The first letter, dated 20 January 1961, expresses Celia’s pleasure at being in contact with E J W M again and contains news of work and family.
The remaining letters, dated 2009-2010, contain chiefly news and reminiscences of fellow Girtonians and discussion of their respective experiences of school, Girton (including mutual debate over whether they ever ate swan at Girton), the Cambridge Training College and their subsequent careers and family life.
Names of contemporaries mentioned include: Nancy Ball, Myfanwy Bell, Audrey Brooks, Inge Goodwin née Simon), Connie Harland, Mary Hobson, Wendy Maskew, Brenda Ryman, and Dorothy Thompson.
A letter of 20 November 2009 includes a paragraph on Celia’s experience of Harrogate Grammar School.
A letter of 29 November 2009 gives detail of a sabbatical year in Celia’s career, 1956-57, during which she visited various European universities to investigate their teaching of physics, returning to Chelsea College in 1957.