Heartbreaking story of WW2 sweethearts whose love letters have been discovered under floorboards of Scarborough hotel
When Sergeant John McConnell wrote a letter to his teenage sweetheart while serving in the second world war, he had no idea it would be recovered from under hotel floorboards eight decades later.
Friday, 19th March 2021, 12:21 pm
Historian Marie Woods holds love letters written at the height of WWII which were discovered under floorboards of the Esplanade Hotel, Scarborough
The 19-year-old was serving in the RAF and stationed in Scarborough during the war.
Like so many thousands of men and women of the time, Sgt McConnell wrote home to his partner in Lanarkshire, Scotland, as a way of getting through his darkest days.