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                                                                                   9 Avon Road all underlined          in pencil [1971]
                                                                                   Midanbury,
Dear Gladys & Jack,                                                 Southampton, Hants.
          I was delighted to have your card & note

enclosed, but really shocked to know Mabel Mead has died. I had always felt with the tablets she had to take each day, life was quite a long line for her, "Oh well" one never knows," I really was fond of Mabel, & she several times made us most welcome. Seems strange to me, your saying, London, still your favourite city. 40 years living there myself, I would never go back there, shooting, stabbing, drug taking teenagers, one would not really feel safe on the streets day or night, prices are terrible here, in one week a jar of coffee will go up as much as one 1/-, & many, many, other things I could name, meat is a dreadful price, well, it's just a vicious circle, up goes the wages, up go the food. Jack retired almost two years ago, & we have moved into a nice bungalow, not far from 52A, as we are both getting older. I was all for getting away from steps & stairs, we are well living on our