AU10/148/1/2

Letters from 1930s

1930 to 1939

From: 1930 To: 1939

Correspondence from 1931 to Lily Grimmer from Mary Pack in Canada: 1931 - Letter covers apologies for not writing sooner, talking about Vancouver, thanks for being sent copies of The Uisage with updates about Ampthill friends, wishes for a visit "home" to England, the weather and climate, native Americans, Roger going up into the mountains to learn skiing, George and his wife Mary learning badminton, illness in both sets of parents, sending congratulations to Eva & Madge for academic success and to Ena for her engagement, Jessie going to the USA with her fiance, hard times in Canada and the UK, Harry and his wife Clara living on Vancouver Island, holidays, learning golf, playing bridge, singing in the choir, transferred to working at Kingsway West school, memories and reminiscences of Bedford High School for Girls. 1935 - A Christmas card filled with greetings and news covering: birth of Ena's son in Ampthill, Mary contracting TB and being laid up for nearly a year, teaching again, Jessie also having TB and being in a sanitorium, Joan married to Cecil, George living at Powell River, only Roger and Mary still living at home. 1938 - A Christmas card with a black and white picture of Lake Louise and Mount Lefroy. The card contains greetings and news covering: Harry and Clara have a baby boy called Bill, Jessie out of the sanitorium and living with her husband in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Joan and Cecil have a baby boy called Chas Henry, Roger now married to Ruth and living at Rock Bay, George married to Agnes and living at Copper Mountain near Joan, teaching in a large Vancouver school, driving her car, excitement at the pending royal visit to Canada. 1939 - A Christmas card with a black and white photograph entitled "Arrival in Vancouver" commemorating the royal tour of Canada undertaken by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The picture shows them walking along a quayside with various other officials following. At least two of the men following are wearing uniforms of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Service. There is no news in the card sent to Lily, simply signed "Mary".

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Pack, Mary,
Pack, Doris Mary,
Grimmer, Lily,
Grimmer, Eva,
Grimmer, Madge,
Grimmer, Ena,
Pack, Harry,
Pack, Clara,
Pack, Roger,
Pack, Ruth,
Pack, George,
Pack, Agnes,
Pack, Jessie,
Bedford High School for Girls,
Pack, Bill,
George VI,
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
Elizabeth (Queen of George VI),
Pack, Joan,
Brehant, Cecil,
Brehant, Henry

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