The
disappointment with the food still continues for the ladies and from other
letters this month, they appear to be resorting to eating food in their rooms
between meals. Alice recounts an amusing incident with left over Staff food one
meal time, but also believes the situation will now start to improve.
Alice is
delighted to have been chosen to go on a mountaineering course in Snowden and
much of her communication is starting to think about the details for this:
consulting train maps; visiting Millets in the town centre to find out what
boots they have; and planning what other equipment she is likely to need and
how she can source this. It is perhaps
in great contrast to today’s society that Alice suggests she and her mother try
and adapt an old mackintosh into an “anorak with enormous pockets for the
course”; is considering wearing three pairs of socks in order for a cheaper
pair of boots to do; and is looking at how she can keep costs down by borrowing
a rucksack and oilskins.
As well as reporting
on resounding wins against two Oxford Lacrosse teams, Alice also talks about a
meeting with the touring U.S Women’s Lacrosse team. The build-up to this game
was mentioned in other letters for this month so it would have been an
important event for the College. Unfortunately, the college were beaten 3-5 but
the clip Alice sends her parents from the local paper, the Bedfordshire Times
& Standard, suggests they played well. Alice also makes reference to
reporting in The Times and hearing it mentioned on the news, which emphasises
the prestige this match would have held.
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| Bedfordshire Times & Standard, October 1957 |
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