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Includes family letters, postcards, photographs and a diary belonging to Battrick.

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Letters to family members from Nellie Batttrick in India, including details of current events. See item-level descriptions for more information.

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Nellie writes that she went to Jalapahas and travelled 8,000 feet above sea level and was 3 miles away from Darjeeling. It was 107 degrees in Calcutta after 22nd April 1937. She writes that Mr Cadell, her former employer, has Turberculas Peritonitis.

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Nellie receives an airmail letter in Bengal, from England. The amount of Rupees to the Pound seems to fluctuate at this time.

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Miss Gleandour of Malton Road, York, visited Raugoon, Burma on the 27th March 1931 on a tour of India. There is Cadbury’s chocolate in Burma.

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Monsoon season begins in Burma on this date. Electric lighting was fitted in Norfolk Street in York a few weeks previously.

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There are no Mangoes in Britain at this date.

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There was an earthquake in York a few weeks before this date. Nellie watched a talkie called The Return of Sherlock Holmes, starring Clive Brook.

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Nellie had some Terry’s chocolates shipped from York on the 16th June and they arrived on the 18th June. Mrs. Arey lived at Portland Street, Gillygate, York and was engaged to a man she met on a boat leaving India. Mr Cadell, Nellie’s Boss, caught Dingey

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It takes 3 weeks for parcels to arrive in England from Burma. The Bank salaries from the British Imperial Bank in India are reduced by 15% dating from the 1st of November 1931.

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Parcel Post and Water Polo are mentioned in this letter.

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There is flooding in the summer in York in 1931 and 3 houses are struck by lightning.

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There was a total of 128 inches of rain in Burma, during the Monsoon season in 1931. Mr. Cadell was x-rayed and diagnosed with a hollow bone near the eye that was filled with Cattrach. The remedy for this illness is either radiant treatment or an operation.

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Nellie writes that she has been inoculated for Cholera with two injections.

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Mr. Cadell is recovering from his operation. The tennis and cricket season in India started two weeks previously. Nellie only weighs 7 stone and 11 ½ lbs when she writes this letter.

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Nellie and her adopted family left Ragoon by train at 5.15pm on Thursday and arrived in Kalow at 2.30pm on Friday.

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Nellie now weighs 8 stone 8 lbs.

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Alice and George have moved to Clifton in York. The York Minster is printed on Rowntrees Chocolate Boxes in Ragoon, Burma. There are posters in a Travel Shop window advertising Stonegate, York as a travel destination.

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There are floods in York this year. There were 2 and ¾ inches of rain in York in 24 hours and 4 and ¾ inches of rain in Burma in 24 hours.

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There is a heat wave in York at this time.

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There is a picture of Petergate and York Minster in the Ragoon Gazette this week.

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Florrie Tinson has moved to a house on Murray Street, Holgate Road, York on the 10th January.

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Billie has won a scholarship for school and Nellie mentions a burglary.

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Janet Elizabeth Cadell was born at 11.33pm and weighed 7lbs 12 ounces. Nellie writes that she sleeps through the day but not through the night.

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Nellie reminisces about the Fishergate Ice Rink and Clifton Bonfire. She tells Billie that the two major sports in India are Cricket and Tennis.

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Janet Elizabeth was christened at 930am on the Sunday of this week.

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Nellie has moved to a cooler place in the mountains for her summer and has a view of Mount Everest from her new home.

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Cow and Gate Baby food is used in India at this time.

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Nellie has saved 1,520 rupees, which is the equivalent to £114 with the Imperial Bank.

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Nellie has come back to York and Mrs. Cadell is looking for a new nurse before leaving for India again. Nellie is on holiday for a few months and is looking for a temporary job until she goes back to India.

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Nellie writes about how she will go to London from the 16th to the 19th, stay with her friend Florrie until the 26th and then go up to York for the 30th to stay with Alice and George.

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Nellie is now back in Bombay and is travelling with Mr and Mrs Anderson. They stay in the Ritz hotel until Mr. Anderson finds a house and then they move to within 5 minutes walking distance of Mr and Mrs Cadell, whom Nellie visits often.

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There is a Nurses Club that has been set up by foreign Nurses in Calcutta for all those looking after families to come to and socialise.

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The King died at 11.55pm on 20th January 1936. The Viceroy of India and Governor of Bengal salute him. Street lights in Calcutta are lit with matches at this time, Nellie writes about how people run between them with ladders and light each one individually.

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Mail leaves Calcutta on a Thursday and arrives in York two weeks on Monday.

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Nellie mentions a boat called the Oxfordshire.

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The King’s speech was broadcast in Calcutta on 1st March at 9.44pm and Nellie believes it is the one that was aired in Britain at 4pm. Nellie also writes that they have had hailstones 1 inch in diameter in Calcutta that broke windows and injured several people.

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There is an outbreak of Smallpox in Calcutta and there are 21 deaths in Ballygunge in one week. The whole family is vaccinated but have to wait sometime before they know if the inoculation has worked.

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Nellie writes about how she has made a swimsuit out of wool by knitting.

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Nellie writes that the heat wave in York started on 22nd June, just like it did the previous year.

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Nellie has a calendar of Yorkshire with her in Calcutta.

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The Stratheden is leaving Bombay on March 12th and this will be its maiden voyage.

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The Herald Newspaper is in circulation at this time.

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She talks about the school subjects studied in York in 1931. Some of these are; Divinity, Arithmetic, General Work and Geography.

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Terry’s chocolate in production. Nellie travelled through the Straits of Messina (between Italy and Sicily). The Stambolo Volcano erupted at 645am. She mentions that the clocks on the boat are put forward by 20 minutes every night to keep up with the stag

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Nellie is staying with Mrs. Cadell’s sister 26 miles outside of Calcutta. Something called Mothersill used to cure seasickness. From Kasachi to Calcutta by train took 3 nights and 2 days.

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Nellie writes that there are men having haircuts and shaves on the streets of Calcutta.

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Photographs of Nellie Battrick, her employers and surroundings in India, including the home in which they lived.

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Includes images of Darjeeling, India, Calcutta and the SS Kaiser-le-Hind ship.

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Includes images of the ship itself, first class dining saloon, first saloon lounge, first saloon divan and first saloon smoking room.

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Postcard number 12.

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The volume gives details of the activities Nellie was involved in, in a day-by-day format. Includes short notes on most days.

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