Part of a collection of letters to John Betjeman from William Plomer (British poet, novelist and literary editor). Plomer sends a short note to Betjeman about how they are pleased they are not Poet Laureates and Cecil Day-Lewis is. Front of postcard is a photo of the Garden of Remembrance in Hassocks, Adastra Park.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Plomer, William, 1903-1973

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

• Authors, English
• Modernism (Literature)
• Plomer, William, 1903-1973
• Poets
• Television journalists
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
• Literature, Modern
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Poets, English
• Authors

Language

• eng

Date created

• January 5, 1968

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--London
• England--Sussex

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574
• 50.91667, -0.08333

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• John Betjeman Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• postcards
• picture postcards
• correspondence

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2000-010; File: Box 36, Folder 9

Fonds title

• John Betjeman fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC015

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/john-betjeman-fonds

Date digitized

• July 13, 2023

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticBookA300 @ 300 & 600 DPI Tiff, as well as on Epson 10000XL @ 300 & 600 DPI by KM. Images cropped and resized for Vault @ approx 35MB. Metadata by MT.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/0rbr-h366

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