Our Grandmother really, really, REALLY loves “Xmas”

Wednesday, 15 December 1993 Dear S Just a few lines in with your Xmas card.  So very pleased to get your letter but sorry to hear you have been sick and in hospital S and Jack with his leg in plaster, cripes both in the wars together.  Thank you for the lovely calendar you sent us, it is beautiful and we’ll hang it in the … Continue reading Our Grandmother really, really, REALLY loves “Xmas”

Not sure how being buried is any better…..

Monday, 21 December 1992 Dear S I thought you would like to read these pieces from Granny’s funeral. Pop and I have just come back from the nursing home, we have made a donation to the home towards a special kind of bed that is needed for the bedridden people, so instead of flowers and chocolates etc we have done it this way.  Uncle Arthur won … Continue reading Not sure how being buried is any better…..

Well there go your teens…

Friday, 20 November 1992 Dear J Do hope you have a beaut birthday on Thursday, well that is goodbye to your teens. Granny is very weak and we don’t think she knows any of us now.  She says odd things and mostly we don’t understand what she is saying.  She only eats an odd spoonful of food, spends most of her time sleeping and often … Continue reading Well there go your teens…