Searching through some old diaries for the name of a hotel in India I finally found what I was looking for. My memory was all wrong. Don used to say that the palest ink was more reliable than the longest memory and so it proved. However, my search did reveal some thing I had forgotten. This was my Headmistress's reference on my leaving school aged 16.
"Jessie Ellis is a girl of very good intelligence, reliable character and industrious habits. She is pleasant in manner and speech, willing and obedient. She has had some commercial training and should prove a very efficient employee."
On reading this I can't help feeling she was gilding the lily a bit. I did get a job in the Post Office as a clerk after passing the Civil Service exam. This was a few months before WW2 broke out when my life changed completely.
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Ramblings of a nonagenerian (vintage 1923). Grew up in Lambeth in the 20s and 30s. Lived and worked in London during World War II. I have been attempting to do the Telegraph Cryptic Crossword since 1939! (My daughter says I *have* to write this, but I am troubled as it sounds so conceited.) I bought my first computer aged 85 and am continually frustrated by the vagaries of the technological age.
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