Item 01: Malcolm Shore Stanley correspondence, 8 December 1916-28 October 1918 - Page 42
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[Page 42]
Mary's chorus of "Ayes" kept going for a long time, whilst Uncle Joseph was more quiet, he hobbled after me thro the shop & greeted me in quieter fashion holding out his hand "Malcolm boy I'm lad to see you" he couldn't say any more, but the tears welled up into his eyes & he wiped them away & so did I. It sort of took some time to settle down. Dear Uncle Joseph he hasn't changed but very little, the old decisive manner still exists there is some of the old fire there still. Auntie Mary is the same jolly old stick & I gave her a jolly good hug. We yarned about anything & everything never finishing anything there was so much you see, you'd get half way thro & something else would crop up & so on, can you wonder at it. We chatted & chatted & chatted & tea took such a long time I couldn't eat much you know, it was Malcolm this & Malcolm that not me a Lieutenant Stanley but straight dinkum Malcolm. Winnie & Irene of course kept popping in a word here & there & I had to stop occasionally to tease Irene, let her hair down, kiss her or something, she "bagged" me right away to sit next to her at table. Gee this chick was wound up & off the chain, just fancy being able to say Auntie & Uncle & Cousin. We sat around the fire enjoying a quiet smoke whilst Uncle & I whilst Auntie Mary just beamed. Winnie would attend to the shop necessarily & Irene