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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/20 · Item · 13 November 1931
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/21 · Item · 2 April 1932
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/23 · Item · 15 May 1932
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/24 · Item · 25 June 1932
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/26 · Item · 10 September 1932
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/27 · Item · 15 January 1933
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/28 · Item · 4 August 1933
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/29 · Item · 24 February 1934
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Billie
BAT/1/3 · Item · 19 November 1932
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/30 · Item · 9 March 1934
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/31 · Item · 7 May 1934
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/33 · Item · 10 February 1935
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/34 · Item · 27 May 1935
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/35 · Item · 6 October 1935
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/36 · Item · 24 December 1935
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/37 · Item · 7 January 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/38 · Item · 21 January 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/39 · Item · 29 January 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Billie
BAT/1/4 · Item · 2 March 1935
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

Nellie mentions a boat called the Oxfordshire.

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/40 · Item · 25 March 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/41 · Item · 7 April 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/42 · Item · 9 June 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/43 · Item · 8 July 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/44 · Item · 24 February 1937
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

Nellie has a calendar of Yorkshire with her in Calcutta.

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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/45 · Item · 7 July 1937
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Letter to Billie
BAT/1/5 · Item · 26 February 1936
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

The Herald Newspaper is in circulation at this time.

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Letter to Alfred
BAT/1/6 · Item · 21 August 1931
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/7 · Item · 15 December 1930
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/8 · Item · 6 January 1931
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Letter to Alice and George
BAT/1/9 · Item · 12 January 1931
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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

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Diary of Nellie Battrick
BAT/4 · Item · 1955
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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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Passport
BAT/6 · Item · 20th century
Part of Nellie Battrick papers

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Meteorological Diary
BAY/20 · Item · 1978
Part of William Baynes, meteorologist

Contains notes on weather, hand-drawn graphs and illustrations and newspaper cuttings.

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Meteorological Diary
BAY/21 · Item · 1979
Part of William Baynes, meteorologist

Contains notes on weather, hand-drawn graphs and illustrations and newspaper cuttings.

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Meteorological Diary
BAY/22 · Item · 1980
Part of William Baynes, meteorologist

Contains notes on weather, hand-drawn graphs and illustrations and newspaper cuttings.

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Meteorological Diary
BAY/23 · Item · 1981
Part of William Baynes, meteorologist

Contains notes on weather, hand-drawn graphs and illustrations and newspaper cuttings.

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Meteorological Diary
BAY/24 · Item · 1982
Part of William Baynes, meteorologist

Contains notes on weather, hand-drawn graphs and illustrations and newspaper cuttings.

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