DLA016-0076 Transcription

TRAVELLERS’ CLUB,

PALL MALL,

S.W.1.

19:11: [19]28

My dear de Laszlo

I am very sorry today that my party for 29th is off, owing to the date of the Boxing Match at the Albert Hall being postponed until Dec 6th.^[1]

I hope that at some future date that you & Mrs de Laszlo will be able

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to dine with me.

Looking forward so much to seeing you & Madame on 6th at your party.

Yours sincerely

Eric W. Harbord

Editorial Note:

Captain Eric Walter Harbord (1879 -1952), Royal Navy

SMDL

13/13/2017

[1] On Thursday, 6th December 1928, the headline match was between Alf Mancini and Kid Berg, two of the leading lightweights of England. This was followed by a flyweight contest between Bert Kirby and Petit Biquet, see ‘Contrast in Boxing Contests’, Belfast Telegraph, 7 December 1928, p. 8.