Letters from Hilda Gosling to her mother Nellie Gosling: File 3, 1918
Scope and Contents
A letter of 2 January is addressed from Brighton where H G was staying with a Mrs Wheatley [presumably the family of Dennis Wheatley, family friend]. A letter of 7 February is addressed from the Waiting Rooms.
Specific references include:
Further mention of the privations of wartime rationing, January;
New medical students in Cambridge, returning from service in France, 27 January;
CU Socialist Society meetings February;
Installation of J J Thomson as Master of Trinity College - description of banging at the gate of Trinity etc - 10 February;
Girton Staff hockey match - letter includes descriptions of Eileen Power and Frances Cave-Brown-Cave - 28 February;
Action by the Girton Fire Brigade on a fire in a stack of straw, 14 March;
Offer of a job at the Ministry of Pensions (to begin in the middle of August), 19 and 24 May;
Long Vacation term in Cambridge;
Mention of Hurrion Rushmer, and of I Illingworth-Law of Queens' College, from June onwards - a letter of 7 July is addressed from St Luke’s Lodge;
21st birthdays of friends and of H G herself in October;
‘flu epidemic in Girton and Cambridge, from October, and the need for students to undertake some household chores around College - by 27 October most ‘gyps’ are back but H G is still ‘waiting on high’;
Celebration of the end of war, November, including a ‘raid’ on Girton, a bonfire, and a celebratory dance to be held at Girton.
Dates
- Creation: 1918
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sebastian, Hilda Reynolds, 1897 - 1989 (née Gosling, formerly Gardner, bookseller) (Person)
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The pages of the letter dated 19 May 1918 have become partially stuck together on the left side, possibly through damp. A few words at the top left of each page are a little difficult to decipher.
Bibliography
Originator(s)
Gosling, Hilda
Finding aid date
2013-05-14 15:46:31+00:00
Repository Details
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