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St. Hilaire
July 24
Dear Mummy
I have so much to tell you now and I can't remember it all.
We break up on Tuesday at 3.30, the latest I can stay is Thursday at only two more days! Do hurry up and be here dearest.
When you get a a I wish you would take me to Compton Acres again we went there yesterday afternoon. It is a wonderful private garden & you can go in for a shilling or so.There are seven gardens and you walk in and out along winding paths. There is a Japanese garden, an Italian garden, a cacti desert, & too small ordinary gardens.
I have nearly finished my dolls dress!
Sorry it's so short
Love Nancy
Redmoor
Dear mummy it is quite hot and it is Saturday morning. Do tell me when you are coming back.
We break up on 26 July. Do hurry up, and don't talk French when you come back please. Can Pat talk French yet? I have not learned much French but I know commence and finish.
< lists of French verbs>
These are my exam marks as far as I know.
< list of exam results>
We have only had those exams and I don't know what I got in history.
Sunday. When we had the sport we got a beautiful shield like this.
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The big shield will go on for every year and have more small shields put on when needed.
Miss Heal went to a wedding on Thursday morning and came back on Saturday.
I did not go to the concert but Pat and Jocelyn and two others went to recite.
It's a week on Tuesday, nine days more! So had to be quick back and as I said please don't talk French.
To date the Bishop of Salisbury came on of his visit to Borough of Poole! He gave a service on the sandbanks in the open air it was lovely. We sat on the sand except the Bishop. About 10 different choirs came and lots of preachers.
Marion had a birthday and she had a lovely blue and white cake with eight white ducks on it (tin animals) one for each of us and Miss Heal. There were eight candles because Marion is eight.
Do tell me where you got my sunglasses.
In my last letters I asked so many questions that you haven't answered and I can't remember all of them to ask again.
We hope to have a player he for break as amusement.
Mlle Asser was telling us about how you used to have plays every Saturday.
Miss Canning gave us cherries on Marion's birthday!
In the winter term I need -
A navy blue tunic and white blouse.Navy blue shirt and pale blue jumperAnd a velveteen dress the same colour as this dress.
Also a pale blue hat and black felt for Sunday.
Must leave off now so goodbye. When will you be back? Do tell
Your loving Nancy
St Hilaire
Bournemouth
Canford Cliffs
Sun Oct 2 1938
Dear Daddy
How & where are you all. It's such a pity because I forgot to say rabbits yesterday morning.
Oh mummy do get me some brown leather gloves & a velvetine dress of any shade of blue and any pattern.
We had a picnic on the beach yesterday it was such fun. (I still tie my own the tie)
We had the harvest service in church today it was so wet that we had to take a taxi! It was lucky I had an umbrella as we had to walk back in our macs black hats & umbrellas. Our stockings got soaked.
I'll have to fill up this space with drawings. I'm making a felt donkey for sewing.
Your loving it Nancy
St. Hilaire
Bournemouth
Sunday Oct 9/1938
Dear mummy we have been having such fun at this weekend. Yesterday we went for a picnic at Hengistbury Head, it was a dull day but having got there by bus we walked along till we came to a sheltered place. As we were walking along a black English sheepdog came and jumped at us it was so funny. We had a lovely lunch and then played sardons(?) and paper chases with bright pebbles. We did not walk up to the end but stayed on the flat. It was so funny today because as we were walking along the road a little boy he began to walk in front of us pretending to hit us suddenly he grabbed Sheila by the belt of her coat while we, including Sheila, roared with laughter. Mr. Sunderland came to the rescue by simply saying " what do you think you're doing" and pushed him away. The little boy he said "oh XXX that" and ran away.
We have been getting about two dozen chestnuts today we want Miss Connors to roast them. We have had ice creams three times! (old girls, Rudd's birthday and Saturday last.) Strawberries and cream two times roar and once stewed! And today for breakfast we had a melon!
I am still doing my dolls petty but it is nearly finished. I am collecting brightly colored ribbon for her dress which I will draw.
We are having sport on the first fine day. I do wish you were coming! We have lots of different races for different classes & jumping.
We have red and the blue teams going against each other. I am in red!
It is time to leave off now as it is time though I am not nearly finished. Give my love to all of the family (I forget how many) as many times as you like
Your loving Nancy
St. Hilaire
Canford Cliffs
Bournemouth
Oct 16 1938
Dear mummy
Where are you at present I cannot find you anywhere on the map and quite at a loss as to where you are.
Do you think (if you get back on the 20th) I will go out on the next Saturday, I do hope I can. Although we have great fun here yesterday we had a picnic in the " hut", and played on the beach afterwards.
I am making a grey felt donkey with a black on red saddle and girth with black tail strap and reins! Please don't tell Pat and Daddy as it is a surprise for them.
The chestnuts are getting ripe now, but we haven't had any yet (except raw ones; not allowed)
I want some space to write to Pat so goodbye.
Your loving Nancy
Dear Pat I wish I could have been there when you went 42 miles an hour. I had daddy will do it for me to see. Your loving Nan
St. Hilaire
Canford Cliffs
Bournemouth
Nov 13 1938
Dear Daddy
Where are you and are you speaking French?
Yesterday it was rather wear it so we bussed to Wimborne Minster Priory. It is very old and has a lovely old clock one of the oldest in England it is something like this.
This clock has a wooden ball for the world, and the moon is half black and half gold and goes round the earth, the sun just tells of the time, you have to guess the minutes, they aren't marked.
