Saunton
Christchurch Road
East Sheen
SW14
Dear Representative
You really are most excellent at reserving seats on
motor-coaches for the fortunate persons who travel Poly. Norah & I – thoroughly annoyed with
everybody and everything on a rainy Saturday evening in Glasgow, (both longing
to be back at Fort William) found ourselves dumped somewhere in the middle of
the coach – no room for our feet- an eleven months old baby chewing bananas
furiously behind – and eight stalwart Glasgow inhabitants to our right who,
regardless of everyone else in the vehicle, brought out a mouth organ and from
Hamilton to Gretna sang every song from Annie Laurie to “There was a young lady
from ealing…” in the most powerful voices I have ever heard!! – oh – how we
both blessed you!! – not of course that you could have altered our company –
but I expect just because we were both so fed up with leaving and Glasgow at
its worst that we had to vent our feelings on somebody. - & we jolly well did
too – in fact you nearly received hectic post-cards from us at each of the six
stops! Anyway we arrived at Victoria in
better frames of minds (the plural sounds a bit silly) & haven’t ceased
telling people how wonderful you were ever since – so now I’ll start properly:-
Dear Fitz
Enclosed you may find (if I don’t forget them) the
photographs – which appear better on perusal the second time. A few of them didn’t come out because the
light was too bad. Don’t you love the
one of you on the rock - & you & Norah at the top of the
mountain!! I spent last night with Norah
specially to go through them – we had a glorious time remembering every little
bit of things we did - & of course most of it was always “& Fitz this”
“& Fitz that” – you really did give us a topping time - & we can never
thank you enough for it! At the moment
of course we’ve both sworn to find out where they’ll put you next year, but I
expect we shall have forgotten all about it when the time comes! Anyway, we’re always travelling Poly now!
Please return the snaps when you’ve finished with
them, & if you want any prints I’ll get them done for you. I hope you know where they all are. I do, most of them. The best views are two on the hill we climbed
opposite F.W & the ones of Loch Duich & Skye.
Well I must stop rambling on – I’m dreadful
in letters. How is the ankle & how
many other children have you escorted to the pictures this week? – When you’re
in London again will you go with Norah & I me one day – if it wouldn’t bore you too much?
We’d love it. School is going
nicely thank-you – but I wish, so badly, it was this time last week!
-
Norah sends her love
Yours with much love too
Mary Pleasant Ormiston
