also thought she was dressed rather old. She didn’t look quite the ordinary Queen.
As for the Duke he looked very gay with Margaret on his arm going up in the Abbey. He seemed to be telling her some gay tales. I guess this was for her to keep nervousness away. She looked very nice though, quite simple wasn’t she?
I think that Tony’s mother was the best dressed woman among the guests. She is a pretty woman & so smart too.
Tony was just ordinary. He seemed short of smiles, in fact too serious. We also saw the young couple embark on the Britannia. Margaret had a very nice going away outfit. She looked very nice. The little bridesmaids were very nicely dressed. It seemed Margaret would never get married. She is now at last & we hope they will be happy.
I’m pleased to be able to say that it’s now started to rain. It may not be much, rain is greatly needed, everything is drying up. The weather is thundery, after we had been back from our drive a storm seemed to be working up. I don’t know whether there will be a thunderstorm or not, rain alone would be better.
Last Thursday A.M. I went to town, I had promised to meet Kay & Margaret which I did & we had coffee at De Gruchy’s. When I was getting myself ready to go to town Father told me it’s the Muratti today, the Guernsey’s will be in town. I told him he should have told me that the day before. Well I did not enjoy being in town with all the noise or rattles & other noisy things. These individuals making all this noise did not move out of anybody’s way on the pavement. The local people had to move for them. Anyway Jersey won 5 goals to Guernsey 1 goal.
Roselle came back from London on Friday eve. She had been among the crowd to see the Royal Wedding. She stood from 8 ‘o clock until 10 ‘o clock. All this without food except for one cup of tea & one piece of toast for breakfast.
She did not manage to see the Royal party pass on their way out to the Abbey. There was too many tall people in front of her. But while they were getting married she tried very gently to push her way a little more in the front. She was lucky she had a very good view of the party. She said they all looked very well. After getting out of the crowd she went to sit at Trafalgar Sq. & about 4.30 she went to her hotel for afternoon tea. She took her plane at 7.30 reaching Jersey soon after 8.30. Kay & Arthur fetched Roselle & of course it being their evening to come to us they remained here. Roselle was very tired when she arrived.
Doreen & Nick had an unfortunate happening at their home on Friday afternoon. Doreen received a telephone message while she was at work. It was from the people who live in the basement of their house, telling Doreen that their water tank had dropped & that water was pouring in their rooms. Doreen quickly sent a man to the house. He had to break in the latch before he could get in. Doreen’s rooms were locked & he quickly stopped the water tap. Of course the damage was done by then. The ceiling in their lounge was dripping, their new carpet was soaked. You needed an umbrella to go in that room. The landlord is going to see about it, also the insurance people. This was a bad & messy business.
This is Wednesday afternoon, I must end this letter. We are going to tea at Kay’s. The Le Feuvres will come there to spend the evening.I think we are going to have a thunderstorm. We had one last eve. a good drop of rain which has done a tremendous lot of good. It all looks nice & fresh now. Arthur will call for us around five thirty.
Irises are now plentiful everywhere. We have three bouquets in the house from friends.
Trusting you are all well, love from us all, love Ma xxx
Margaret & Charles are here. They came to tea. It’s now gone 9 ‘o clock but no one speaks, all eyes on T.V. or others reading. So I thought I could just write a few lines instead of being like a mute, not saying any thing & not interested in T.V. I guess you would do the same if you were in my place, oh maybe you would not though because I don’t think writing is much in your line.
It has been a lovely day. This morning was fine & dry, but no sun. The afternoon has been sunny & warm. I had a very busy time this A.M. Roselle being home I thought she did not want me to fuss around her, I decided to wash the flower pots. I had hinted at Father some time back that it was time they were washed & put away, but Father did not seem to want to hear what I was saying. So today my holiday was to wash the flower pots. I erected a place to put my washing tub on in the centre of the yard. Then I started, my goodness it was a job. I was at it all morning, Roselle called me for lunch. I was not yet finished, I had to wash & scrub each pot. I had a few dozen of them. I did not like the work very much, but it was very pleasant to be where I was standing facing Victoria Ave, where a lot of traffic passed. There was also a bicycle race, they kept on passing as they went around. They kept on for the best part of the morning. All this helps me with my work & got the yard tidy. Dad tried to tidy a bit in the shed. After a time he got tired & went in to have a rest on the couch, there he remained until lunch time.
