54998: Letter sent home from France by Joseph Matthews

<p dir="ltr">Dear Joe,<br>Drink Up and Have Another<br>Hope you arrived home in good time for Xmas. Her with programme as promised. Had a glorious day, Day of All Days 'Plenty of Oil'. Everybody well done in the evening. Old Alf and Peter are now upsta</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Cannot read a few words marked with ??<br>Items belong to my father Mr Joseph L. Matthews, from London who left them to me for posterity. He survived the war and lived until May 1962.</p>