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Slides of Nellie Smith and others in fancy dress

NEL/002

Collection of slides of Nellie Smith and others in various costumes for fetes and carnivals. Also includes some images of her diaries
Slide of Nellie Smith with bicycle at the Hanslope Cycle Carnival

NEL/002/002

Black and white slide of Nellie Smith with bicycle at the Hanslope Cycle Carnival. Nellie Smith is stood in front of shrubbery and a trellis. She is wearing a dress and is propping up a bicycle.
Close up slide of Nellie Smith with bicycle at the Hanslope Carnival

NEL/002/004

Close up sepia slide of Nellie Smith with bicycle at the Hanslope Carnival. Shows just the top half of Nellie Smith with trellis and shrubbery in the background. There is flower attached to the bodice of her dress.
Slide of Whit Monday "Coon Concert"

NEL/002/006

Black and white slide of Whit Monday “Coon Concert”. Large group of women wearing wide brimmed hats, vertical striped skirts, white shirts with dark collars. Some of the women’s faces have been blackened. Some of the women are holding banjos.
Slide of Front Cover of Souvenir Programme for 'A Pageant of Empire'

NEL/002/022

Colour slide of front cover of souvenir programme for ‘A Pageant of Empire’. The pageant was organised by Stantonbury Girls’ Club and held on 22 June 1911. The programme cost 3d each.
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1901 - 1920

NEL/003

Transcripts of Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1901 – 1920. Some of the diaries/transcripts also include poems and quotations; in some cases the authors of these are stated.
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1910

NEL/003/008

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1910 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Feb 11 Fri. ‘211 men have had their notices poor beggars, everybody looks miserable’. Apr 2nd Sat. ‘ my Debut at last we have actually given the first performance of The Wishing Cap’. May 4 Wed. ‘How excited we all are the aeroplane ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1911

NEL/003/009

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1911 containing day to day events. Notable entries: April 5 Wed. ‘Went to Coronation meeting … arranged to set up a pageant’. May 10 Wed. ‘Had a splendid practice for the pageant … enjoyed myself with the (Irish) jig and band’. June 22 Thur. ‘Coronation Day (pageant). … ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1912

NEL/003/010

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 19012 containing day to day events. Notable entries: April 21 Sun. ‘What dreadful news of the Titanic over 1,000 lives lost by the largest boat in the world, it is Heart-rending to read the paper. We had special Hymns of sea for them in church, the services was ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1913

NEL/003/011

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1913 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Jan 11 Sat. ‘What a day, raining fast and we are off to give a Concert to the Blind, we bundled M. Wylie, Ethel and myself into a governess cart at the back, and didn’t that thing bolt’. Feb 28 Thurs.’ ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1914

NEL/003/012

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1914 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Feb 7 Sat. ‘H. came down had to stay in all the evening. If only mother had gone to sleep’. Aug 6 Thurs. ‘Harry and I went on Spa (at Scarborough) to hear Band. Played English, Russian and French National ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1915

NEL/003/013

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1915 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Jan 16 Sat. ‘At last the day has come round again, to go over to Mrs. Knapps and entertain the Blind, a treat we all looked forward to.’ June 27 Sun. ‘H. and I went for long walk to Gayhurst through ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1916

NEL/003/014

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1916 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Jan 24 Mon. ‘How quiet we are all getting in the Sewing Room as more girls have gone in Munitions’. May 21 Sun. ‘Day Light Saving Bill commenced; all putting back the Clock 1 hour at 2. a.m. getting up ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1917

NEL/003/015

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1917 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Jan 19 Fri. ‘Big Disaster Munition in London – many lives lost.’ Jan 29 Mon. ‘Oh dear the cold weather is getting on my nerves, this is the worst winter we have had for many a long year. Poor old Bobby ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1918

NEL/003/016

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1918 containing day to day events. Notable entries: Jan 20 Sun. ‘… Found Mrs. Baliss in canal after missing 5 weeks’ . Feb 20 Wed. ‘Our Fancy Dress Dance, had to dance with ‘Young England’ as our boys are all away… Oh the Polka’. Apr 26 Fri. ‘Oh dear, we ...
Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1919

NEL/003/017

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1919 describing her holiday in Aberdeen, Scotland. Notable entries: Aug 15 Fri. ‘Arrived at Aberdeen about 9.20. Found everybody out, which looked a nice state of things, our first visit to Scotland’. Aug 19 Tues. ‘Went to Ballater, the day the King went to Balmoral. Scenery beyond description’. Aug ...