May 8th Sunday. Was supposed to be going to tea with Geraldine, but then she had to go to sell tickets or something at the Duchess’s cricket match. Only in the end she decided not to, and she and Aileen came to watch Suleiman the Magnificent with me instead. All very Irish.
© Anthony Lawton 2012
Month: May 2012
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… it’s sad how many of our favourite haunts look like a Flanders shellhole now … (Diary, 7/5/88)
May 7th Saturday. Warm wind and hazy sunshine. Sultry haze on the downs. Joan & I & the dogs & Muriel out for a long afternoon to see what if anything was left of Bedham (?) Woods. Pretty awful – especially sad the sight of so many uprooted trees putting out leaf and blossom where they lie, for the last time. The bluebells were lovely, and the Ramsay Ray’s garden had largely escaped – even to the peacocks, and blossom, and was looking lovely. But it’s sad how many of our favourite haunts look like a Flanders shellhole now.
© Anthony Lawton 2012
… saw a few swifts on the vicarage … (Diary, 6/5/88)
May 6th Friday. Dentist this morning. Saw a few swifts on the vicarage
… just what I and the dining room both want … (Diary, 5/5/88)
May 5th Thursday. Into Chichester for a spot of shopping, my first in months, nylons, a scarf etc. Found myself (it will have to come out of Norah Balchin’s legacy) a pair of amethyst chop earrings which are being put onto screws for me. Found stuff for the dining room curtains, Warmer’s (?) “Palace Binds”, hideously expensive but just what I and the dining room both want.
© Anthony Lawton 2012
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 