| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1928. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Reviewed CH 2 ii 1934 & finally July, Oct 1938' and explanatory pencil notes throughout the diary, presumably added by Cecil Harmsworth before the diary was copied by Isobel Nicholson.
Includes entries relating to time spent with friends and family; social engagements; the weather; nature observations; birthdays, weddings and deaths; reflections on the year 1930 (01 Jan); reading and books; theatre and cinema visits; travel to Ceylon [former British colony, present day Sri Lanka] (13 Feb-09 Apr); dinner with John Burns, and Cecil Harmsworth's opinion of him (17 Apr); the Sylvan Debating Club; Census Day (26 Apri); the Royal Academy of Arts; fishing, mostly at Stockbridge; an earthquake (07 Jun); a trip to Paris (Jun); a trip to Dublin (Jun); Henley Regatta; meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society; a trip to Totland Bay on the Isle of WIght (Jul); the royal garden party (23 Jul); a trip to Scotland (Sep); the General Election; Christmas in Torquay; and a Chelsea Arts Ball at the Royal Albert Hall (31 Dec).
Contains several pasted-in items, including stamps and newspaper clippings.
Contains an envelope at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, a typescript poem about Maida Vale, and a photograph of Cecil Harmsworth and 'HH' (Harold Harmsworth?). |