Letter to “Mother” [Lilian Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury], with an envelope

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/1/33
Level Item
Dates 6 Nov 1916
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Written from St George’s School, Broadstairs, Kent. Telling Lilian that his Meccano had arrived and they were making armoured trains, and that it was very windy and the patrol boats were struggling because of the waves; asking for her to send his “75” [air rifle], more nuts and bolts, and his stamp tweezers and magnifying glass to detect forgeries; and asking after the birds and for her to “give Daddy a thick ear” and tell [Herbert Pendlebury] that Winchester scholarship papers had arrived.