Out on the tower is a soldier (nicknamed jack) with a hammer in each hand and a bell on each side. He strikes every quarter hour. We saw him strike 12.
It is very interesting especially the chained ??? (second biggest in England). I'd like to take you there.
No more news so goodbye.
Your loving Nancy
St. Hilaire
Canford Cliffs
Bournemouth
Nov 20 1938
Dear mummy
Where are you now? Yesterday we went to the Poole Pottery it is saying nice you really must must must go and see it. They'd do it all with a potter's wheel. I will tell you the process which takes about a month to get the finished pot.
1. " throwing" making the pot on the potter's wheel.
2. Dry for 24 hours on shelves.
3. Glazed, small things are sprayed and big things are dipped.
4. Six days baking in a kiln (three days heating, three days cooling)
5. Painting, this is done by hand you have to do it very quickly and all one colour at a time it is said to be rather like painting on blotting paper be caused the glaze is absorbent.
6. Four days baking in a kiln. This makes the colours change a bit.
The kilns hold 3000 things and have five or six fires on each side. It takes a man three days to pack a kiln.
Jocelyn and I are acting plays with my quins and of furniture, today we had Christmas Day and we made paper and crochet chains for decoration.
It was awful in prayers today because the boiler started to boil, Mlle felt the pipes & burnt her fingers.
She went out of the room and we sat there listening to it boiling. Soon a tiny bit of steam came out which got bigger and bigger am with an awful smell! The pipes went black and Mlle didn't come back! We went out into the corridor to get away from the smell also we thought it was going to explode! This steam was belching out and Prudence began to cry but then it stopped. It still left and awful smell though. Mlle had to send for the man to turn the fire down and see if all was right!
Your loving Nancy
St. Hilaire
Canford Cliffs
Bournemouth
27 Nov 1938
Dear Mummy,
Do you think we will go out next Saturday? (December 3) I do hope we can. We could go to Poole Pottery!
Do you think you might send me a hot water bottle and could I get a new tie?
When must I wear my combo? I wish I didn't have to the others don't.
Jocelyn and on a I'll still doing quinnie shows, today we had one which is the best we have ever had because Jocelyn brought back a doll's sweet shop with real sweets in it!
We are going to be Norman choral singers in the big ones play and we are continuing Toad of Toad Hall next term so I would be in it.
I will be using my scarf tonight I think it's quite cold.
Please ask Pat to write to me.
I cannot think of any more to say.
Your loving Nancy
Dear mummy
Where are you now? It is Sunday today and we have just been a walk with our new mistress Miss Sunderland, we must have walked at least 7 miles, and it is such a hot day to wear a black hat and navy dress! My feet are still throbbing & I'm only just beginning to cool down!
We have two new boarders now & will soon have a Polish day girl! The two boarders are Sylvia & Sheila, I believe the Polish girl is Jean but I'm not sure.
How long will you be at Mrs. Jones?
When you return when you come to the half past eleven service at the church in the woods?
I forgot to tell you that it wasn't any kind of dress but any kind all of velvetine dress! I do wish you could get me one or I will have to wear mike unique which is NOT nice.
I haven't got my blazer yet! Nor my blue jumper but I have my tie (& I tie it)
Also I do need my blue hat as the black one is no good on days like this hot and sunny.
I don't think I want any more (money) & as I haven't any more news I'll say farewell for the present.
With heaps of love from Nancy.
PS Dear daddy I'll write to you next week.
St. Hilaire
Canford Cliffs
Bournemouth
Dec 4
Dear Mummy and Daddy
Do you realise it is only 21 days to Christmas! It is! And I've only got the wooden doll I dressed last term, a donkey and daddy's birthday present. What shall I do?
By the way we break up on the 20th (only four days before Christmas!) between 11:00 PM and 12:00 PM.
Marianne is so lucky she is being a boarder for the last three weeks of term and is sleeping at Bedmoor till I leave! I do wish I could change places with her but don't worry it's not worth asking now.
Jocelyn and are a had the "great quinnie show" today and will have to continue it later as its was letter writing time before it was finished! We do have fun.
Yesterday was the second Saturday we have spent indoors with Miss Fawcett! So sunny and so nice out but she just gives us half an hour and out and we sew & sew & sew. Such a pity.
By the way I wanted to ask you if you were coming to the Redmoor play? We are in it as .... (I was just going to let the secret out!) but " toad of toad hall" is to be done the end of next term.
I cannot think of anything more to say (do send a letter Pat)
Your loving Nancy
Pat - I wish you would send a letter
St Hilaire
Canford Cliffs
Bournemouth
My two darlings,
Where did you say you you were going till of the 15th? I've forgotten! Fancy only a fortnight! End of term is in seven or eight days! Seven if you take us on Monday or eight if on Tuesday!
You see Mr. Conning told us that we break up at 4 o'clock on Monday, December 19th! It doesn't matter though weekend easy stay on till Tuesday if you can't come on Monday.
We have had one rehearsal for the player already!
It's so lovely you must not miss it, though I know you wouldn't.
We haven't been doing much lately. I don't think I have any more to say so will fill the rest up with painting
Your loving
Marguerite Nancy Story
MNS - Letters from school in Dorset 1938
In 1938 the family visited England and MNS attended boarding school at Canford Cliffs
| Owner of original | Myles |
| Date | 1938 |
| Linked to | Marguerite Nancy Story |
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