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help need reading a letter from 1941

war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
edited March 2023 in The potting shed
hey all after I bought an old UK garden book
I found a letter from 1941 in-between page given
 I am having trouble reading it.  I thought
 some  of those here might like help me
discover what the letters say: the letter  was sent from
Perth to fife

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's from my doctor. "Take two pills three times a day until rash clears up. And stop picking at it." If I'm not mistaken.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664

    wild edges thanks your entry in biggest  idiot contest. 
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Fascinating to see something of the past. Think the person writing doesn't have English as their first language. 

    I'll take a stab at deciphering - some words I can't fathom. Some of my guessings don't make sense, but they might help. 


    Tuesday (Tuesplay) 11 M(arch) 71

    My best friends!

    I do wait from your letter. Why?
    Perhaps you have my letter not to retorke (toque means 'again' or 'renew')
    After operation focus feeling good, I knew nothing of it.
    How are you now?
    I will ____ at home very soon, but I can not.
    I am very sorry that I have not one word from you.
    Now is very nice out.
    I am very so (you're) of you.
    I do write here one more little in English ____ ____
    Perhaps offer my writing so ____
    I do give you a good read ____ good buy! Cheerio! Yours Sincerely _____



    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I agree it's very difficult to decipher many of the words.  I don't think it's helped by the fact that it would seem that English is not their first language.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    An interesting discovery, quite fascinating to read that, rather like looking at a photo from the period..

    The only thing I can add is the name of the person who I think is Polish..
    Zbigniew ..

    When I saw it I immediately thought of a former National Security Advisor of the U.S. called Zbigniew Brzezinski, which gave me the Christian name.. as he was of Polish extraction.
    I believe there were a lot of Polish people in the UK during the War period.. not only today..
    East Anglia, England
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    edited March 2023
    Jenny_Aster said:

    Tuesday (Tuesplay) 11 M(arch) 71

    My best friends!

    I do wait from your letter,
    but alas in vain. Why?
    Perhaps you have my letter not to retorke (toque means 'again' or 'renew')
    After operation I am feeling good.
    Where I do _____ at home, I knew nothing of it.
    How are you now?
    I will ____ at home very soon, but I can not.
    I am very sorry that I have not one word from you.
    Now is here very nice out.
    I am very so (you're) of you.
    I do write here one more little (letter?) in English "Spring ____"
    Perhaps offer (after?) my writing so (to?) ____
    I do give you a good read (I do give you a year?). So long, good buy! Cheerio! Yours Sincerely _____



    Notes in bold.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    The transcript makes sad reading.  Assuming it is from a member of the Polish forces they were probably worried about what was happening to the people they were writing to.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    11th March 1941 was a Tuesday
    11th May 1971 was a Tuesday
    11th March 1871 was not a Tuesday
    11th May 1871 was not a Tuesday.

    It is highly likely the letter was written on 11.3.1941 and not 11.5.1971.
    Rutland, England
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    Regarding the date, 11 Feb 1941 was also a Tuesday, and I think the Polish gentleman wrote the month in Polish, not English..

    February in Polish is Luty and it looks as though he's abbreviated it to 'lty'...


    East Anglia, England
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