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Bland, Gertrude (Nebel)

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Biography

Paul Bland's wife and daughter in law of Edith Nesbit.

Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:

Taylor, Margaret to Gertrude Bland, July 28th

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.8.012
Scope and Contents "Dear Mrs. Bland, The delay in sending this thank-you letter is due, not to ingratitude, but to a desire to be able to say that something has been achieved in the week since I visited you. For my own convenience I put the press-cuttings from the wooden box into date[striketrhough] chronological order as I read them. I trust you will approve of the way I have stuck them into the scapbook[sic].It[sic] should preserve them a little longer than if they remained loose. Those remaining un-mounted...
Dates: July 28th

Taylor, Margaret to Gertrude Bland, July 21st

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.8.013
Scope and Contents

"Dear Mrs. Bland, Thank you for your kind letter of July 9th giving directions to your home and suggesting I call on Tuesday, July 24th. My apologies for this very delayed reply. The end of the academic year in a primary school is extremely chaotic and the past few weeks have been exceptionally busy ones with my mother retiring after 42 years as an infant teacher. It took us until 7.30pm on Friday to clear her classroom, the children having left at 3.30pm!..."

Dates: July 21st

Taylor, Margaret to Gertrude Bland, May 1st

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.8.015
Scope and Contents "Dear Mrs. Bland, I was given your address by the agents for E. Nesbit, having written originally to Ernest Benn Ltd., the publishers, hoping that they might help me contact any surviving members of the Nesbit-Bland family. May 1974 will see the 50th anniversary of the death of E. Nesbit, whose books still give pleasure to many thousands of children. The Eltham Society (an active local-history group) are planning, in collaboration with our Borough Council, to commemorate this anniversary...
Dates: May 1st

The Eltham Society to Mrs. Bland [Gertrude Bland], 1971-07-18

 Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.8.010

The Eltham Society to Mrs. Bland [Gertrude Bland}, April 30th

 Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.8.011

The Eltham Society to Mrs. Bland [Gertrude Bland], April 23rd

 Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.8.012

The Eltham Society to Mrs. Bland [Gertrude Bland], 1974-04-17

 Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 8
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.8.013