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5 covers and letters - Feb 6, 1940 - Sep 19, 1940 - July 2, 1941 from Kettering. July 5, 1941 and Oct 11, 1941 from Manchester. Senders were the Custance family, 14 Granville Street, Kettering, and other family in Manchester. All posted to Mrs. C Beesley, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Kettering comments include: 'thanks for the money and clothes you sent home', the last few weeks we have been able to go to bed as there have been no raids - I suppose the Germans are so busy with USSR, we hear our planes going over any hour', 'we have stirrup pump practice for one end of Hawthorn Road'

Manchester comments include: 'we'll be listening to President Roosevelt speak tonight', 'what do yo think of Russia - the children are being evacuated from Moscow', 'neighbors have a new Morrison shelter...I have my old friend the brick one', 'we had a very bad raid on Monday', they've had ten months of staying in their corsets at night', 'the workmen are cleaning the ruins away', our Church is ruined, along with the Catholic Church - the Priests were killed there', 'they are taking blood here for the wounded soldiers'. Joe is in Canada in the air force, Bernard is crazy about having his uniform for the Air Training Corps'

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