Illustrated holiday diary of Mabel Pratt: English tours, 1957
File
MS. Top. gen. c. 125
Hardback notebook entitled, 'Fresh air and Freedom' containing descriptions of various cycling holidays, mostly taken alone. Watercolour paintings are stuck into the volume. Fols. 92-117 are blank. Comprises:
- (fol. 3) press cutting from The Observer, about the new Mayflower, 16 Jun 1957
- (fols. 4v-22) 'Pilgrimage to a Pilgrim Ship, holiday in Brixham, Devon, staying in a youth hostel (by train to Brixham) to see the launch of the new Mayflower, 29 Mar-4 Apr 1957
- (fols. 24-31) 'Brief visit to Wootton, Woodstock', camping in Oxfordshire, 28-30 Apr 1957
- (fols. 32-44) 'Island Camp on the Windrush', camping at Hardwick, Oxfordshire (visiting Ducklington, Bampton, Curbridge), 29 May-1 Jun 1957
- (fols. 43v-54) 'Heat Wave Holiday', camping in Oxfordshire (visiting Eynsham, South Leigh, High Cogges, Stanton Harcout), 1-6 Jul 1957
- (fols. 53v-67) 'Canal Days', cycling along the Grand Junction canal in Buckinghamshire, staying in youth hostels and camping (visiting Aylesbury, Ivinghoe, Slapton, Leighton Buzzard, Great Linford, Wolverton), 16-20 Jul 1957
- (fols. 66v-81) 'Hostelling with Margaret', cycling holiday with her daughter along the Wye valley (by train to Chipping Sodbury, then visiting Chepstow, Tintern, St Briavels Castle, Welsh Bicknor, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Ledbury, Malvern, Tewkesbury, Stow-on-the-Wold, Minster Lovell), 19-25 Aug 1957
- (fols. 82-91) 'Against the Wind', camping holiday in Chilton, Buckinghamshire, 10-13 Sep 1957.
Dates
- Creation: 1957
Extent
117 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Top. gen. c. 125
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