Letter from David Boldy to his father

Letter from David Boldy to his father

Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. Discusses his daily activities and refers to his brother Stephen and a visit from his mother.

1928-09-28

Two page handwritten letter

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ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING.

September 28, 1928.

My dear Daddy.

I hope you are quite well and happy. Thank you for your nice letter. We had a poetry test and I got 60 I passed. We had a Geography test also and I got 90 on 100 I and another boy came top boys. This Saturday is the last and we are going out to sleep till Sunday. I am in the third eleven of Havelock house I am a back. We have had three matches 2 we won and 1 was a draw. We played St. Joseph’s School for the cup and beat them the score was 2.1. The hockey [deleted] S [/deleted] sticks are very nice ones. We have got blue rubber on them

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If there is a picture on Saturday Stevie and I will go and Mummy is going to a tea dance. Mummy came to see us on Thursday. I think the captain of our house is John I. Havelock house second eleven played Hastings and [inserted] the [/inserted] score was 7.0 we won. I am ending my letter now. With lots of love and kisses from

David.