Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

Griff remarks on how hard Ida has to work when NSM principal Hilda Collens is away sick, "you become horribly overworked". When his boss is off however, "there is a certain postponement of Efficacy and Preparation Drives and so on!"
He wishes he could help. Little did he know that he would become the bursar of the school in 1945.
He compares seating arrangements in different cinemas across Manchester in a long preamble to asking Ida if she would accompany him to "test out the seating arrangements at the Rusholme Theatre?" Very cute,
His singing voice was on "pretty form this morning so I have hopes for Monday" and wishes to avoid the use of gargles "or other poisons".

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.