SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 402 Title : Biggam Collection Letter: 09 Author(s): Madge Taylor Law Copyright holder(s): Mr William Biggam Text London, 4 Oct. 1980 Dear Joan & Arthur, Here I am racing the clock as usual. Hope you like the photo, the two big ones are enlargements of the snaps I took myself. I hope they don't get bent in the post. Hope you are both well. We are all O.K. Johns leg is improving he goes swimming to exercise it and its doing him good. Norman & Bobby are trying to buy a little house in a place called Blackrod in Lancashire its about 8 miles nearer to Manchester than Leyland. Robert is still working O.K. but no overtime and threatened with short-time working. London is very short of jobs, just like everywhere else, so theres not much chance for anybody if they get sacked. I'm still working so far. I haven't seen John & Doll since the wedding but I think I would have heard if all wasn't well. Norman & Bobby put the money presents from people towards a cooker. I saw it. We went there for our holiday. It was the cheapest one they could find but looks very nice and works very well. They haven't wasted anything. Do you remember that rich couple who let Robert & Norman use their house before the wedding, well they gave them a couple of wardrobes that they had and they were almost new. The other furniture they have is mostly second-hand stuff but it all looks quite nice. Well that's about all the news, so I'll say TTFN Love from Madge John & Robert. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): Males: Females: Audience size: 2 Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1980 Word count: 261 General description: Letter to Joan and Arthur Taylor Text setting Private/personal: Text type Correspondence/letters: Author Author details Author id: 699 Forenames: Madge Taylor Surname: Law Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1920 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Place of birth: Glasgow Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's place of birth: Glasgow Mother's region of birth: Glasgow Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: No Write: No Understand: Yes Circumstances: