1953 in My Father’s House XXI - FinaleDear Readers, many of you have commented on my mother’s negative reaction, when she glimpses me at the gate of La Maison d’Été, along the...
1953 in My Father’s House XX - Nearer, NearerDuring the first week of the summer holidays the weather was consistently sunny. One of my father’s brothers and his wife – I can’t...
1953 in My Father’s House XIX - Summer Term: Hamsters, Shakespeare & SwimmingPoor dear Jaggi died on the day I went back to Badminton, but before I got there. Fred, the groundsman, put him into a Kleenex box for...