Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

Griff thanks Ida for her letter and reminisces about the first music lessons he had at her house, "I was sorry when they ended and I didn't see you anymore."
He mentions her previous engagement that he wasn't aware of - possibly to a chap called Eric?
He thinks back to their first connection, "It is so queer to look down the passage of time to the day when your Father heard me calling numbers at Swan and Leach office."
He is glad he developed music as a hobby as he can "feel the joy of taking part in something instead of merely listening."
He admits he was "let loose among the refreshments at Plymouth Grove Methodists and I behaved like a pig."
He shares some whimsical verse and explains that he would "easily walk Didsbury way on Dec 25th evening if you are attending evening service" to meet up. He invites her to the cinema in the new year.

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.