Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about about playing tennis in London in the cold of winter. He is considering King’s College as his next educational step.
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1937-12-21
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Two page handwritten letter
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EBoldyDABoldyAD371221
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7, Wallace Court,
300, Marylebone Road,
London, N.W.1.,
21st December, 1937.
My own darling Daddy,
Thank you for your letter and all your news. We also got the cable which was quite posh. Mum likes the towel set immensely. It is really a treat. The last two days we have received a good number of letters and Xmas cards. I got a card from the boy in Southern Rhodesia.
We have been on the hunt lately. Last evening we saw Anna Neagle in “Victoria the Great”. It was very good indeed. If it goes to India you really must see it. There are great preparations for Christmas and Oxford Street is something like it was in Coronation time. The streets are very crowded.
It has got much colder now & we have had another fall of snow the other day. We are not yet uncomfortable.
Steve & I played tennis by [deleted] b [/deleted] god it was nippy. Some of the courts actually had ice on them. We were half-frozen. Steve won, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. The last set was a great [deleted] tuzzale [/deleted] tussle. We played squash to-day. Steve won 10-8, 10-8, 9-5, 9-4, [deleted] 8 [/deleted] 4-9. I am giving him a much better game now. If I think a little more I dare say I will fare much better as
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today, it was a touch and go who won. [deleted] S [/deleted]
Since Sylvia’s escapade no one has landed up. K.L.M. came to tea. She is a most interesting person, and seemed rather nice. We saw her to the tube station after tea. K.L.M. knows a number of people, including some actors and actresses.
We hardly went to a show for months, but we have certainly made up for it lately. Once Christmas is over and we start work again we will settle down again. We will also be able to save a couple of pounds in the few months while we are studying as we won’t have the time to knock around. My hockey stick is really lovely. I am not sure I shall join a club as I shall see about King’s College first. They will probably have a hockey team.
There is a fancy dress dance on [deleted] F [/deleted] January 6th quite close so I might go as in a years time my costume might be too small, though my present rate of progress upwards is at a stand still. I am afraid I will not be more than 5’ 6 1/2” which is a pity. I am not yet 5’ 6”. But thank God we have our health. Well no more to-day, God bless & Keep you and bring you back safely to us
With lots of love and Kisses from your loving
son [underlined] David. [/underlined]
P.S. Happy New Year
God bless you
[underlined] David [/underlined]
300, Marylebone Road,
London, N.W.1.,
21st December, 1937.
My own darling Daddy,
Thank you for your letter and all your news. We also got the cable which was quite posh. Mum likes the towel set immensely. It is really a treat. The last two days we have received a good number of letters and Xmas cards. I got a card from the boy in Southern Rhodesia.
We have been on the hunt lately. Last evening we saw Anna Neagle in “Victoria the Great”. It was very good indeed. If it goes to India you really must see it. There are great preparations for Christmas and Oxford Street is something like it was in Coronation time. The streets are very crowded.
It has got much colder now & we have had another fall of snow the other day. We are not yet uncomfortable.
Steve & I played tennis by [deleted] b [/deleted] god it was nippy. Some of the courts actually had ice on them. We were half-frozen. Steve won, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. The last set was a great [deleted] tuzzale [/deleted] tussle. We played squash to-day. Steve won 10-8, 10-8, 9-5, 9-4, [deleted] 8 [/deleted] 4-9. I am giving him a much better game now. If I think a little more I dare say I will fare much better as
[page break]
today, it was a touch and go who won. [deleted] S [/deleted]
Since Sylvia’s escapade no one has landed up. K.L.M. came to tea. She is a most interesting person, and seemed rather nice. We saw her to the tube station after tea. K.L.M. knows a number of people, including some actors and actresses.
We hardly went to a show for months, but we have certainly made up for it lately. Once Christmas is over and we start work again we will settle down again. We will also be able to save a couple of pounds in the few months while we are studying as we won’t have the time to knock around. My hockey stick is really lovely. I am not sure I shall join a club as I shall see about King’s College first. They will probably have a hockey team.
There is a fancy dress dance on [deleted] F [/deleted] January 6th quite close so I might go as in a years time my costume might be too small, though my present rate of progress upwards is at a stand still. I am afraid I will not be more than 5’ 6 1/2” which is a pity. I am not yet 5’ 6”. But thank God we have our health. Well no more to-day, God bless & Keep you and bring you back safely to us
With lots of love and Kisses from your loving
son [underlined] David. [/underlined]
P.S. Happy New Year
God bless you
[underlined] David [/underlined]
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David Boldy, “Letter from David Boldy to his father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/480.
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