Sunday 12 February 2012

꒽꒽ lost and found

sometimes my job brings good things:
like a man who rings up and asks
if we want to buy boxes and boxes
of old medicine bottles:
dusty and dirty:
some still holding their potions
and poisons:
and a small dusty case:
with letters and papers
and boxes of vials
and ampoules with
strange chemical names
but elegant forms:
stamped envelopes
dated 9 Nov 1944
a birth!
sweet paper card, hand coloured:
{click on the images to view them larger}
from Lara and Ernest:
and a letter 
on wafer thin paper
'my darling, we were so pleased to have that news.
I had gone to post a letter to you so it wouldn't
miss the post & was I pleased, I cried.
I was so relieved to know it was over and all
was well so far, now take care & don't take
cold if you can avoid it for it's bitterly cold
very nice but so cold.
I am so glad it's a little girl be sure & tell me all about 
it when you are able, how much she weighs & is she
fair. I shall want to know it all, whether it was too bad
or was it decent.  Mrs M said last night you felt sure it 
would be Friday but somehow I didn't, as long as
all it well that's the main point.
I am so glad you are in good hands. I wonder what 
that baby at home will say & do when you go home.
I don't know whether Dick will have let Lillie know
but I have written her for fear she will like to know.
Well my darling we are very excited. Mrs Steer had
just asked me as I came in & she said I hope it 
will be here before the week-end & so it was already
here bless it.
Pop joins me in sending our love & wishes for a
very speedy recovery. Give Olive Lyra a kiss fo her
Grandpa and Nanna also a big hug & kiss for our
darling Susan, lots of love and God bless
from Mother & Dad xxxx
x Pods
        x Pods sister
two copies of Nottingham Evening Post
Monday November 13th 1944
and there among the births 
MOODY.- On November 8th, at Women's
Hospital to Dora {Margaret}{nee Clewlow}
and Dick, a sister for Susan
the Beeston Parish magazine
Baptisms
Feb 11 ~ Olive Myra Moody
she was taken home to 
58 Abbey Road, Beeston, Notts:
the mementoes kept but never passed on:
I wonder where she is today?

7 comments:

  1. What absolute treasures Dee. What a day you've had going through the dust to find all the little pieces of history! Wau!

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  2. What treasures indeed, fascinating isn't it little snippets of past lives.

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  3. Those letters are beautiful! Love that large, almost square one with that round, blue, stamp.

    (I have to admit that every time I'm visiting your blog I really am tempted by that chocolate picture at the top ) :)

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  4. thank you everyone:
    there's a few more little pieces of the story to add ~ hopefully the next blog ....

    sorry Anna, that chocolate was eaten long ago, with many others: but the wrappers are kept and put in my chocolatebook!
    {http://chocolategirl64.blogspot.com/2010/05/one-year-later.html}

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