{"id":407,"date":"2013-05-25T01:35:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T01:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2013-06-27T04:17:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T04:17:41","slug":"norman-mother-10-dec-1917","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=407","title":{"rendered":"Norman \u2013 Mother: 10 Dec 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somewhere in France
\nDec 10th 1917
\nDear Mother,
\nwe have, as you see above, changed our address since the last time I wrote from the camp at Eweshott. \u00a0I cannot say that I am very much taken with France after our first impression. \u00a0It is now a very cold place and the country is very uninteresting having almost a desolate look about it. \u00a0Tomorrow fortnight is Christmas day and although we wont be having the old time spread we shall manage to knock up a bit of a spree and have a bit of fun out of it somehow. \u00a0Things are not quite as hard as we imagined and we are not having a bad time of it where we are, although we have yet to see the actual firing line. \u00a0The life is agreeing with us fairly well on the whole and we are keeping fairly fit. \u00a0The French people are rather more interesting than those in England and Neil is having the time of his life with his knowledge of french. \u00a0The ready manner in which the natives (Froggies of course) understand and follow him was quite a surprise to me and fulfilled his own expectations which says something. \u00a0We are still together and assisting each other to have a good time and always on the best of terms. \u00a0No letters have arrived for some time the last being delivered to us on Nov 3rd, but there is a rumour that a mail has arrived at the camp and your letter may be in the camp now. \u00a0Cheerio and remember to have a plum pudding ready for us when we xxx back to take the place of the one we are missing .
\nTill Wilhelm (Willhelm II German emperor; King of Prussia)<\/span> sees the game is up<\/p>\n

Yours
\nNorman<\/p>\n