Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters
Letters from from Erroll Pilkington Gillespie to his family. Learn more.
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Strand Palace Hotel, Strand, London, W.C.2 The Strand Hotel Ltd. Telegrams: "Luxury, Rand, London." Code: Western Union The Strand Hotel Limited. Proprietors of Strand Palace Hotel, Regent Palace Hotel
and spurs, if you please, as they are part of an M.Grs. dress.
I'll be some "nut" when I'm booted and spurred! My breeches are costing me £5.15.0. Tunic £6.10.0, this gives you an idea of prices Pretty high don't you think? The tailors seem to delight in holding one up and one is powerless, as one has to have the "goods." I was awfully pleased to get such a nice letter from you last week and one from Mother too. Dates were June 5th and 6th. You had both been down at Glenairley, to help
BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867 – 1920. Victoria; lawyer. / Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917 – 1919.