{"id":714,"date":"2013-06-11T21:29:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T21:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=714"},"modified":"2013-06-27T00:03:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T00:03:54","slug":"neil-mother-1-sep-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=714","title":{"rendered":"Neil \u2013 Mother: 1 Sep 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hornchurch
\n1-9-18
\nDear Mother
\nI have received a NZ mail, a tin of biscuits from Vic, and a tin of chocolates from you since writing last.<\/p>\n

Letter from you 29-6-18. Glad to hear Vic is shaking himself free of the outfit,- wish I could. Thanks for the Peter Pan photo. You ought to be looking a good deal happier than that on the strength of having such a successfully lead swinging family.<\/p>\n

Letter from Gorrie 23-6-18. It was short on account of the weather and contained very little news except Vic’s being discharged, and Ben missing the ballet, both of which things might have been expected from a fighting family like ours. There is nothing more, I think.<\/p>\n

We had our first cold morning this morning. I wish the war would only be considerate enough to end before the winter.<\/p>\n

Yours
\nNeil <\/p>\n