I believe this 'French Class Book' was used by Barbara in order to learn French. It certainly wasn't new when she used as it as it was published in 1882
This is a photograph of Auffay Village near Chateau Bosmelet today
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| Auffay Village near Bosmelet |
Beautiful post card sent to her sister Eleanor date unknown, but obviously travel to France imminent.
Update from James Lander
"Re postcard sent by Barbara to her sister Eleanor, asking for a temporary loan. You captioned it "date unknown" ... but can I point out that the "still at Lees Place." is the home of Diana de Bosmelet's (nee Mathias) father in London, so the card certainly dates to after the time when she was hired by Diana as a nanny. The tone of the postcard makes me think that "until I get over to France" refers to her planned return to France after a brief trip accompanying Diana and the infant Gentien to London."
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| Postcard to Eleanor by artist H Vincent Anglade 1938 |
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| Circa 1930 Barbara astride her father's motorbike and sidecar taken at Greenside |
These final photographs are 1930s old negatives brought from Aunt Eleanor's house, I have managed to restore some of them to a reasonable state.
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| Old 1930s Negatives |
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| Circa 1930 L-R Eleanor aged 18 , Barbara aged 26, Lady Unknown |
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| Barbara with unknown friend where or when unknown
The final photograph is a delightful french doll now owned by Barbara's daughter.
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