Letter
The Hallé, Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths, Hilda Collens
1939

Griff tells Ida he is recovering from a cold and "didn't mean to imply Depression but it must have crept in."
He's listened to Aida from the Paris opera house on the radio, "fine music, as opera music goes, and Maestro Verdi went with gusto."
He thanks her for taking him to a concert. He forgot something on the bus and remembers haring off just in time.
He thinks he could have seen Hilda Collens on the bus, who "eyed me fairly carefully," but he didn't think she could place him without Ida by his side.
He discusses some books he's reading and admits to not getting far with "The Manchester Man" by Isabella Banks or "Blackcock's Feathers" by Maurice Walsh.
He's hoping to see her after some concerts in the Hallé season. Bronislaw Huberman has already performed. Interestingly, Huberman was a Polish Jew and the orchestra he founded in Palestine in became a way for some Jewish musicians in Europe to safely leave in the rise of the Nazi power.

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.