Sharp diary 1918 page 143. Monday 20 May 1918 - Afton - Nellysford
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Monday 20th of May 1918
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Slept well but wake up feeling pretty bad and good for nothing. Telephoned for a motor from Waynesville and started down the Rockfish valley soon after 10. Hearing that Chisholm — presumably the brother or relation of Nep - lives at Greenfield we made enquiries there about lodgings but finding that C[hisholm] had recently moved on to Nellysford we go on there where after a little trouble we obtain a lodging in a fine old Queen Anne farmhouse belonging to Charlie Godwin. I have a large square room high ceiling, plenty of air & light & quite clean, while Maud has a similar room immediately above me. The food too is quite nice and the people friendly so we have dropped on very pleasant surroundings for once. After a rest & some tea we walk in search of Chisholm, calling on Mrs Berry on the way, from whom I get a couple of tunes. Mrs C and her daughter are at home but not Chisholm. We find out that he is Nep’s brother and that he is a thoroughly musical man. Mrs C arranges for him to be home tomorrow between 2 & 3 so we make that appointment. Weather very hot but cools off after dinner. We all sit out on the grass in front of the house until it is time to go to bed i.e. about 9 p.m.Location
USA : Viginia : Afton [0,0]
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