Love Letters to My Darling Cicely, 1946-48, tells of the love story between World War Two evacuee Brian Dawtrey and his sweetheart, Cicely. Evacuated from Coventry to Leek Wootton in rural Warwickshire, Brian met Cicely Marriott, a farmer's daughter, at a Christmas party in 1942. A whirlwind romance ensued. Brian and Cicely's courtship is detailed in letters, bringing them together when they are separated by circumstances beyond their control.