Letter from David Boldy to his parents

Letter from David Boldy to his parents

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Discusses sport scores, weather, and food; compares the local landscape with Darjeeling.

1934-11-25

Two page handwritten letter

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[St. Joseph’s College Crest]

St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
NAINI TAL.
[underlined] 25.11.34 [/underlined]
My darling Mummy and Daddy.
Thanks awfully for your letter. I made a mistake about the football. My class lost against the XB 3-1, and the XB beat Steve’s class 1-0. Please let us know wether [sic] to send you a list or not. We have been having Mechanics papers the last two days and tonight we will do the July paper. I will let you [deleted] indecipherable word [/deleted] know what I get. I am getting on well in music now. I have learnt four pieces and am on my fifth and I have learnt four duets. I am revising everything now so you need not worry about my working. There are only ten days left for the exam. The cambridge picnic is on the 31st of [deleted] this [/deleted] [inserted] next [/inserted] month. It is not very cold now. Certainly nothing like Darjeeling. The winter line is beautifully clear now a days [sic]. Do you remember seeing it when you were here? It is a big circular horizon [deleted] [undecipherable] [/deleted] below which [deleted] in [/deleted] everything is a dark blue hue.

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Is there still water on the tennis court? I hope not as it will need some time to get into shape. I am playing for my class in the Individual championship. Two boys from each class enter for singles and two pairs of doubles. I am playing in both. I play one of Steve’s chums. He is very good indeed. But I will play my hardest against him. There are cups for the winners. What a shame that creeper was spoilt. I hope the Garden turns out as good as usual. Especially the sweet peas, [underlined] and ordinary peas [/underlined]. No more news today, with lots of love and kisses God bless and keep you both for us
your loving son [underlined] David [/underlined].