Grandmas Letters

Ethel Baddeley A Lively Feisty Young Girl Was Born In Oldham In 1915 In Poor But Happy Circumstances.grandmas Letters Tells The Story Of Her Growing Up During The First World War And Of Her Struggle As A Young Mum In The Second World War When Her Husband Of Just A Few Months Left To Fight The Japanese In Burma And India. Unbeknown To Them At The Time Of His Departure She Was Pregnant And It Would Be Four Long Years Before Ken Would See His Daughter.the Last Chapter Tells Of Kens War Deriven Mainly From A Diary Which He Kept Of The Long Journey To Reach Northern India And His Stories Of Fighting A Vicious Enemy.however The Major Part Of The Book Consists Of Grandma Howards Letters All Written When She Was Over Eighty To Her Children And Her Six Grandchildren. They Say That Letter Writing Is A Dying Art And That It Is A Great Joy To Read Others Letters.