Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1942

Geoffrey Griffiths wishes Ida Carroll good luck in her Red Cross training, likely for the war as an Air Raid Warden. He enthuses that "you will be the perfect collaborator when we write a detective story. You, now know everything about anatomy, and poison I see, all the best thrillers have poisonings, murder and injuries."
He complains that where they usually meet at the P.O. corner (possibly the post office at the corner on Lapwing Lane where Ida lived?), "is becoming noisy, especially on Saturday nights and I don't like being distracted in certain ways, it upsets me."
People have remarked he's gloomy and depressed and he worries about her working too much, hoping she gets at least 1 night off this week.
He chats about previous crushes (dangerous territory, Griff) and says "I may look at other woman, and still use the trick of comparison, and still to their disadvantage."

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.