Letter to “Mother” [Lilian] Pendlebury from “your ever loving son John”, with an envelope

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/1/8
Level Item
Dates 21 Nov 1915
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Written from St George’s School, Broadstairs, Kent . Apologising for not writing to her and Herbert, telling Lilian about exams, asking her to send some paper to wrap up plant bulbs that he wouldn’t have chance to plant, thanking her for puzzles and mittens, and telling her that he is getting on well with knitting. John also tells Lilian about translation of a French [poem or story] and that Mr Seal calls him Jeavers because his hair sticks up.