Letter
The Hallé, Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
Northern School Of Music (NSM)
1939

Griff writes to Ida and discusses the top tenors of the day, but "there's nothing to beat the orchestral concert - Hallé for choice."
He is lending his dinner jacket as he does annually, to the travel agent's general manager, Vernon Arrowsmith (cool name). Arrowsmith is part of a Drama Society and he wears Griff's jacket every year because he reckons it fits and he's especially hard up now he's married. Griff however ponders how it could work when they are totally different sizes and admits that "I would give a new threepenny piece to see him dressed up in mine."
He thanks her for a ticket (to the NSM concert?) and is "proud to be one of your guests and will be on best behaviour."
He details some relationships between travel agencies and remarks that "1938 season was a record one at Piccadilly for Continental tours, despite the threat of war to Europe." He himself wishes to visit New York. With the World Fair being in the US there are lots of bookings being made at the travel agents lately.
Ida can't come to see "The Apple Cart" with him so he will play cards after the football instead.

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.