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June 21st 1881 - Letter from Eugénie Sladden to her husband, Julius Sladden

Date
21st June 1881
Correspondence From
Eugénie Sladden, Seward House, Badsey
Correspondence To
Julius Sladden, 9 Walworth Terrace, Kent Road, Glasgow
Relationship to Letter Addressee
Wife
Text of Letter

Seward House
Badsey

21st June 1881

My dearest Husband,

Thank you for your Sunday’s letter received this morning, I am so glad you are enjoying yourself & hope the change will do you a lot of good; you must come home with a tremendous appetite.  I have just been doing some gardening, distributing all the standards & seven rows of dwarfs in the Pool garden; I found a little green fly & wonders will never cease, actually squashed them with my fingers!  I can’t let Mrs Taylor have that cup.  It is very windy this morning & I rather tremble for your early-budded roses, but Roberts says he has tied them all, I must try & look round them tomorrow with Florence.

I go up to meet the latter this afternoon & shall do a little shopping beforehand, as usual I have some to do.  I spent a pleasant evening at the Savorys yesterday, they were both very nice, Mr Savory more talkative than I have ever found him.  Edith had a ticket given her for Jennings’ theatre, so I let her go & she called for me on her way back.  As we walked home I enquired how she liked Ellen & she said she seemed a nice girl & so beautifully clean.  Certainly I am very well satisfied with her so far & only hope she will continue to do as well.

Miss Ashwin is engaged to a Mr Henderson whom she met on her yachting expedition, a pretty good match I fancy.

The children are very well, Jack had a good game on the stairs with Edith when he came in from his walk, I could hear him shouting “No E. go away E.”  She says “Papa, gone away, train” & when I ask if he wants you home again he says “Mm” which I suppose means yes.

I heard from Miss Hougham yesterday, she will not come to us this summer, she says she has had some heavy expenses & also Mrs Thatcher & her daughter are coming to stay with her.

There are no roses out but the summer ones & one or two half forward things, you won’t miss much in that way, & the strawberries are not very plentiful either as yet.

My lunch is ready & after I have had it & the children I must dress, or I shall keep Mr Ridgeway waiting, so I will close now.  With love to all & much to yourself, my darling

Believe me
Your loving wife

Eugénie N Sladden
 

Letter Images
Type of Correspondence
Envelope containing 1 double sheet of notepaper
Location of Document
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
Record Office Reference
705:1037/9520/1/ii/200-201