12th Nov 1961

H.S.B.C Jesselton Dear Mum, Dad and Alan, Many thanks for your letter and also Adriennes parcel. The dog is great fun and all the other odds and ends will thrill her tomorrow, which is the great day. she has been very taken up with her party for the last week. Distributing her invitations at school and then collecting the replies. She has grown out of her baby stage a lot though is still given to crying in temper for very little reason but once on her own can be very amusing. Had a great game with Elisabeth tonight and she can now roll over on her front and then reverse. She has been near doing this for some time but could not move her arms out of the way once she had rolled on top of them. Now she lifts & moves her arms around. In reversing it is necessary to swing one leg over the other and this she can now do and there is definite movement up and down with the bad leg. She is full of fun and conversation but can have Adrienne's sharp temper when things go wrong or she is unable to say what she wants. Acorn seems to think that the end of the bear market may appear towards the middle of 1962. I have had my eye on BMC at 13/- for some time now but they have shot up too fast to do anything. Can you give me a quick list of people in Tamworth Park with addresses for Christmas cards. Roger & Pat - Mrs Brooks - Rita & Fred etc as I do not seem to have a note handy from last year. We have got a good second hand 3 wheeler for A. for her birthday very cheap and have a two wheeler lined up for Caroline at Christmas. This will leave a big 3 wheeler for Susan & the baby one that you bought, for Elisabeth. It will give you an idea how they have all grown. We will be buying them motor scooters in a few years I can see. The weather has produced an absolutely scorching week. Too hot. I even got burnt to-day, something that hasn't happened in twelve months. But we are coming towards cooler weather and that is something to look forward to. Am still making boxes and have completed one for the record player and a rough box cum cabinet for the records. Have had quite an interesting time in the office lately and shall continue to do so now through to Feb. The second junior had a quick posting to Hongkong and I have been teaching the replacement his job. The manager is off on a 3 week business trip and I shall be doing a few extra odd jobs. Ian Macleod will be arriving in December to commence his take over as Acct. I knew him in Calcutta and this will bring in a trip to Beaufort. Then the half year will be upon us and Peter Ingham will be off. As a background there will be a very steady stream of Christmas and New Year parties which owing to our now long residence will claim us even more than before. Cheerio for now and love from us all. Peter.