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Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 9, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school near Oxford, and therefore convey news of events at school, like sports matches, and include requests for vari...
Letters and notes written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 10, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The many of these letters are sent from Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school near Oxford, by air mail to Ralph and Meriel on tour in Australia in 1955. However they also include a series o...
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 11, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school near Oxford, and therefore convey news of events at school, like sports matches, and include requests for var...
Letters and notes written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 12 and 13, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school near Oxford, by air mail to Ralph and Meriel on tour in America in 1957. However they also include a...
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 14 and 15, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Stowe, Charles' boarding school, and therefore convey news of events at school, like sports matches, and include requests for various items to...
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 16 and 17, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Stowe, Charles' boarding school, and therefore convey news of events at school, like sports matches, and include requests for various items to...
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
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Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 18 and above, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The earlier letters are sent from Stowe, Charles' boarding school, and recall the events at the end of the academic year of 1963. The letters from 1964 are sent from Bedegar's Lea and...
Birthday cards and notes made by Charles Richardson
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A selection of cards and notes created by Charles Richardson to celebrate the birthdays of his parents. These are mostly undated and consist of a birthday message decorated with hearts and kisses, often drawn onto an empty envelope. This folder also includes some simple examples of cardboard embr...
Various letters to and concerning Charles Richardson as a child and young man. This folder contains: a bill for “professional attention on behalf of Mrs Richardson” from Jun 1944 to Jan 1945a certificate for a life insurance policy with Norwich Union for Charles Richardson, dated 14 Feb 1945, ac...
Letters and postcards to Meriel Forbes from Joan Garford, Charles Richardson's nanny, providing details of his health and development. These contain a number of letters from Broadstairs and Frinton-on-Sea reporting the activities that Charles had been enjoying by the sea.