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Beaton/A/A1/6/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/6/2
Title
Autograph letter to Beaton, from Blackpool
Date(s)
- 7 Apr. 1941 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
4p Top righthand corner of page 1 torn off. paper
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Scope and content
Thanks Beaton for recent letter. Discusses Blackpool and its visitors. Most of the Air force are in Blackpool. Discusses his work. Describes Blackpool as a 'sprawling hive ' of 'unrelieved hideousness'. Describes work colleagues as hostile. Is upset about the lack of cigarettes available. The food is not good. Asks Beaton to write. Robert may have been torpedoed.