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Personal diaries: Volume 69, 1950-11-27 - 1952-05-13

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Tillyard 1/1/69

Scope and Contents

Lolworth Rectory. Village talk and people, parish visiting, church services; Mrs Lovell recovering; Fr Lovell has continued bouts of strain. Visitors include Julius, Eustace, Veronica, Pattie Tillyard [nee Craske], Lilian Whitehouse and Dr Wynn - debates whether she is wrong to reject his offer of 'human friendship' and to wish him to be solely her spiritual director. Occasional business trips into Cambridge, including comment on various changes seen - possibility of selling some property for future development. Sep. 1951 - stays at Wetenhall Cottage. Letters from Tymawr, Alethea and Willie Searle. Reminisces a great deal as she gets older, not least because of Julius reaching 70 and because of the deaths of old friends. Writing: 'The Centaur' (a religious novel, later entitled 'Rich Man's Choice') is finished in July 1951, but is returned by Duckworths, Hodder and Stoughton, Hutchinsons and Macmillans. By Jan. 1952 is finding it increasingly difficult to get to church daily. Returns her 'discipline' to the Mother as she is 'troubled at the possibility of dying and its being found in my drawer'. Feb. 1952 - several of the Tymawr sisters go to found the Compton Durville Priory in Somerset, but AT's request to spend the winter there is refused ('entirely unsuitable for the aged in winter'). At back: nature notes. Pasted in at back: photograph of Dr Wynn, clipped from a newspaper.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-11-27 - 1952-05-13

Creator

Extent

1 volume(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Tillyard, Aelfrida

Finding aid date

2004-03-29 12:23:09+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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