Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/25/13
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/25/13
Title
Typescript letter to Beaton, from Sussex
Date(s)
- 5 July 1944 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p Censored. Has Ministry of Information stamp. Part of letter removed. paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Hopes letter will reach Beaton. Apologises for not having written before. Had lunch with Oggie and Ozzie Dickinson. The lunch was lovely but spoiled by Sybil. Discusses Sybil. Misses Beaton. Describes their friendship. Describes the loneliness of doing the same thing all the time and seeing the same people. Discusses play and the difficulty of writing. Discusses "National Velvet". Would like Beaton to be involved in it. Discusses 'Doodles'. Expresses sorrow that man's 'character and nature is not as good as his brain'. Is sitting with cod liver oil on hair and must wash it off.