Part of a collection of letters to John Betjeman from William Plomer (British poet, novelist and literary editor). Plomer declines Betjeman's invitation to visit. Front of postcard shows a house with a sign that says "The Ancient Fig Gardens, Teas Provided" located in Worthing.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Plomer, William, 1903-1973

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 19, 1950

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--Wantage
• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.58846, -1.42565
• 51.50853, -0.12574

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in blue ink.

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• John Betjeman Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• correspondence
• postcards
• picture postcards

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 12, 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/d12w-ac69

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