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June 13th 1915 - Letter from Juliet Sladden to her father, Julius Sladden

Date
13th June 1915
Correspondence From
Juliet Sladden, The Grove School, Highgate
Correspondence To
Julius Sladden, Seward House, Badsey
Relationship to Letter Addressee
Daughter
Text of Letter

The Grove School
Highgate
London N

Sun June 13th 1915

My dear Father

This will have to be a very short letter as I have been on duty all the morning, and I have promised to take an hour’s duty again after tea for someone who is going out to tea. We have got a child with a cough which the doctor is practically certain is whooping-cough, so I have asked Miss Fletcher if I may help with her – getting her meals etc, and she said she would be very glad to have my help. I always feel as safe as a house near whooping-cough!

I hope it will be a nice day like this a fortnight today. I wonder if we shall have OG Day if Sylvia Johnstone has got whooping-cough. It will be rather annoying if all the trouble that we have taken already over the play is all for nothing.

How is Ellen getting along? Will she last out till I come home? I quite hope we shall be without anyone next holidays for washing up and laying table for six or seven is an anti-climax after 50!

It certainly looks rather as if Cyril is going to the Dardanelles after all.

Don’t be alarmed about Zeppelins. We all feel quite safe with our anti-aircraft gun so near with a five-mile range; and anyway if you think of the millions of houses in London, it would be rather a piece of bad luck if they hit on 1 The Grove. I expect people in Worcestershire are far more nervous about Zeppelins for Londoners than Londoners are themselves; it often happens that way. Anyway, I don’t sleep on the roof regularly, and if you really would be happier, I won’t any more.

I must fly now, with love your affectionate daughter
Juliet E Sladden

PS – Is Miss de Costa Badie going to that what’s its name place?

Letter Images
Type of Correspondence
Envelope containing 1 sheet of notepaper
Location of Document
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
Record Office Reference
705:1037/9520/2/721-722