Did you used to write letters when you were 'courting'?

[Indaparkside]

Roses are red violets are blue don’t tell my brother I want to fuck you
Ryan Giggs

 

[Aphex]

I did but I was away at sea from the age of 17. We lived for those letters from home from family, friends and the latest girlfriend you'd met while on leave. The days before the internet and mobile phones it was our only contact with home, often for months. The scented ones were the best.

Is it true what they say about the Navy?

 

[blueish swede]

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took f'kin ages.

 

[paulchapo]

Is it true what they say about the Navy?

You tell me....

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Yes, up to about 2000.

I had some amazing letters that I finally got rid of recently. They were of their time though and not really relevant to my life anymore.

and everyone hand sent by first class pidgeon

 

[theres only one carlito]

When my grandparents passed my mum inherited their love letters. My grandad was an English submariner from Irlam and my gran was a petite lady from Rothesay, Isle of Bute.

They met at the dance hall on the island when he was on shore leave. The letters were fantastic. From all over the world he’d send them to my gran and they were written in such a charming old fashioned way it was like old war time movie dialog. No crass or smut, just written with pure feelings and emotion His letters would always start with

‘To my darling Anne’

I got me thinking how different society is now. How different we communicate and the words or pics we use. How charming and loving their letters were. A great window into 1940s/50s life.

 

[Blue Mist]

Reading this thread reminds of the Shirley Brown song 'Who is Betty'.

I'd post it but it wont let me, damn technology.

 

[malg]

Not read the whole thread so not sure if someone has mentioned 'Blueys'. Those were the letters we sent home when on tour in the Army. Free mail. Wife still has them upstairs somewhere from my times in Cyprus, NI and Canada. She showed me them once and read a line from one, embarrassing as fuck. If she goes first I'm fucking burning them before anyone else gets their hands on them.

Why don't women just do what blokes do and throw stuff away....

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

My future wife lived in New York while I was in LA during the nine or so months of our courtship in the very early 90s. Long distance telephone calls were expensive, and stamps were, what like 25 cents I think? I used to send her mix tapes in the mail too, and she to me. I still have most of her letters and she kept mine. We paged through them about five years ago. Oh my word -- cringey. Not so much the feelings expressed; just the silly things you say when you're young. Also my penmanship was far better then.

 

[Blue Mist]

Not read the whole thread so not sure if someone has mentioned 'Blueys'. Those were the letters we sent home when on tour in the Army. Free mail. Wife still has them upstairs somewhere from my times in Cyprus, NI and Canada. She showed me them once and read a line from one, embarrassing as fuck. If she goes first I'm fucking burning them before anyone else gets their hands on them.

Why don't women just do what blokes do and throw stuff away....

Some blokes, real men, would put them on here.