Letter
The Hallé, Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1941

Geoffrey writes of Ida Carroll falling off her bike and applauds her skill in voiding a "complete crash to earth." He urges her that "if you must fall off occasionally, please do so on nice, quiet roads."
He enjoyed playing cards "nobly for a fair portion of this very lonely evening," and agonises over having to travel from Ashton to rehearsals so frequently. We learn that he has been accepted into the Hallé chorus, "the first experience was changing in the cellars at Piccadilly and picking up an incredible amount of dust in doing so."

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.