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

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/2/16
Level Item
Dates 21 Oct 1917
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Written from Beaudesert Park, Henley-in-Arden. Enclosing a letter for Nanny (as she would soon return from Rolvenden, Kent); thanking Lilian for golf balls, socks, ‘Child of Storm’ [book by Henry Rider Haggard] and an illumination on a letter; asking her to write a letter saying that she had knitted mittens as no one believed him; asking her to send his thanks to Mrs Boshington and Aunt Lily for chocolates [for his birthday]; telling her about the teams for football matches, and discussing German Zeppelins that were shot down [19-20 Oct].