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R.B.K.C. Corporate Templates LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1895 .Addresses in front of Diary: Apollinaris Company, 5 Stratford Place, Oxford St. Derben, 15 Francis Place, Bath Rd, Cheltenham. Cope, Springhurst, Bickley, Kent. Academy waiters Cole, Moody, Golden Chalk, 46 Arundel Road, West Kensington. Coals, L & NW Syndicate, 204 York Road N, Kings X. Stephen Glynn. M Cornwallis, 5 St Oswald Rd, West Kensington. Green, Annie E. 23 Townsend St, Cheltenham. Queens Buildings, High St, Cheltenham Fletcher, Ada. 60 Frederick St, grays In Road. G.N Rly Manager, F.P.Cockcroft, Sir Henry Oakley. Gilbey, Tresham, The Grange, Bishops Stortford. Hackney Horse Show Society. 12 Hanover Square W. Henry E.Euren Secy. George Jouph, 23 Granville Sq, W.C. H.J.Hitchings Esq, Empire Theatre. Miss Green's friend: Mrs Taylor, 9 Redbone Street, Tedworth Square, S.W. London Chatham & Dover Rly, Mr William Forbes, Traffic Manager Mr Morgan, Secretary per letter from Mr Green, Stationmaster May 19 '94. Letter from Wartley Richards, August 13 1891 about gun. 12439. Built for T.W.Eyton Esqre, Oct 14 1880. Paid £42 for it. King, Mrs. 41 Sharsted St, Kennington Park. Lilly & Lovell, Lamdscape Gardeners, 22 Warsill Street, Battersea Park Road. Jones? Mrs Brown, 319 Sauchihall St, Glasgow. 1 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1895 c/o Mrs Wood, 166 Shaftesbuy Avenue. Mrs King, 16 Chelverton Road, Putney S.W. Mrs Hamilton Langley, The Grange, Earl's Barton, Northamptonshire. Castle Ashby station. Editor 'Men & Women of the day'. 7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, W.C. Munchausen. Cassell Petter & Gelquin. Illustrated by Doré, in I.L.N, Jany 1866. Hector Maclean, Chatwicke Lodge, Birdhurst Road, S.Croydon Took away 1 girl photo (Miss Etty P) 1 fireman & 1 Grenadier. Tuesday 26 Nov '95. Address given by Beadle. Portable domestic Hot Air & Vapour bath (Vapours) James Allen & Sons, 21-22 Mareston Lane, Oxford St G.N.Rly, Kings X. Francis P.Cockshott. W Aloggatt Esq. Great North of Scotland Rly, Scy & Genl Managers Office, Aberdeen. James Thompson Esq (with a p) Caledonian Railway Company, Genl Managers & Secys Office, 502 Buchanan St, Glasgow. Andrew Dougall Esq, The Highland Railway Co, General Managers Office, Inverness. William Gowenlock Secy, same as above. The North British Railway, Off of Sup't of the Line. D.Deuchars Esq. Roper, Maud. 22 The Avenue, Bedford Park W. 2 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1895 Thomas Gilbert. W. Daily Graphic, Melford House, Strand, W.C. Tuck (Raphael & Sons) 72 & 75 Coleman Street, City of London. West Middlesex Water Works, F.H.Wyboro Esq. 19 Marylebone Rd, N.W. Name of model given by Miss Rose: Clara Wilding. Tuesday January 1 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk before breakfast. Went to P.O & got Davison's address. After back. Breakfast. In morning wrote labels. Letter from F.C.B approving of cartoon last week. Altered camera etc etc. M had carriage at 11.0 & took Maud to her Uncle's, Edwin Herapath. Lunch. Long afternoon at labels. Did drawer of Statesmen. After Roy went out on his cycle in the morning, back for lunch. Very cold at night. M, Roy & self dined together. Roy tidied box of counters & played game of draughts after. Beat him. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. Wednesday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Overslept. Up 8.30. Walk with Tip. Paw bad. Breakfast. After pasted & wrote labels & at 12.30 took photo of M in cloak from Barkers & after in her silk one. Lunch. Angry with Roy for untidiness & not wishing to learn French. Tip having his paw in poultice. Mademoiselle Jackymot here. In afternoon at 4.0pm Roy & self walked up to the Garrick Club. Gave Cole Xmas box. Called Lincoln & Bennetts. After went to Evered's lamp shop in Drury Lane, No 50. Walked past it into Wych Street. Selected a lamp etc. Roy got onto bus in Fleet St to go home. At 7.15 on to Punch dinner. The 1st of the yr. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussions. Cut made up from "Who said Rats". Self got Harcourt & Sleeping Trade. Suggested by self. Drank orangeade after dinner. Left with J.T 11.0pm. Gave Xmas Box to sergeant, waiters & cabman. Home at 11.45. Read & bed after. Thursday January 3 3 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1895 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on mare hoping to ride. Got as far as past Albert Hall. Turned back on acct of frost. Breakfast. After Roy went out on cycle. Sent round for Stace. Got to work & skemed subject of Harcourt as Fairy Prince & Sleeping Beauty. At 12.45 photod Stace in medieval costume & cloak. Gave him 7/6. Developed plates & also those of M taken yesterday & Xmas tree. 1st used rocker with pendulum. Doubtful success. Lunch. After rest got to work at 4.0pm & worked to dinner time. Got figure of girl enlarged & outlined. Dinner & quiet evening after, Roy playing draughts & backgammon. Taught Roy backgammon for 1st time. Bed after. New lamp used for 1st time. Gave a brilliant light. Carriage could not be used on acct of frost. