"Bowerwood House"
St Botolph’s Road,
SEVENOAKS, Kent.
March 27, 53.
Dear Mr Racey,
I am afraid I have been rather a long time in answering your last letter, i.e. that of February 4th, but this winter which has just passed has been an inordinately busy one in so far as epidemic

I am glad to know from your letter that you are better again and quite approve of your occupational therapy; we practice that here, and I have a cine film I took of Jeffery, our eldest son when
Now that things are less rushed I will look out the Buteo buteo skin and get it despatched, I will also refer to yo...
I was sorry to learn that you got some poor exchanges from J. V.; I have only had two specimens, a pair of Tringa stagnatilis, both are excellent skins I must say, but one must wait and see.
Everyone here very sad to lose our Queen Mary: she was a wonderful old lady and really was an example to all of us. We had realised that she had been failing for sometime now. However

I was very glad to get an idea of the technique you use for the relaxing of skins preparatory to processing as mounted or skins, and I shall certainly try out your method. I suppose you also ge

David leaves us on Monday next to join the R.A.F. as a medical officer of course; he will be in this country for about six weeks more then hopes to get posted to the Middle East – it’s the bats
Please excuse more just now,
Kind regards, and all good wishes,
Yours very sincerely,