Private Robert William Price - letters to his wife , item 28

• March 3, 2017 17:56:00 Matthew Morrow

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  are many hundreds that wont I

  know my Dear that you are longing

  to see me the same as I am longing

  to see you + the boys tell them that

  they must be good until I come +

  take them for a walk eh Well my

  Dear I have just had a letter from

  Reg I am sending it on to you for you

  to read but it is the same as ever not

  much in it I will answer it some

  time later on I soppose you will have

  had my other letter by now I am

  glad that Amys baby is doing so well

  as it started work yet it is time eh

  I have just come out of the Trenches

  again for a few days we go in again

  on Sunday night I think we shall

  soon be going back for 6 weeks rest

  now as it is time we had one but

  they say that there is not much rest

  
  

  out hear & I dont soppose there will

  be either I wish it was all over I can

  tell you but it will take time it

  cant last for ever I hope I am spared

  to come through all right Well my

  Dear have you heard from Jack

  Williams yet I dont know is address

  now I think something must have

  hapened to him for him to drop

  writeing so sudden as he wrote so

  often I hope theres not & have you

  heard from Emily lately she as never

  answered my letter yet or Jimmie but

  I would not say anything to her about

  it let her please herself I can see by

  Maggies letter that she has not got

  all right yet poor lass it is a pity

  for her & she as not much chance now

  of picking up a chap as they are

• February 20, 2017 23:57:33 Suzanne Richardson-White

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  are many hundreds that wont I

  know my Dear that you are longing

  to see me the same as I am longing

  to see you & the boys tell them that

  they must be good until I come &

  take them for a walk eh Well my

  Dear I have just had a letter from

  Reg I am sending it on to you for you

  to read but it is the same as ever not

  much in it I will answer it some

  time later on I soppose you will have

  had my other letter by now I am

  glad that Amys baby is doing so well

  as it started work yet it is time eh

  I have just come out of the Trenches

  ... for a few days we go in again

  on Sunday night I think we shall

  soon be going back for 6 weeks' rest

  now as it is time we had one but

  they say that there is not much rest

  
  

  out hear & I dont soppose there will

  be either I wish it was all over I can

  tell you but it will take time it

  cant last for ever I hope I am spared

  to come through all right Well my

  Dear have you heard from Jack

  Williams yet I dont know is address

  now I think something must have

  hapened to him for him to drop

  writeing so sudden as he wrote so

  often I hope theres not & have you

  heard from Emily lately she as never

  answered my letter yet or Jimmie but

  I would not say anything to her about

  it let her please herself I can see by

  Maggie's letter that she has not got

  all right yet poor lass it is a pity

  for her & she as not much chance now

  of picking up a chap as they are

  
  

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• February 20, 2017 20:37:10 Mary Price

  are many hundreds that wont I know my Dear that you are longing to see me the same as I am longing to see you & the boys tell them that they must be good until I come & take them for a walk eh Well my Dear I have just had a letter from Reg I am sending it on to you for you to read but it is the same as ever not much in it I will answer it some time later on I soppose you will have had my other letter by now I am glad that Amys baby is doing so well has it started work yet it is time eh I have just come out of the Trenches ... for a few days we go in again on Sunday night I think we shall soon be going back for 6 weeks rest now as it is time we had one but they say that there is not much rest out hear & I dont soppose there will be either I wish it was all over I can tell you but it will take time it cant last for ever I hope I am spared to come through all right Well my Dear have you heard from Jack Williams yet I dont know is address now I think something must have hapened to him for him to drop writing so sudden as he wrote so often I hope theres not & have you heard from Emily lately she as never answered my letter yet or Jimmie ... I would not say anything to her about it let her please herself I can see by Maggies letter that she has not got all right yet poor lass it is a pity for her & she as not much chance now of picking up a chap as they are

  
  

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• February 20, 2017 20:36:56 Mary Price

  are many hundreds that wont I know my Dear that you are longing to see me the same as I am longing to see you & the boys tell them that they must be good until I come & take them for a walk eh Well my Dear I have just had a letter from Reg I am sending it on to you for you to read but it is the same as ever not much in it I will answer it some time later on I soppose you will have had my other letter by now I am glad that Amys baby is doing so well has it started work yet it is time eh I have just come out of the Trenches ... for a few days we go in again on Sunday night I think we shall soon be going back for 6 weeks rest now as it is time we had one but they say that there is not much rest out hear & I dont soppose there will be either I wish it was all over I can tell you but it will take time it cant last for ever I hope I am spared to come through all right Well my Dear have you heard from Jack Williams yet I dont know is address now I think something must have hapened to him for him to drop writing so sudden as he wrote so often I hope theres not & have you heard from Emily lately she as never answered my letter yet or Jimmie [x] I would not say anything to her about it let her please herself I can see by Maggies letter that she has not got all right yet poor lass it is a pity for her & she as not much chance now of picking up a chap as they are

  
  

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• February 20, 2017 20:35:06 Mary Price

  are many hundreds that wont I know my Dear that you are longing to see me the same as I am longing to see you & the boys tell them that they must be good until I come & take them for a walk eh Well my Dear I have just had a letter from Reg I am sending it on to you for you to read but it is the same as ever not much in it I will answer it some time later on I soppose you will have had my other letter by now I am glad that Amys baby is doing so well has it started work yet it is time eh I have just come out of the Trenches [xxxx] for a few days we go in again on Sunday night I think we shall soon be going back for 6 weeks rest now as it is time we had one but they say that there is not much rest out hear & I dont soppose there will be either I wish it was all over I can tell you but it will take time it cant last for ever I hope I am spared to come through all right Well my Dear have you heard from Jack Williams yet I dont know is address now I think something must have hapened to him for him to drop writing so sudden as he wrote so often I hope theres not & have you heard from Emily lately she as never answered my letter yet or Jimmie [x] I would not say anything to her about it let her please herself I can see by Maggies letter that she has not got all right yet poor lass it is a pity for her & she as not much chance now of picking up a chap as they are

  
  

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