W1B-002 Family letters 2-2.txt
8/4/97

Dear Joan I am sitting here on a lovely afternoon minding Margaret, she is out in the garden, Mum and Sue have gone to Belfast for a few hours. Thank you very much for your birthday present. Can you ever see me wearing it, Sue is still making plans to visit you. She is trying to persuade Eveline to go as well.

I think you heard about Seamus getting tipsy in Carryduff and stealing £ 15 from the house. He was interviewed in Castlereagh holding centre about it but I think the woman is not going to charges. On Friday night last the police picked him up at the cross in Killyleagh in a drunk and abusive state They brought him home about 12.30 he was going to beat all round him Even me. He had 7 tins of Miller in him. Eventually we got him settled down John slept on the floor of his room all night to keep an eye on him. I had to take him to the barracks at 12 noon on Sat, he got a right good bollicking, said he was sorry but could rember very little about it. For punishment the police told him to cut my lawn for the rest of the year and get a bit of sence. He is now more or less grounded. Your Mum was most upset but she will probably get over it in time Adele is still carrying on as before. We were all at the Church of Ireland for Belinda's (Jims girl) christening yesterday, it was 1 1/2 hours long evening prayer service and was very nice. I hope you are enjoying your holiday, bring home plenty of photos. I signed a proxy form yesterday to allow me to vote for you in the general election. The girls at the mushrooms keep asking about you. Maybe you could sent them a card sometime. This is a long letter for me so I will now sign off. Keep well love Dad.
