[Lyn Harding, Welsh stage and screen actor.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Lyn') to 'Popie' [theatre historian W. J. Macqueen-Pope], complaining of a coach party of '50 arrived from Scotland', who have 'robbed God of several hours of daylight'.

Author: 
Lyn Harding [David Llewellyn Harding] (1867-1952), Welsh stage and screen actor [W. J. Macqueen-Pope]
Publication details: 
34 Valkyrie Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. 'after April 14th. [1951]'
£40.00
SKU: 23041

2pp, 8vo. In fair condition, lightly aged, with crease lines from having been folded into a packet. The letter is from a batch of letters written following Ivor Novello's death in 1951, in Macqueen-Pope's personal papers. He writes to send his new address ('after April 14th.'), having been forced after eight weeks to move from the Holmwood Hotel, 'to seek a little relaxation at a guest house where there will be less noise and Jubilation'. He complains that while 'regulars are useful during winter months', hotels 'in this vicinity are anxious to increase their business by soliciting the patronage of coach parties for weekends [...] Today a party of 50 arrived from Scotland on their way to Wembley for tomorrow's match, and just now at 4 P.M. most of them are asleep on couches and in easy chairs. They will return to Scotland on Monday having robbed God of several hours of daylight.'