Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

Geoffrey Griffiths is a wee bit jealous! Ida Carroll has been volunteering for war service at her local police station (she was an Air raid Precaution Warden for Didsbury) and he confesses that "I am nervous about large, handsome policemen, or those of any kind for that matter." He is familiar with some at Whitworth Street Station but doesn't recognise them on the street with their steel helmets on. So, "I have adopted the system of nodding to *all* steel helmets, and it seems to work."
He refers to the Northern School of Music's predicament at the commencement of war. It seems there is some concern for the premises and capacity to continue. "I do hope you can Miss C[ollens] will be able to carry on the school on some way, even if abridged," and wonders whether "some old house in good old Southern suburbs" could be put to use.
He philosophises that "during wars the people of a nation appear to become more kind to one another; if they were only like that always, and to the peoples of all nationals, I don't think we should have any wars." Pretty much, Griff, pretty much.

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.