[{"node":{"title":"MacNeice035","Collections":"Letters to George and Mercy McCann","Contributor":"MacNeice Estate","Coverage":"1962 Jan 29th","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"MacNeice035","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Faust, Brussels, Inland Revenue","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/macneice035","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/MacNeice035_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"MacNeice035\nThe British Broadcasting Corporation\nBroadcasting House, London, W.1\nTelegrams and cables: Broadcasts, Telex, London \u2013 International Telex: 22182\nTelephone: Langham 4468\n\nJan 29th\nDear George and Mercy, Please forgive me for not having written before to thank you for the nice Postal Order. Things have been a bit hectic: Mary's son (who has grown 8 inches in a year) suddenly got glandular fever and they're both still stuck down in the country with the grandparents who're not exactly fighting fit either. So I'm being a grass widower and Bimba, who'd hardly boiled an egg till the other day, is teaching herself a) basic shopping, b) basic cookery. I shall be going to the England-Ireland match at Twickenham, having got some ground tickets. But if you hear of any stand seats going, I'd jump at them. Not that I think\n","Type":"Text"}}]