| Description | This diary was given to Dorothy Elmhirst by Maude ?. This diary starts at Dartington Hall from January to June and has cash details at the back from which is appears that they chose to go to Wales for a good view of the Eclipse. The Dartington section mentions Dartington Hall School and staff; Leonard Elmhirst's siblings and the Straight and Elmhirst children (also the miscarriage of Dorothy and Leonard's baby, Joan), visit of Rev. Horace Fort-who officiated at the wedding of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst; Leonard and Dorothy's visit to Summerhills School; Leonard's visit to Sherbourne, Dauntsey and Winchester Schools, Mr. H. Avray Tipping, the garden designer, Editor of Country Life advised us on how to plant yew hedges around the front lawn and Bowling Green. Someone has started an index system and so the index card in this notebook reads,' 24th June - 5th July - DW's (Dorothy Elmhirst) walking tour in Wales with children from school. (DW in a completely new light- walking up to twenty three miles a day (once walked 23 miles a day but actually walking between 7 and 18 miles a day for the most of the tour), often in pouring rain, staying in sometimes 'pokey' hotels, having tea in cafes, keeping a daily account of shillings and pence spent. This must have been one of the few occasions on which DW actually spent real money.) A loose invoice from Trust Houses Limited re accommodation for Dorothy Elmhirst's party. Also details a trip to Paris, Biarritz and Madrid in August. |