THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,

14th October, 1948

Dear Vally, Biddy, Gwen & – ink is gone – Nora¹

Thank you all so much for your birthday greetings. It makes me think of those happy days we spent making music at S.P.G.S.
Love from

Uncle Ralph

Miss Lasker,
St. Paul’s Girls School,
Brook Green,
W.6.

1.  Vally Lasker, Jane Bidder, Gwen [Raverat?] and Nora Day, all mistresses as St Paul’s Girl’s School who would perform try-throughs on the piano of new pieces by Holst and VW during the 30s and later.