Grannie's Notebook & Travelogue

Added by Julie Pocock

Located under Letters & documents

Story behind the treasure: My Grandmother’s little spiral-bound notebook contains some absolute gems- Christmas shopping lists from 1937-38-39 including presents of ‘spats’ and ‘a ferret’, but best of all, discovered by chance at the back, a tiny pencil account of her Round The World Cruise to Australia starting in June 1939 and returning safely under the protection of The Admiralty in October 1939. The story shows me a glimpse of the glamour of high society and the excitement, the unusual sights and smells of another world, the naval build-up and the uncertainty of the impending World War.

You can see this treasure on display at Attingham Park from March-September 2010.