Letter from David Boldy to his father
Title
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Description
Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. Queenshill sports day took place and he met a lovely girl called Sylvia Cox. The school fair will take place on Saturday and he has been on bike rides.
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Date
1933-10-08
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Two page handwriten letter
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EBoldyDABoldyAD331008
Transcription
St. PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING,
October 8th 1933
My darling Daddy.
Thanks for your letter.
We saw Mummy yesterday and today. We went to the Queenshill Sports yesterday I have [deleted] made a new anot [/deleted] [inserted] become friendly with [/inserted] a Queenshill Girl [sic]. Her brother is in our school. She’s a very nice girl. [deleted] Thr [/deleted] Her name is Silvia [sic] Cox. Cox, Stevie, Forbes and [deleted] me [/deleted] [inserted] myself [/inserted] met her yesterday. Today we introduced ourselves properly. Our Sports [sic] are on the 25th of this month. We may have a school fair this saturday [sic]. Mummy will [deleted] be [/deleted] come if there is. I do hope there will be one. We went Bike [sic] riding today. We went Bike [sic] riding yesterday as well.
[page break]
There were four of us, Cox, Stevie, Forbes and myself. We have done nothing this week no pictures or anything. I got 41 in Latin.
First exam I was coming 10th, Second [sic] exam, I pulled up to 7th third exam I have pulled up to 6th. I will try my hardest in the last exam. I am ending now with lots of love & kisses
from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined]
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING,
October 8th 1933
My darling Daddy.
Thanks for your letter.
We saw Mummy yesterday and today. We went to the Queenshill Sports yesterday I have [deleted] made a new anot [/deleted] [inserted] become friendly with [/inserted] a Queenshill Girl [sic]. Her brother is in our school. She’s a very nice girl. [deleted] Thr [/deleted] Her name is Silvia [sic] Cox. Cox, Stevie, Forbes and [deleted] me [/deleted] [inserted] myself [/inserted] met her yesterday. Today we introduced ourselves properly. Our Sports [sic] are on the 25th of this month. We may have a school fair this saturday [sic]. Mummy will [deleted] be [/deleted] come if there is. I do hope there will be one. We went Bike [sic] riding today. We went Bike [sic] riding yesterday as well.
[page break]
There were four of us, Cox, Stevie, Forbes and myself. We have done nothing this week no pictures or anything. I got 41 in Latin.
First exam I was coming 10th, Second [sic] exam, I pulled up to 7th third exam I have pulled up to 6th. I will try my hardest in the last exam. I am ending now with lots of love & kisses
from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined]
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Citation
David Boldy, “Letter from David Boldy to his father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 3, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/443.
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