Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.1. Correspondence, Private letters

1970 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to May Beveridge, 04.06.1970

Source: Archives of Rural History (ARH), Elizabeth McLoughlin Papers

My dear May. I was away at Donabate for the week end and when I arrived home on 2nd June, your letter and the Book had arrived. Thank you most sincerely for returning it so safely, it was most beautifully packed, it took me a ¼ hour to open the covering. Thanks also for the little scarf so pretty. I am glad you had such a nice holiday (if short) and saw Disney Land. I saw some pictures of it last year with a friend who was home on holidays from Los Angeles.

Yesterday and to-day are real summer, but up till then it has been cold and wild. I must look up my few summer cloths. I am going on touring holiday on 27th June to Ring of Kerry. Two old friends from Kent are crossing by Rosslare Ferry bringing their car, and I shall join them at Tramore and do Kerry, and help with the driving. Believe it, it is the first holiday I ever took on my own. Now that I have retired from Farming I can get away. I was tied to the cow’s tail before that.

I rang up Eileen Beveridge when at Parkie’s she said they were all well except Bernadette who had gastric flu and they could not go away for the week-end as they had hoped. Jim is great at taking the family away to camp in a tent for week-ends. I visited darling Kay’s grave on my way home Tuesday and put nice tulips on it. Although I had the plan of how to find the grave (which she had drawn out herself years ago) it took me over half an hour walk to find it. There have been so many trees cut down and plots uprooted in part of the graveyard. I will have Mass here for her anniversary 18th instant.

It is nothing but Strikes here. The Banks are closed for about 8 weeks now because the employees went on strike, so after about 2 weeks on short hours 10 am to 12.30 pm, the Banks closed the doors all the time. There is a Cement Strike on for past 19 weeks and all building works held up.

Thanks for the two big rolls of Week end papers, I had then several weeks before I got to look at them. I sent you a few papers recently. The position up north is tense and in south also.

Fondest love to all from Lillie Bobbett.

I am very much better this past month, although I have lost the sight of left eye got a haemorrhage at the back of the eye. But it may clear. I went to see Geroid Crooks and am to see him next week. I am quite happy here with the Nolans, but we all miss dear Mrs. Nolan very much.