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Oldfield letter: 27.3.40
Posted March 27, 1940
sorry this letter is so short
Letter to Mrs Oldfield: 17.3.40
Posted March 17, 1940
you've no idea how depressing it is
Oldfield letter: 7.3.40
Posted March 7, 1940
I can make no plans at all
Oldfield letter: 19.2.40
Posted February 19, 1940
could use another of those excellent cakes
Oldfield letter: 11.2.40
Posted February 11, 1940
he is a grand person to have in the mess
Oldfield letter: 5.2.40
Posted February 5, 1940
thanks also for the chocolate and chilblain stuff
Oldfield letter: 25.1.40
Posted January 25, 1940
he never touches a drop for the other 27 days
Oldfield letter: 19.1.40
Posted January 19, 1940
I’m wearing as many as it’s physically possible
Oldfield letter: 15.1.40
Posted January 15, 1940
a whole host of letters waiting
Oldfield telegram: 13.1.40
Posted January 13, 1940
bring clothes if interested
Oldfield letter: 9.1.40
Posted January 9, 1940
I am pretty busy
Oldfield letter: 1.1.40
Posted January 1, 1940
there is no gramophone
Oldfield letter: 31.12.39
Posted December 31, 1939
every day is much the same
Oldfield letter: 26.12.39
Posted December 26, 1939
listened in to the Empire broadcast
Oldfield letter: 25.12.39
Posted December 25, 1939
there is to be a Palestine medal
Oldfield letter: 25.12.39
Posted December 25, 1939
very thick fog
Oldfield letter: 23.12.39
Posted December 23, 1939
splendid parcel
Oldfield letter: ‘call this 1’
Posted December 15, 1939
give each letter a serial number

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