This is a suprise to me.
I'm not aware of anything happening at this time, but then
it's not my period.
I'll forward the email to colleagues here and at the
University of Keele.
David
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:50:09 +0000 [log in to unmask] wrote:
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# Stephen Benham
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# Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:35:32 GMT
# From: Svanhildur Bogadottir <[log in to unmask]>
# Subject: Father Christmas in Hanleystaffs?
# To: [log in to unmask]
#
# Hello colleagues in UK.
#
# I want to ask if anyone can solve a bit a mystery for us at the Reykjavik
# City Archives.
#
# We are preparing exhibition related to Christmas, mostly with old Christmas
# cards and essays written by children about what they did during Christmas
# vacation. But we also have some official documents from the city. One
# folder from the mayors office is marked "Christmas" in Icelandic. In it is
# the following telegram sent from the mayors office in Reykjavik:
#
# "Telegram to Hanleystaffs (Stokeontrent) from Reykjavik, 4/11 1938. Please
# send the following wire to Hope Lewiss, Hanleystaffs, England. Leaving
# Iceland by aeroplane saturday arrive meir aerodrome 10.20 Lewiss 11 oclock
# tell all boys and girls to meet me. Father Christmas."
#
# We don't find any documents around this telegram. It is a mystery to us,
# why the City of Reykjavik is sending Father Christmas to England. Had
# there been a disaster in the area at this time? We could like to hear all
# theories.
#
# Thank you in advance,
#
# Svanhildur Bogadottir
# City archivist
# Reykjavik City Archives
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