Letter
Ida Carroll, Geoffrey Griffiths
1938

Griff relays a dream to Ida in which they were walking in Wythenshawe/not Wythenshawe when she replaced his mum in the dream. A bit disorienting.
He relays the short adventure that his mum and aunt waylaid themselves with around south Manchester.
He details his thoughts on his evening's plans that were thrown out when he saw her unexpectedly turning a corner "so neatly and so prettily."
He writes about radio programmes and isn't all that confident in English singers' abilities in opera.
Ida may be too busy to see him much before October for concerts but he invites her to the cinema instead. He urges her to stay in Scotland as long as possible, "I am sure your friends would be disappointed by any earlier departure. If you return earlier, you will only be popping into School, out of turn, to see what work there is to be done."
He hopes to take advantage of the free passes train companies give out to travel agents.

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.