Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1939

Geoffrey Griffiths remarks on Ida Carroll's "speedy (though somewhat early!) entry to National Service," and that he's "overcome with frequent pangs of jealousy." Possibly about her working in a police station? Not sure there.

He went to a cricket match and his friend Len "quite stunned me by smoking a cigarette; he blames the present situation in Europe!"

He considers what the travel agency he works for will look like after the summer and through wartime, "being a private firm, I don't think we shall be required such as are railway workers during National emergencies." He's similarly relieved that he didn't start up his own business recently as was the plan, "that might have necessitated the selling of the house."

"Herr Hitler put me to some inconvenience on Friday night after bath-time, but there was better organisation on Saturday." Not trusting his curtains to contain the glow of the lamp during blackout, he removed the light sources from his room and proceeded to mistake his shorts for his jacket.

Ref: CARROLL/IGC/3 GG
With thanks to the Ida Carroll Trust
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.