Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1942

Griff scribbles on the edges of his letter to Ida about plans to meet.
She is away at Colwyn and her sister dropped by the travel agents (but he was out) to arrange and then cancel transport for a trip. He deliberates on where to send Ida's letters to.
He's been to the ballet alone and "the theatre being packet to standing point" it was very popular, particularly Tchaikovsky.
He thought Constance Lambert was "looking like a large trained sealion." (Rude)
He went home "in a tram with hardly any lights, not black-out precaution, just fusing I guess."
He discusses wartime politics and the fallout of the First World War, confiscating territories from Germany and new unpopular alliances.
He relates work routines such as having the office boy Eric undertake "The Rite of Throwing Out the Dustbin" to a slow march.

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.