18th January, 1940
No. 14
Maycot,
12 Commonside,
Keston,
Kent.
18.1.40.
(26th day without letter from you)
Dearest,
Just dashing this scarf off to you as I thought you could probably do with it. Have only just come across it.
Look after yourself and keep happy,
All my love,
Terry.
Saturday 18th January, 1940
Winston Churchill gave his “House of Many Mansions” speech in which he exerted neutral countries to join the war to fight against Nazi Germany.
In London the temperature is 12 Fahrenheit (-11.1 ºC), the coldest it’s been since 1881. Belgium records its coldest day ever -30.1 ºC (-22.2 ºF)