First leave in England
5.6.1917
Dear May,
Am having a glorious time. I don’t know what to tell you about first. I spent a few days in London visited Tower of London, St Pauls, Westminster Abbey, Parliament Buildings & all the other famous places & have seen Piccadilly, Leister Sq. The Marble Arch, Trafalgar Sq & Nelson monument. Hyde Park, Cleopatra’s needle (brought from Egypt) the various bridges the Embankment & pretty well every other place I had ever heard of. George Moffitt is over here for a commission & we spent most of the evenings together at one of the theatres. After that I set for Hopes’, about a five hours run in the train, & there I have had the time of my life. I meant to make a flying trip to Glasgow but
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but cut that out & stayed three days at Porthill & have had a gay old time. If I ever get leave again I will spend most of it there. It is just what a fellow needs after coming from the trenches. They are real decent crowd & would have spoilt me completely if I had been there much longer. I want you to send them a few p.c’s etc but will tell you about it later. Of course that is where all the Doulton ware comes from & they took me all through the works & showed me everything from the rough clay to finished articles. I left there just before midnight & have travelled all night to save time & am now back at the Soldiers’ Club in London waiting for breakfast time. Today I go to Ch’ch to see the Hopkins’ & intend to stay there two days or so & have the best part of another day here before I go back to work. More particulars later. I want this to go with tomorrows mail.
Love From Len
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Posting today three parcels containing – 1 Book on Egypt 2 & 3 Guide books to the Tower & Hampton Court. P.C. views to follow
