Reference
X955/1/48
Title
To Mrs Sarah Colenutt
Date free text
22 February 1888
Production date
From: 1888 To: 1888
Scope and Content
Wells House; Ilkley (1)
My dear friend
Just a word to say that, if I am not forestalled, I should like to give Rick (2) his family Bible. You will let me know if I am in time.
I never saw such snow as there is here. The main road past our house to Keighley has been blocked since Sunday, and no cart nor horse has been across since then. There is a lane not far from us with five-feet stone walls on either side, and it is full, as far as I can see, very nearly level with the wall tops. The beauty of the drifts on the moors is surpassingly wonderful. The wind has sifted, woven and twisted the snow into fantastic and exquisite curvature with exhaustless variation.
With best love to you all
W. Hale White
(1) See letter 30 November 1887, and compare the Groombridge Diary, p. 172, „I have been there twice.
(2) Their second son.
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