Dear Mona
Dear Mona Dear Mona, Letters from a Conscientious Objector are the words of 20 year old working class Geordie Len Jones to his mentor and would-be partner Mona Lovell. Their correspondence begin when…
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Dear Mona
Dear Mona, Letters from a Conscientious Objector are the words of 20 year old working class Geordie Len Jones to his mentor and would-be partner Mona Lovell. Their correspondence begin when Len, as a conscientious objector, was forced to work in forestry during the war. They worked in the Newcastle library service, and Mona, a Quaker was educating Len in the arts and in social equality.
Eventually he decided on a more active role in the fight against fascism and became a non-arms bearing medic. With other like-minded people - including future MP Bill Hamilton, and the poet James Kirkup - Len had many opportunities to develop his thinking and his character.These letters are a fascinating and inadvertently detailed first-hand account of how Len changed. He was parachuted into northern Europe and took part in the Ardennes and German campaigns, and in the opening of the