Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1941

Geoffrey Griffiths nearly retraced his steps to Ida Carroll when the "all clear" was sounded, even though he was nearly home. However he knew she would have gone to bed and any attempt he made to even tap on the window, she would have taken for the mice and ignored.
He thanks her for the extra time they had together "snatched from Hitler and on one of your duty nights". Ida was a Air Raid Warden for the Didsbury area.
We learn that Geoffrey's instrument Boris is a portable stringed instrument, possibly cello?, but he would like to play or sing for her "if you can stand it."
He has slipped up slightly - he's named the knight in his chess set in such a way that it has betrayed his "naughty thoughts" when they okayed a game together. No idea what but it seems to have irked her father Walter!

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.