Cover and excerpt from 'Letters from Lamledra, Cornwall 1914-1918'; cover and excerpt from correspondence between Marjorie and John Fischer Williams (plus pdf of collected images) || My maternal grandparents, Marjorie and John Fischer Williams, married in 1911. They built a house in Cornwall and with the outbreak of war, my grandmother carried on living there with their two daughters. My grandfather was a lawyer and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and as he was too old to join up, he worked in the Home Office in London. They corresponded daily and the letters from my grandmother, describing life on the home front, were published as 'Letters from Lamledra, Cornwall 1914-1918'; she ran the house, grew food and was also an artist. Both sets of letters have been deposited in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. After the war, my grandfather spent 10 years in Paris working with the Reparations Committee. || || Marjorie Williams || This is a book of the letters written by my grandmother to my grandfather during the war, when he was working in London and she was living in their Cornish house, Lamledra (I edited the published volume). || Book || My grandmother's letters to my grandfather

Depicted on the front of this postcard is a small girl holding a doll in one hand and reaching out the other towards an approaching boy dressed as a British soldier, whose head is bandaged and whose left arm is in a sling. The caption beneath reads, ‘Home From The Front’. The printed details on the back include ‘A. M. Davis & Co. Quality Cards London’, ‘This card is printed in England.’, and ‘There’s a Davis Quality Card for every occasion. Why not ask for them?’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard

The name of the artist responsible for the scene on the front of this postcard can be seen above the caption: ‘Donald McGill’. He has portrayed a small, weeping boy holding his smarting bottom. A man with a walking stick is seen leaving the room. The caption below reads, ‘They make a lot of fuss about fellers hurt at the front!’. The printed details on the reverse include, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “TWELVE-SEVEN-FOUR” Series. No. 1279. British Manufacture.’. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master F R Davy / Little Coates / Grimsby’. The message reads, ‘For Barbara & You → xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How are you? Grannie & I arrived at Auntie Winnies just in time for tea. Hope you are being a very good boy what did Daddy say about the chicken Much love from Mummie’. The stamp is partly illegible, but parts read ‘Potter’s Bar’ and ‘4 MY 16 or 18’. || A British comic postcard || || Postcard || A British comic postcard || Front