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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 04/01/1912

    89 Anson Street

    Barrow in Furness, England

    c. April, 1912

    My Dear Son,

    …We went to watch the tide come in the other morning accross old Barrow at the docks. When we got there she had got in and was about ready to recede. A few days before that we went and it was clean out. No water at all. Next time full up to the wall. The tide is a strange and beautiful thing to see.…

    We had a Mrs. Baitson call on us. We knew her before we left Barrow. She said Mrs. Battersby looked a poor old wrinkled woman. She says you have not got any wrinkles. They seem to think everybody in America soon get bleached and withered. They were surprised to see how well we stood it.…

    My brother's daughter Maggie is going to be married. That will be two presents we will have to buy. We thought of getting silver knives and forks for them frrom America. Pa wrote to Sears & Roebuck but they don't do business in foreign countries and they haven't got the knives here so will have to get something else.…

    I am going to get my blue suit fixed over. The styles are about the same here as in America. The hobble skirt is greatly worse here.…

    Your loving Mother

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