I found a link for this thread that's been running over on DS the last couple of days on yet another forum I go on (actually it was Bitchfest) and thought it was worth sharing..apparently the link is also doing the rounds on FB too....
WARNING...THIS WILL BRING A TEAR TO A GLASS EYE!
The whole thread can be found at http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/fo...thread.php?t=1132568
Heres the Op....
A few weeks ago while on holiday in Wales I went into a house clearance/bric a brac shop.There was some nice things but also alot of yucky stuff but I had a look around and under a pile of 78 records I came across a bunch of envelopes with letters inside them,they were tied together with a purple ribbon.
Being the nosey bugger I untied the ribbon and opened the first letter on top(all the letters had been slit opened at the top and all had postmarks on them).
The first letter brought tears to my eyes,the date on the letter was 12th August 1944,it was from a young girl called Milly(Mildred) and it was a letter to her fiancee Harry(Harold)
This letter was a definate love letter and the words in it just made me fill up,she talked of her fears now that he is away and how she longs for his return and lots of other things to reasure him that everything is going to be ok.
I read a few more and felt that I was intruding in something very personal so I put them back under the records,however the more I thought about them the more I thought these letters shouldnt be in a tatty clearance shop so next day I went back and bought them all(there was 20 of them) and they ranged from 1941 to 1954,some of them are from Milly to Harry and others were from Harry to Milly(he was just as romantic)
Reading through the letters I can find the ladies date of birth but thats all,however in the later letters(1950,s)they mention a daughter who they name.
I asked the lady in the shop at the time how she got them and she said the letters were found under a huge wardbrobe when they cleared out the womans home.
Because these letters were so loving and explain how things were while the war was on,Id dearly love to find some member of their family to ask if they would like them,any advice on how I could go about it?
WARNING...THIS WILL BRING A TEAR TO A GLASS EYE!
The whole thread can be found at http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/fo...thread.php?t=1132568
Heres the Op....
A few weeks ago while on holiday in Wales I went into a house clearance/bric a brac shop.There was some nice things but also alot of yucky stuff but I had a look around and under a pile of 78 records I came across a bunch of envelopes with letters inside them,they were tied together with a purple ribbon.
Being the nosey bugger I untied the ribbon and opened the first letter on top(all the letters had been slit opened at the top and all had postmarks on them).
The first letter brought tears to my eyes,the date on the letter was 12th August 1944,it was from a young girl called Milly(Mildred) and it was a letter to her fiancee Harry(Harold)
This letter was a definate love letter and the words in it just made me fill up,she talked of her fears now that he is away and how she longs for his return and lots of other things to reasure him that everything is going to be ok.
I read a few more and felt that I was intruding in something very personal so I put them back under the records,however the more I thought about them the more I thought these letters shouldnt be in a tatty clearance shop so next day I went back and bought them all(there was 20 of them) and they ranged from 1941 to 1954,some of them are from Milly to Harry and others were from Harry to Milly(he was just as romantic)
Reading through the letters I can find the ladies date of birth but thats all,however in the later letters(1950,s)they mention a daughter who they name.
I asked the lady in the shop at the time how she got them and she said the letters were found under a huge wardbrobe when they cleared out the womans home.
Because these letters were so loving and explain how things were while the war was on,Id dearly love to find some member of their family to ask if they would like them,any advice on how I could go about it?
.Got to say a big thumbs up to the DS forum members,they have done abrilliant job
That was truly heart warming, now I'll just go and remove whatever it is that's making my eyes water.
