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The Reverend Richard Seymour

(formerly of the Church of the Ascension, Custom House)



9A, Kildowan Road,
Goodmayes
Ilford
Essex
20. 4. 49.

My dear Leslie,

Thank you so much for your letter. It was very nice to hear from you and I should be pleased for my name to be used on your behalf.

I gather you do not want a written reference at this stage: and I expect I shall have a form from the Civil Service later on with a number of questions to answer.

I hope that you (sic) pre-fab. is of the American type, which are, I think, pleasant, but the others are too cramped. I had an idea that you lived opposite Whipps Cross, but I must have imagined it.

I am living in a very nice modern flat, though the rent is anything but nice. However, I am very lucky to have it, and I have access to a large garden. for six months I was over an hour’s journey from the church and parish.

If you are ever able to come over this way I should be pleased to see you, and would send directions as to how to come.

I had reached the stage when I could not stand the Docks any longer. It has all changed very greatly since you knew it. I do hope that you will be successful in your application, and I promise to fill in dutifully any question forms that are sent to me.

Every Blessing to you, and all good wishes.

Richard V. Seymour

The reference to Whipps Cross was not imagined as Leslie Knight and his family had moved from 126 Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, E11 to 14 Second Avenue, Porter’s Field, Leyton, E10 in June 1947.




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