Mater Hospital,
Afikpo
Sun 10th Jan, 1954
Mrs Nancy Timoney,
13 Sion Hill Road,
Drumcondra,
Dublin,
Ireland.
My dearest Mammy & all,
I hope you are all well & had a great time at Christmas. Tell me the presents etc. you got. This is really to Noreen & Seamas as well as there isn't much point in writing separate ones. Ask Noreen to write & tell me all the goings on sometime. I expect they're all back at school now. There doesn't seem to be time to read or write or anything here. Once it gets dark, everything seems to go by the board (6.30 or so now). After that I normally have a bath, then its dinner time & then it's about 9.0pm & we go & say the Rosary then its night round & then it's about 10 or 10.15pm. So you see. I try to be in bed between 10.30 & 11.0pm. I'm writing to Mrs Hinds to-day too as I've not written since I arrived.
Fr. Liam McSorley came here yesterday for a few weeks holiday. He is in great form & looks well. I hope you got the letter with the snaps ok. Keep them safe for me, please. I sent the diary of the trip to Brian & P. & they'll send it on to you. Is not a feat of literature but just day to day notes! We are going to Ugep – a bush clinic on Tues. We stay one or 2 nights there. All the other bush clinics we just finish in one day & come home. Last Thursday we were out all day doing 2 clinics. The 2nd one we arrived a bit late on & had to see about 20 Antenatals by bush lamp on 2 benches put together in the school. Of course everyone, man, woman & child, all stand around & look on and the Chief was regulating the traffic. Then Godfrey had to give them a little pep-talk through the interpreter (the schoolmaster) on attending the Clinic – this was the first time to hold this one & we were delighted to get 20 to come as they are very slow about it in most places.
Lots of love to all.
Regards to the neighbours.
Emily
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