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Annunciata Buffadossi recollects her wartime life in Milan. Annunciata stresses poor-quality housing in a low-class neighbourhood close to potential targets; emphasises how much she feared Germans and Fascists; and speaks with affection of her old…

Anna Maria Serafini recalls her teenage life in Bologna as the fiancée of Luigi Pasetti, a civilian pilot later enlisted as torpedo bomber pilot. Describes how she got married and mentions Italian First World War pilot, Ferruccio Ranza, who acted as…

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to his brother Steve, weather, health, and pastimes.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to severe water shortage, hockey matches and an earthquake.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to daily activities and test results; also to his brother Stevie’s dental problems.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to school sports and test results.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references school activities and sports.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, telling her of his activities and hobbies.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references school activities, scouts camping and sports.

Letter from David Boldy to his mother. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to different house points and where they came. He also writes about the house hockey matches and the final scores.

Letter from David Boldy to his parents and his brother, with references to a train journey at Howrah Railway Terminus.

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal, with references to health, pastimes, pets and travelling.

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.

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Discusses a train trip, boys having pneumonia, and sports.

Letter from David Boldy to his parents. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, referring to his brother Stephen, his uncle and the parcels he has received.

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

Letter from David Boldy to his parents. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, with references to his brother Stephen. The school is in quarantine because two boys have measles. He is playing cricket and his brother hurt…

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

Letter from David Boldy to his parents. General conversation about life at St. Paul's school in Darjeeling, his team’s performance in a competition and talking about the next time he and his brother would see their parents again.

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Gives Easter greetings, and talks about some of his classmates.

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Writes about the college sports news and about his daily life at school, and about lessons. He is learning passages from scripture,…

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. He comments about home news regarding dogs fighting and their behaviour in the house. He writes mostly about college sports news…

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. He tells them he has written to various people but assures them he did not mention the punishments. He also assures them that he…

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Mentions being brave possibly in relation to Bazil’s death, and discusses the effect of death on those at home, and says he will be…

Letter from David Boldy to his parents with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. David informs his parents that Steve has measles. He feels sorry for his grandfather, details College sports news, and his progress at…