The Virtual Historian

73 Denecorft Crescent
Hillingdon,
Middsx
England

21st September 1940

Our dearest Beryl,

This is our second letter to you since you set out on your big adventure Dear, and we suppose you were very surprised when you arrived at auntie Emmies to find a letter and your Dandy and Sunny Stories waiting there for you.

We expect that you enjoyed your voyage on the boat across the wide Atlantic ocean and your long journey on the train to Winnipeg. We don't suppose you saw any iceberg during your voyage across, as it would hardly be quite cold enough at this time of the year. How would you like to be a nurse on the big ocean liner when you grow up, Dear?

Now, sweetheart, don't forget what we told you. We want you to let auntie and uncle see that you can be a great help to them about the house by helping to the best of your ability, such as running errands, and helping auntie with her housework and her baking, and above all dear, keep your bedroom tidy and always hang your clothes up in their right place, and this will show auntie and uncle that you really appreciate the opportunity they have given you to have a grand holiday in one of the most interesting countries in the world —Canada— the home of the Maple leaf. — You haven't forgotten have you? The Maple leaf for Canada, the rose for England, The Leek for Wales, the Thistle for Scotland, and the Shamrock for Ireland.

You remember the photograph you had taken at Christchurch school, Kilburn — well, mummy wants to know if you would like us to send it on to you? Let us know Dear, will you?

How are Pat and Sue. We hope they are O.K. and that they were not seasick or in any way upset by their journey.

The weather here is still fairly nice— what kind of weather are you having?

Well Dear, please give our love to auntie and uncle, and when you write you must tell us all about what you are doing.

Everybody at home sends their love. Must close now with tons of love and heaps of kisses. God bless you.

Mummy and Daddy