Her brother John had written to her giving advice on how to prepare for it. (He was a school teacher before he became a clergyman.) I'll link to the scan and transcript of the letter.The language and termininology are quite entertaining. Could the "Royal Sanitary Institute" exist today? "Inspector of Nuisances " is a wonderful job title.
Intriguingly, Jack signs the letter to his sister "with best love J. E. Lamin" not "Jack" or even "John"!
Was this just from habit after writing letters as a clergyman? Was he being a little pompous? Who knows?
The Royal Sanitary institute is now the Royal Society of Health and Hygiene
ReplyDeleteThe Royal Sanitary Institute is now the Royal Society for the promotion of health
ReplyDeleteHmmm: I would think that The Royal Sanitary Institute, essentially what we would term our modern day environmental health practitioners, is now the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
ReplyDeleteGod saw theirs sentiments while they were on war,God bless them
ReplyDeleteHaving seen several other letters from the same time period, I can say that it was not entirely unusual for people to sign their full names or do as Jack did even to people they knew intimately, e.g., a mother writing to a daughter.
ReplyDeleteinteressante qst blog..........
ReplyDeleteHe's not being pompous.
ReplyDeleteThis was the done thing in his day.
You can verify this by reading other correspondence from the same period.
Nuisance Inspector? How COOL! My neighborhood could use an "Inspector of Nuisances" or two. lol
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Kate would soon set things right!