Letter in the Attic

Letters between Eric William Holden and his wife, Hilda Gladys Holden

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Description

Personal letters exchanged between Eric William Holden (15 Jul 1911 - 3 Feb 1989) and his wife Hilda Holden (30 Nov 1916 - Jan 1995) whilst EWH was posted to India at the end of the Second World War.

Biographical information

The couple were married on 23 July 1938, so had been married for 6 years and had a 2-year-old daughter, Janet, by the time these letters were written. Both correspondents were born in Hove and Hilda was living at the family home at 5 Tudor Close, Hove at the time of this series of correspondence.

Name of creator(s)

Holden, Eric William 1911 - 1989, of Hove, East Sussex, archaeologist and Holden, Hilda Gladys, 1916 - 1995, of Hove, East Sussex

Dates covered by the material

1945-1946

Extent and form of the material

215 letters

Access conditions

Open

Originals

These records will have been passed to ESRO by the end of the LITA project in January 2009.

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Reference

LIA/3