Sharp diary 1918 page 123. Tuesday 30 April 1918 - Buena Vista, Virginia
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Tuesday 30th of April 1918
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A very dull and stifling day which turns to rain about noon and continues till sundown. After breakfast we began prospecting and hit upon Mrs Nanny Birch from whom I got 4 good songs including a first rate version of "Kitty alone and I". Then Maud called on the principal, Miss Rickett’s, of the Ladies Seminary here in the hope that we might get a mild job there; prospects not very rosy however! After tea we put on oilskins and tramped 3 miles in mud & rain to Green Hall’s Farm to find a Mrs Maddox, sister of Mrs Birch. From her I got two really beautiful tunes, Lord Randal and Jack he went a sailing — well worth the effort. After dinner wrote up my books, drafted my notation of the Afton dance and wrote a long letter to Campbell. We are fairly comfortable here, but service as bad as it could be. Food is clean but very rich and mainly meat, so we are living on eggs and cheese almost exclusively for the moment. Maud meditates canned soups etc but I am not very keen. People in the hotel not at all obliging. Hotel noisy mainly owing to the squalling family of the proprietor!Location
USA : Viginia : Buena Vista [0,0]
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