Letter from Constance, Lady Wenlock [from Escrick]
- Reference No:
- U DDFA3/6/1/249
- Dates:
- 6-7 Dec 1925
- Description:
- About Constance's head and chest cold, the children Virginia and Timmy, visit from Gladys, holiday arrangements for the Obolensky children, correspondence from Florence, plans for Christmas at Harewood, missing the children and "mother-hunger", state of the roads affecting post, weather, castor oil to relieve bronchytis, Timmie's birthday, Virginia's dance class, Princess O's [Obolensky] invitation to London with the children and questioning her arrangments for Easter "with the new baby arriving" with reference to an attempt to stop [the pregnancy] with a drug from a local chemist which made her ill, the enjoyment of the doll's house, Florence expects a quiet Christmas as Henry unwell and Princess Mary in mourning, reflections on India and the English, books sent to Irene, clothing for the children, invitation to a party at the Watsons' on New Year's Day, reflection on not wanting to die, the children's acceptance of Constance's deafness, loan of car for Ripon elections.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- English
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
-
Papers of the Forbes Adam/Thompson/Lawley (Barons Wenlock) Family of Escrick
