Letter from David Boldy to his parents

Letter from David Boldy to his parents

Letter from David Boldy to his parents. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to food, sport and parties.

1927-09-11

Two page handwritten letter

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St. Paul’s School,
Jalapahar,
Darjeeling.
September 11th 1927.

My darling Mummy and Daddy.

I hope you are all well. Thank you for the book and fountainpen. Mrs Cox lets me keep my book and hockey stick in her room and take it when I want. I will try to write a long letter. I like writing in ink. I had a big cake and small cakes tovcs sosige [sic] rolls and heaps of other things. Half of the cake was over. I a very nice [deleted] th [/deleted] time at the party. I am se [inserted] n [/inserted] ding a list of all the things I had for the party. There were 9 candles and a hen. I like the book very much. Thank you for your letter and postcard.

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I don’t mi [inserted] n [/inserted] d if you call the dog Pluto. [deleted] than [/deleted] That ink you sent me in [deleted] a [/deleted] the last parcel writes purple. I am ending my letter now.

With lots of love and kisses from
David.

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