tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post2171782244501080204..comments2023-10-09T06:54:04.099-06:00Comments on Past Times and Present Tensions: Hounded to death: the last years of T. E. Shaw. 1. Unpublished B. V. Jones documentsJohn Hooker FSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-33295711697268290682016-06-09T06:34:58.087-06:002016-06-09T06:34:58.087-06:00Thank you very much for this! I think you might ha...Thank you very much for this! I think you might have nailed it and I will contact them right away. Ironically, I'm a (getting old) North Londoner myself spending most of my childhood very near Alexandra Palace (Palace Gates Road, N.22). I will post the results.John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-32740896078673568762016-06-09T02:31:43.860-06:002016-06-09T02:31:43.860-06:00I would suggest PP ONLA, where ONLA is the Old Nor...I would suggest PP ONLA, where ONLA is the Old North Londoners Association. See http://www.nlcs.org.uk/726/old-north-londoners/old-north-londoners-association which has a useful pdf about its history. There ought to be contact details to track down Miss MacDonald and/or Constance M. H[...?], the treasurer. The North London Collegiate School is in Edgware which also provides a link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-75111055833034146142016-06-08T15:07:48.865-06:002016-06-08T15:07:48.865-06:00Hi Kyri,
It certainly made me give a double-take ...Hi Kyri,<br /><br />It certainly made me give a double-take when I saw the first image of the writing in the scan you originally sent me and I saw that the dates were written exactly like I saw on Lawrence's letters, right down to the positioning of the dots. Later, though, I compared the handwriting and saw that it was by Jones even though his name does not appear on that document. Robert suggested that it might have been a military convention to write dates in that format and perhaps the dot positioning was part of that or was copied from Lawrence. The fact of the dates, themselves, is another matter as such dates do not appear in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jones had borrowed Lawrence's own copy in India, though, and perhaps it was annotated with such dates by Lawrence and Jones had noted them in an earlier document. That might account for the exact copying of Lawrence's style. Wild speculation, but fun all the same. It's also too bad that Jones and MacDonald are such common surnames so finding any relationship becomes really difficult. She might have been a granddaughter, nurse, student or housekeeper. Then there is the cryptic P. R. O. N. L. A. on the receipt. I have been unable to track that organization down so far. Perhaps, though, a blog reader might know the answer and share it with us.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-18963583964318181012016-06-08T14:33:27.072-06:002016-06-08T14:33:27.072-06:00hi John,if the envelope was not used and stamped m...hi John,if the envelope was not used and stamped my mind would have worked overtime.i would have thought it was lawrences envelope and maybe taken by jones as a memento.that would have been fantastic.<br />kyri.kyrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725342826698223232noreply@blogger.com