Thursday, October 7, 2010

Dear Mrs Sibbert

There's not a lot going on upstairs today due to a serious case of sleep deprivation so I thought I would just show you a very lovely letter a kid named Thomas wrote to a lady called Mrs Sibbert. From a time when a boy could call his friends 'boy friends' and kids still played 'Cowboys and Indians'. Found in a big box of inherited Golden Books by Ada, she has made me read it to her a dozen times already.

I wonder what fires Thomas was talking about, Ash Wednesday perhaps?

Back tomorrow, hopefully with a tail of adventure (of the vintage fabric variety). Ms Cinti might be taking me to vistit her vintage fabric 'dealer', bless her :)

Keep on truckin', if your that way inclined.

x

8 comments:

  1. Also worth noting, from a time when little boys could construct a polite informative, paragraphed letter and write it in 'biro' on paper!!! No wonder we are all mad for vintage and nostalgia.

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  2. How amazing. Have you thought about trying to find him? It might not be so hard considering that he included his address at the top. Could be fun?

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  3. Makes my heart melt to read something like that! Could it be any sweeter? I think that is the coolest thing I have seen today!

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  4. What a lovely letter! I love "wer'nt". There's something nice about knowing kids have always struggled with where to put those pesky apostrophes.

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  5. Don't you love it when you find things like this? Wonder where he is now?

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  6. What a delightful child. I love how thoughtful he is in his letter ... he's constructed quite a story.

    I try and get my children (the oldest one really) to write thankyou notes, but they're never as detailed as that one above.

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  7. I love old letters and this one is a treasure. No wonder Ada wants you to read it over and over =-)

    Maybe the "bush fires" were related to a bonfire holiday such as Midsummer or "Samhain"? I think it could be quite an adventure to seek him out today!

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Thanks ever so for taking the time to say hi!

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