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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)US27/210
TitleSir Barry Jackson Blackhill, Malvern, to Josephine Nicoll and Nicoll
Extent1 item
Date28 January 1941
Description[No 4]. Doris Tate came to see them from London and reported that their flat is standing in the midst of ruins. [continues 5 February] He attended a Beethoven piano recital (Beethoven `dull and elephantine') and a costume recital and has spent Sunday afternoon at Claire Nelson's, where some airmen on leave performed feats with their planes. The war is wearing everyone down. Their house keeper is always complaining. The food shortages must be affecting those doing heavy manual work a great deal. The garden is covered with ice. Activities of the local Home Guard described
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