Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/5/2
Level Item
Dates Undated [27-29 Oct 1927]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content A letter written across 3 days, started at Hotel Wagner, Munich. Discussing John’s journey across Europe [with Bob Dixon] including visiting Augsburg, the museums in Munich, and travelling on to Vienna. Also telling Herbert that John [and Bob] were concerned about their train tickets but they turned out to be alright, about “Pembroke men” they had met or were planning to meet (Geoff Bell in Munich, and Martin Leake in Constantinople [Istanbul]), and about opening the curtains in his hotel room after getting out of the bath and there being a dining room full of people able to see him naked; and asking Herbert to send cigarettes to Athens.