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

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/3/27
Level Item
Dates 27 Oct 1918
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from Culver House [D], Winchester College. Asking for Lilian to send ‘Benita’ and to have ‘Child of Storm’ as a Christmas present [books by Henry Rider Haggard], reminding her to visit near her birthday, and discussing life at the school (including only doing four hours of “ekker” [exercise] because he had hurt his knee). John also mentions that he is enclosing the pattern for fringe [material], his watch was gaining time, that “cuse” would be fortnightly, and asks for biscuits and “golliwog” dolls.