Now Tuesday evening, well at this stage of my letter last evening I had to stop my writing. They stopped the T.V. when another programme came on which they didn’t like & started chatting, so I had to be polite & join with them.
I don’t know how much I will do this evening. Doreen & Nick will be coming soon.
Before I go any further I want to know what you all thought of the Royal Wedding. As for ourselves we thought it went off very well. Of course it was just the ordinary simple wedding.
What did you think of the Queen? We all thought she was awfully sad & also thought she looked very old. At first we hardly knew her. The poor soul looked very miserable. We thought she would cry at any time, in fact she put her finger in her eye once as if to wipe a tear. We also thought she was dressed rather old. She didn’t look quite the ordinary Queen.
As for the Duke he looked very gay with Margaret on his arm going up in the Abbey. He seemed to be telling her some gay tales. I guess this was for her to keep nervousness away. She looked very nice though, quite simple wasn’t she?
I think that Tony’s mother was the best dressed woman among the guests. She is a pretty woman & so smart too.
Tony was just ordinary. He seemed short of smiles, in fact too serious. We also saw the young couple embark on the Britannia. Margaret had a very nice going away outfit. She looked very nice. The little bridesmaids were very nicely dressed. It seemed Margaret would never get married. She is now at last & we hope they will be happy.
I’m pleased to be able to say that it’s now started to rain. It may not be much, rain is greatly needed, everything is drying up. The weather is thundery, after we had been back from our drive a storm seemed to be working up. I don’t know whether there will be a thunderstorm or not, rain alone would be better.
Last Thursday A.M. I went to town, I had promised to meet Kay & Margaret which I did & we had coffee at De Gruchy’s. When I was getting myself ready to go to town Father told me it’s the Muratti today, the Guernsey’s will be in town. I told him he should have told me that the day before. Well I did not enjoy being in town with all the noise or rattles & other noisy things. These individuals making all this noise did not move out of anybody’s way on the pavement. The local people had to move for them. Anyway Jersey won 5 goals to Guernsey 1 goal.
Roselle came back from London on Friday eve. She had been among the crowd to see the Royal Wedding. She stood from 8 ‘o clock until 10 ‘o clock. All this without food except for one cup of tea & one piece of toast for breakfast.
She did not manage to see the Royal party pass on their way out to the Abbey. There was too many tall people in front of her. But while they were getting married she tried very gently to push her way a little more in the front. She was lucky she had a very good view of the party. She said they all looked very well. After getting out of the crowd she went to sit at Trafalgar Sq. & about 4.30 she went to her hotel for afternoon tea. She took her plane at 7.30 reaching Jersey soon after 8.30. Kay & Arthur fetched Roselle & of course it being their evening to come to us they remained here. Roselle was very tired when she arrived.
Doreen & Nick had an unfortunate happening at their home on Friday afternoon. Doreen received a telephone message while she was at work. It was from the people who live in the basement of their house, telling Doreen that their water tank had dropped & that water was pouring in their rooms. Doreen quickly sent a man to the house. He had to break in the latch before he could get in. Doreen’s rooms were locked & he quickly stopped the water tap. Of course the damage was done by then. The ceiling in their lounge was dripping, their new carpet was soaked. You needed an umbrella to go in that room. The landlord is going to see about it, also the insurance people. This was a bad & messy business.
This is Wednesday afternoon, I must end this letter. We are going to tea at Kay’s. The Le Feuvres will come there to spend the evening.I think we are going to have a thunderstorm. We had one last eve. a good drop of rain which has done a tremendous lot of good. It all looks nice & fresh now. Arthur will call for us around five thirty.
Irises are now plentiful everywhere. We have three bouquets in the house from friends.
Trusting you are all well, love from us all, love Ma xxx
