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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 597905, member: 51"]I knew there might be a range of opinions on this and can see both sides. Trust me, I won't share anything I wouldn't want others to see if they were mine. And won't connect anyone's name with anything, that's for sure. Anything intimate, we would probably stop reading and back into recycling it goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But would be interested if there was some actual history about the times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was even thinking I'd check the stamps in case there is something to be on the look out for in the 1942, 1943 range. There are over 100 stamped letters in there.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were clearly valued as they were kept all these years, so just kind of sad to see them dumped. Why keep them for 70 years and just dump them? Have to think someone passed away and it was either a relative or maybe even someone hired to do a clean out. I mostly grabbed them because of the WWII connection and my friend is so into imagining the lives of people from years gone by. I texted her with a photo of the newly found letters and she said she would "get on a plane and be here in 6 hours". Was kind of joke, but a bit of an adventure for us to look forward to next time she's visiting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 597905, member: 51"]I knew there might be a range of opinions on this and can see both sides. Trust me, I won't share anything I wouldn't want others to see if they were mine. And won't connect anyone's name with anything, that's for sure. Anything intimate, we would probably stop reading and back into recycling it goes. But would be interested if there was some actual history about the times. Was even thinking I'd check the stamps in case there is something to be on the look out for in the 1942, 1943 range. There are over 100 stamped letters in there. They were clearly valued as they were kept all these years, so just kind of sad to see them dumped. Why keep them for 70 years and just dump them? Have to think someone passed away and it was either a relative or maybe even someone hired to do a clean out. I mostly grabbed them because of the WWII connection and my friend is so into imagining the lives of people from years gone by. I texted her with a photo of the newly found letters and she said she would "get on a plane and be here in 6 hours". Was kind of joke, but a bit of an adventure for us to look forward to next time she's visiting.[/QUOTE]
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