That was fascinating .. it made me think of some letters I have that were written back in 1913/14. My Grandfather Eric Bassett was at boarding school at Barnard Castle and his best friend was a German boy. Just pre the declaration of war they were all promptly sent home from school mid term, but he and his friend wrote to each other regu…
That was fascinating .. it made me think of some letters I have that were written back in 1913/14. My Grandfather Eric Bassett was at boarding school at Barnard Castle and his best friend was a German boy. Just pre the declaration of war they were all promptly sent home from school mid term, but he and his friend wrote to each other regularly. I can understand some of them, much is in German which I don’t speak, but he talks of burning money in Germany to keep warm, it had no value . I would love to have them translated, it would make a fascinating book of two boys who were caught up in a world war. Xx
That was fascinating .. it made me think of some letters I have that were written back in 1913/14. My Grandfather Eric Bassett was at boarding school at Barnard Castle and his best friend was a German boy. Just pre the declaration of war they were all promptly sent home from school mid term, but he and his friend wrote to each other regularly. I can understand some of them, much is in German which I don’t speak, but he talks of burning money in Germany to keep warm, it had no value . I would love to have them translated, it would make a fascinating book of two boys who were caught up in a world war. Xx