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Miranda Newman.) Friday January 4 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for walk with Tip. Breakfast. Bright day. Coldish. Worked hard all day on drawing of Harcourt as Fairy Prince & Sleeping Beauty. Dined at 8.30pm. Backgammon after with Roy. Rest till 1.30am when to bed tired. Birthday. Letter from Violet Jameson. Spent birthday in unusually hard work all day. Saturday January 5 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After got to work & did not finish drawing until 1.45pm. Bothered & late. Lunch at 12.30. Doubts about Pantomime. M & Mite went in carriage at 2.0pm to the Private View of the Old Masters. Put things away & dressed & left with Roy (after cup of tea) at 3.45pm in carriage (mare). Put down at the Academy & took bus to the Lyceum. Saw Mr Hurst about pantomime. Settled for Monday. Bought two brushes for Roy 6/6. Called Garrick. Wrote letter to C.P.Levilly. Saw Gilly Farquhar. After called Camera Club. Gave Barker 5/s & booked Studio for Wednesday the 16th. Billiard room full. Left letter at Prince of Wales's Theatre. Walked home. Bought sausages. Jola's L'argent German sausage at Crofts & fruit & lobster. Home 6.0pm. Cut labels. Dined 7.45pm. Lobster. Game backgammon after. Bed 12.30am. M took Tip to Jarvis's a dog doctor. 4 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1895 Sunday January 6 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Put on riding things. Walked to top of hill. Found freezing hard. Breakfast. Could not ride. Cut labels & wrote many up to 12.0. Went for walk with Roy round the Round Pond. Lunch 1.30. M & Maud had been to church & Granny's. Very good bubble & squeak. After Mr & Mrs Charley Burnand called in afternoon after lunching at the Boughtons. No one else. Very cold & freezing. Wrote diary & letters after 5.0pm. M, Mite, Roy & self & Evelyn Coward dined at 8.0, keeping my birthday. Goose & had crackers afterwards. Something at this dinner upset me. After resting bed at 12.30am. Monday January 7 Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very cold. Went for walk before breakfast. After 2 sets of 'Times' sent. Wrote India & Spanish labels & at 12.0 dressed. Roy went to see Tip. Lunched at 12.30pm & after Roy & self left for pantomime at Lyceum. Roy took buss to Mansions. After got cab & saw carriage waiting for Dora. On to Lyceum. Waited for M to come up. Bitterly cold. Saw Santa Claus & Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood. Children clever little women. Dogs of Lauri very good. Alice went. Out at 5.10. Got carriage in King St. Roy & self had tea at Garrick. Disputed 1d for milk. After called Camera & Waukenphast & walked home getting sausages & crab. Before dinner Mite wrote bogus letter to Guthrie to the Novelty Theatre. Dined 8.0pm & had 3 games of backgammon with Roy. Beat him. Bed at 12.0. Livery & very cold. Tuesday January 8 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull raw cold morning. A little upset & bilious. Why? Walk before breakfast up hill & down. M in bed. After wrote labels etc & lighted M's fire. Pollock called on Roy. After went on writing etc etc. Prepared for dinner at home. At 7.0pm Harris a brother of the last came to wait. At 8.10 dinner at home which went off well. Mite went to children's party at Arthur à Beckett's. Roy dined with us at side table. Cold day & evening. Sir H Bergne liked room. All left by 11.30pm, 5 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1895 Fritz & Miss Rose Innes the last. (Plan of table seating.) Home dinner of eight. Miss Eykyn, Fritz Jackson, Sylvinia Rose Innes, Sir Henry Bergne, Mrs S, Bret Harte, Lady Bergne, self. Roy at side table. Wednesday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. Cold & frost. In morning wrote labels etc. Letters. M in bed. Lunch. After put things in order etc. Very great darkness almost fog. Very black. At 5.15 Roy & self started to walk west. Posted letters & called & saw Poggums. Vulgar little girl calling 'Gows!' Walked by Brompton Road & on to Strand. Let Roy look at Edison's Kinetiscope. Roy bothering about brown boots. He got on bus near St Clement Danes. Walked on to Punch dinner. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late) H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur & R.L.
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