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These letters were submitted to the People's War site by Michelle Bullivant on behalf of Joan Punter ( nee Toller ) and have been added to the site with her permission. The family and owner fully understand the terms and conditions.

These letters were given to me to copy on to this site by by aunt Joan Punter ( nee Toller ) she now owns these letters which were written by her grandmother- my great grandmother- Ada Broom, Living in oxford Road, Cambridge.

95 Oxford Road
Cambridge
June 20th - 1940

My Dear George and Marie
Thankyou for letters, trust you are both well and had a good holiday. You will no doubt be coming back sat. if you come to Cambridge for week end. We shall be pleased to see you both. Eddie [Alexander Edmund Toller] has only just got your letter, he is staying at
7356452 P.. E Toller
C/o Mr F Bowling
30 Sandhill Oval
Mo.o..stown
Leeds
we had a very terrible experience Tuesday night- 9 killed 14 injured our window nearly shook out and houses fell to the grounds St Mathews Church Vicarage Terrace, East Road way.
your loving mother
love to all.

95 Oxford Road
Cambridge
Sept 29th- 1941

My Dear Son
It was kind of you to write to let me know you got so far and how I want to know how you got on the rest of the way. Hope the old bit of rust was worth taking back.. they are usfull.
Sept 30th your letter just come I will give him your letter, when he come home. The bomb droped at the back of the hospital and the pilot got killed and Sunday night they drop bombs from Oxford Road to Histon Road all fell in the road and the windows was all broken and the front of houses broken up.... it shook me out of the chair and then all the lights went out. Cables under the ground all went- so you can guess people about .. was a bit scared. We have had lovely weather... Marie wrote and sent some curtains, hope you feel alright with your full time job,
well dear take care of yourself
Love from all
your loving mother

95 Oxford Road
Cambridge
Feb 28th- 1941

My Dear son
Thankyou for your nice long welcome letter, thought I was never going to hear again from you, Arthur said... that you would not be able to gat away from it. Its a shame you have to work so many hours and others are walking about doing nothing, but you know best, you are safer there I should say. George... was at Pheobe and he said London had had a lot of bombs, we have had a lot lately and a lot of deaths. Poor Mr Britton was killed with abomb and Mr Pecks shop down to the ground. and also Louies book shop so thats down for now. 52 bombs they droped in the night. These last two nights they have been quieter. There is no sign of a house anywhere only a ... shop.

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love from us all
your loving mother

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