Alfred Estlin, Bristol, to Mr Taliesin Williams, Parade, Neath. Similar to Nos 164-7. Requesting him to sign and return the enclosed receipt. As he (A. E.) is now in hopes of receiving the money he presumes the addressee would wish him to make the regular charges.
His supposition, when Mr Jarman informed him that it was his intention to commit the addressee's business to his hands, that the addressee would employ him. The first thing will be to get the legacy of £100 left to the addressee by his brother's will. The advisability of recovering the legacies for the addressee's children at the same time. He hopes the addressee has no intention of going to London as Mr Duncan wished in his letter to Mr Jarman. See No. 128, dated 5 Oct. 1814.
He has not received any answer to his letter written this day three weeks in which he wished to know whether the addressee's son and daughters would give an authority to Mr Duncan to dispose of the negroes in Jamaica. The writer's brother has been back from France some time and is quite well. The letter was afterwards sent to Mr Taln Williams at the Academy, Neath.
R12/1122/4/6. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, arranged as a dialogue story by by Dorothy Coombes. First broadcast: 19th May 1932. Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour. UID: Unknown. Typed Script with written annotations. Whilst out cutting wood, Ali-baba sees forty thieves. He follows them and discovers their cave full of treasure. After stealing some of their treasure, he tell his brother Cassium about the cave. Cassium goes to the cave himself, and when the thieves return, they kill him. The Captain learns of Ali-baba’s existence and plans to kill him and his family. Subjects: Ali-baba and the Forty Thieves, Treasure, Thieving, Arabian Nights.
R12/1123/1/2. Alice Meets the White Queen and Humpty Dumpty, from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. First broadcast: April 25th 1933. Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour. UID: Unknown. Typed Script with written annotations. From ‘Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There’. Alice meets the White Queen, who lives backwards, and helps her with her shawl. She finds herself in a shop that is run by a sheep and full of curious things. She going on a boat ride and meets Humpty Dumpty, which whom she discusses made up words. Subjects: Adventure, Royalty, Humpty Dumpty, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll.
A narrow street. In the photo, with their backs to the camera, are the two girls thought to be the daughters of Mr R T Barrett, a Hong Kong journalist who GVJ befriended.
A narrow alley with washing drying on the left hand side and three children playing in the miidle distance. 4552957/74 is an informal portrait of the children.