Thank you Pat and Bazza for your comments. It is a pleasure to share these letters, I cannot believe my Grandmother kept them safe all these years. They are now about 85 years old. When my grandmother died about 1952, my two maiden aunt's who still lived at home, carried on in the cottage, until they were eventually re homed in a council house in their village of Grimoldby, Lincs. As I have said before, my Aunt's guarded these letters well, Joe's were hidden behind old table cloths in the sideboard. Dolly's were in the Gladstone bag, hanging on a wall in the woodshed. My mother, was Margy, mentioned in the letters, she and most of her siblings were born at Osgodby, Lincs, or Kirkby cum Osgbody to give it its proper title. The children went to the village school, where they must have had some very dedicated teachers who produced very well educated children. All the family had beautiful handwriting. Both Dorothy and Joe write beautiful letters, their teachers would be justly proud of them if they could also read their letters. About another 10 letters to go, then I will take you into the world of a raw recruit in the British Royal Navy in WW1. Pat in Grimsby, Lincs