"..I am sorry to say that I am still in hospital, & since I wrote to you last I had an operation. I will be going home about June, (next month). Enclosed are two photo's, one of my Mum, Dad, & me, & the other one is on a bed with some other girls, I have marked myself. .."
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Censorship During World War II: The Question of Examiner 6883
Among the hundreds of letters my grandmother kept are dozens from the 1940s with "Examiner" stickers affixed to them. These censorship stickers were the result of wartime efforts to prevent information of value from potentially reaching enemy eyes. During World War II, there were over...
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Letters from early 1900s.
Cursing the Cursive Word
When was the last time you wrote a letter in cursive? With your hand, not a font.
The fountain pen strokes of the past were so delicate, indelible and unique. Each rise and fall of a letter eloquently representative of the individual....
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