Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1940

Geoffrey Griffiths wishes that he could have magic powers that would enable him to see Ida Carroll now, even while she sleeps, so that he doesn't have to wait 20 hours to see her. "But maybe awkward situations would occur if magic carpets and supernatural powers were not confined to romantic literature. Then if you were asleep I should want to waken you and you would promptly blacken my eyes".
Talking on the telephone reduces him to an "inarticulate state" so has to wait hours until he cam tell her how much he loves her.

Ref: CARROLL/IGC/3 GG
With thanks to the Ida Carroll Trust
Date is unknown.

Part of the #NSM2020 project "A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music" supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.