From Melbourne

From Melbourne

Dear Alan, Lorna, Melissa and Jolene,

                                                                It is nearly a year since we came over to your place and saw  you and I am sure that the two girls must have grown a little so when you take some new photos could you please have one of each of the girls.

                Almost everyday we have something in the newspaper about South Africa. Beverley is studying Africa but not South Africa but she would like just articles from your papers about the trouble in the Eastern Cape. This seems to be where most of the trouble is according to what we read. Does it make a difference to the news you get now that there isn’t a Rand newspaper. It seemed to criticise the government as much as it liked. Is there another paper now that can write how it feels.

                How on earth do you run in that hot weather. It’s bad enough to be out in the sun and have to work when it is hot but to run in it. I don’t know how you do it.

                Melissa the only one who swims. She must enjoy being in the water. Do you ever swim in the sea because you are not very far from the beach. We didn’t see the coast along that part.

                After all the use it has had the Mini has at last been worn out. We can still use it I am using it today but the rings have gone and it is eating oil. We had some advice and they suggested it would be cheaper to get another. (If they refer us one thing which will cost a lot of money and then something else could go wrong. But still it has been a good car and hasn’t cost a lot of money yet. We don’t want another car so it is up to Beverley to decide whether to use it as a trade-in or she can have it for herself. She hasn’t decided yet. We will have to lend her the money & then she can pay us back. Beverley liked the Mini but I suppose it couldn’t go on forever and it has been used a lot and been in a few accidents.

                On the news today was a bit about the mixed marriage laws going. I can’t see how you can do away with those laws without changing a lot of others too you could put in a piece from your paper for Beverley.

                There has been a lot in the paper here about a rebel cricket team going to South Africa but nobody will admit that they are in it. According to some people here there is nothing good about South Africa just even to mention it brings criticism. When you look what happens in a lot of other countries there aren’t too many “pure” which is a pity you can also have the apartheid in South Africa to fall back on. It if wasn’t there then there would be many more countries to criticize.

                Jolene and Melissa tell me next time you write what sort of stories you like best. There are just so many books it is very hard to choose one. Tell me what you like best

                                Love from Mum

                                                Aunty Dorothy

                                                                                or Grandma

                                                                                                which ever you like

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