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Dear Mr Bigelow can be an enchanting collection of weekly 'pen-pal' characters written between 1949 and 1961 from an unmarried female working at the Pier Methodology Baths in Bournemouth, to a wealthy North american widower, living on Long Island, New York. Frances Woodsford and Commodore Paul Bigelow never achieved, and there was no romance - she was in her forties when he passed on aged ninety-seven - yet their epistolary camaraderie was her lifeline. The 'Saturday Special deals' as Frances dubbed them, are brilliantly-packed missives, sparked with comic genius, from post-war Great britain. We follow her travails at the Baths (and her ghastly employer Mr Connection); the hilarious regular Civil Defence classes as the Freezing War innovations; her makes an attempt to shake off Dr Russell, an unwanted suitor; life aware of Mother, and Apple pc, her wonderful ne'er-do-well sibling; and escapades in their jointly-owned car, a 1934 Ford 8 called Hesperus. Most of all, we become familiar with Frances - and her profound devotion for Mr Bigelow. She began to write to him as a means of thanking his girl for the clothes and food parcels she delivered. But what got started as a good move offered Frances the chance to escape a trying job, and expound with luxury, wit and verve on topical subjects from your home and abroad, bringing us a beady commentary on her life and times that leaps vividly from the site. Her characters to Mr Bigelow during his final disorder are a tender and moving farewell, a touching conclusion to a distinctive record.
