I can only imagine how Alice must have felt when she received each of these letters. Was her heart racing to hear news from back home? Did she unfold them quickly? Unwrap them slowly? Caress the paper as her friends shared details of their lives and those she left behind? How I wish I had the letters she had written in response! This delightful letter is filled with more changes to Ipswich and more.
Read MoreIpswich: Jim & Polly (Part 5 of 10) 1927 Ipswich
Another lovely letter from Jim Witter from 1927 covering more changes in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK. What a surge of growth! In the course of researching this letter I discovered even more about Jim Witter & his children (step-children!) and got completely sidetracked with the Harvey family. It happens. Family history is full of forks in the road and fascinating discoveries...
Read MoreIpswich: Jim & Polly Witter - Postcards (part 3 of 10)
I was trying to post the Witter letters chronologically, but I just discovered these beautiful 1907 & 1908 postcards and need to jump back in time.
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