DLA014-0007 Transcription
THE MANOR HOUSE.
STUDLAND,
CORFE CASTLE,
Swanage -
Dorset.
Aug 29/[19]17
Dear Mr de László -
Can you come & stay with us at Kingston Lacy[1] for a “weekend”, next month - on Saturday Sept 15th till Monday Sept 17th - We shd. all be so pleased if you cd. come, & I shd. so much like you to see our Pictures -
I venture to ask you “en garçon” as I am not having a Party, just another man on leave -
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Cd. you let me have an answer by return or better still a wire, as we have no ‘phones here -
We have been here for the last month for sea-bathing, but returning next week to Kingston Lacy,
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& much hope we may look forward to seeing you there -
With kind regards - | Yrs truly,
H. J. Bankes
SMDL
27/11/2017
[1] Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, was the family seat of the Bankes family. The sender’s husband, Walter Ralph Bankes (1853-1904), had inherited the estate in 1869.