“I can’t believe the letter was at the bottom of the sea and now I can read it,” - Phyllis Ponting,99, discovers that her wartime sweetheart did receive her acceptance of his marriage proposal, before he died ❤️😢 https://t.co/k2LFMh8ywz — Madeleine Davies (@MadsDavies) December 28, 2018
“I can’t believe the letter was at the bottom of the sea and now I can read it,” - Phyllis Ponting,99, discovers that her wartime sweetheart did receive her acceptance of his marriage proposal, before he died ❤️😢 https://t.co/k2LFMh8ywz
‘I wept with joy. I could not help it. If you could only know how happy it made me darling to know that you accepted me and that you will be mine for ever’. Private Will Walker to his ‘most precious sweetheart’ Phyll, Dec 1940. See it at #VoicesFromTheDeep https://t.co/kxxwNdRYUR pic.twitter.com/XG9R4Eedai — The Postal Museum (@thepostalmuseum) December 28, 2018
‘I wept with joy. I could not help it. If you could only know how happy it made me darling to know that you accepted me and that you will be mine for ever’. Private Will Walker to his ‘most precious sweetheart’ Phyll, Dec 1940. See it at #VoicesFromTheDeep https://t.co/kxxwNdRYUR pic.twitter.com/XG9R4Eedai
View this post on Instagram #VoicesFromTheDeep is NOW OPEN! Immerse yourself in our new temporary exhibition, full of treasures recently recovered from a wartime shipwreck.⠀ ⠀ #Gairsoppa #ship #britishship #1940s #submarine #ocean #WWII #WW2 #wreck #shipwreck #letters #artefact #silver #tea #exhibition #sunkenstories #postalmuseum #museum #london #history #lostcargo #cargo #SSGairsoppa #sea #transport #exploration #MarineExploration #newlondon #whatsonlondon A post shared by The Postal Museum (@thepostalmuseum) on Mar 29, 2018 at 4:14am PDT
#VoicesFromTheDeep is NOW OPEN! Immerse yourself in our new temporary exhibition, full of treasures recently recovered from a wartime shipwreck.⠀ ⠀ #Gairsoppa #ship #britishship #1940s #submarine #ocean #WWII #WW2 #wreck #shipwreck #letters #artefact #silver #tea #exhibition #sunkenstories #postalmuseum #museum #london #history #lostcargo #cargo #SSGairsoppa #sea #transport #exploration #MarineExploration #newlondon #whatsonlondon
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