Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to John Tindall Robertson

Letter No. VWL2604

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to John Tindall Robertson

Letter No.: VWL2604

From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

[October 1952?]

Dear Tyndal Robertson¹

It was very nice to get a letter to remind me of the old days at Maresfield – you were a boy then and I was middle aged – now you are middle aged and I am old & toothless – But it doesn’t seem to make much difference.
Yrs ever

R. Vaughan Williams

1. John Tindall Robertson had been a cadet with VW at the Royal Garrison Artillery Cadet school at Maresfield.

To:

Tindall Robertson, John
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Scribe:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

Pencil annotation ‘1935’ on copy in British Library. Maresfield was the army training school where VW was stationed in 1917. See VWL432 and VWL1719.
Location Of Copy:

British Library
Shelfmark Copy:

MS.Mus.1714/1/5, f.96
Citation:

Cobbe 587

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