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

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/8/6
Level Item
Dates [Dec 1928]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content [Sent from Armant excavation, Egypt]. Wishing Herbert a Happy Christmas and telling him about plans for Hilda visiting the camp over Christmas, and about progress on the excavation. Also mentioning that he would meet Hilda in Luxor, [Stephen] Glanville was leaving shortly after Hilda so they would use his tent, the Daily Telegraph were publishing the reports of the excavation, he had a bet on a Varsity match with Glanville, and hoping a law suit had gone well for Herbert and he wished he could be home for Christmas. Undated, annotated in a later hand as “Dec 1928 to May 1929”.