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| Just a picture of a 1940's birthday card I found online - not one of Ron's - but couldn't resist the coincidence! |
This is my birthday which I already feel will be unlike any I have so
far spent.
The day was very warm & for want of anything else to do I stayed
in the billet & read.
In the evening I was on road patrol with Barclay.
We walked up and down several times over the set beat then about 8 o’clock we decided to take a coffee at Balata. We found one of the very hospitable café men
spoke English. We conversed with him on
many subjects including weddings as one was taking place in the village. He explained to us all the proceedings in an
Arab courtship & Marriage.
The lad fancies a lass puts the question to her father if he says yes
they drop the question for a couple of months then the lad calls with gifts for
the girl & they become engaged a ring is used as in England. He went on to tell us the wedding day
procedure which interested.
Today was very warm but as I was not called upon for duty I did not have occasion
to exert myself very much but lay beneath my mosquito free from the torments of
multitudes of flies which for all the gauze windows & doors seemed to get
into the room.
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