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Repository	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Ref No	RCS/SJW/P/3/2
Title	Typescript diary
Date	1919-1920
Level	Item
Description	Three sections labelled as follows: June 1920, July 1920, December [1919]. The diary describes the routines of the seminary as well as special events. The December [1919] section describes the first Old Boys dinner following World War I; visit by the Mother Provincial of the nuns to discuss additions to the convent; visit from Fr John Fichter (still not demobbed and at a camp in Witley); football matches between seniors and juniors; a debate on whether a limited monarchy is preferable to a republic; playing golf at Bramley; Ramsay, 'our last student in the army' has been demobbed; appeal for funds for the gymnasium; gathering at which Fr. Walters was thanked for producing the Wonersh Mail during the war (he was presented with an armchair); exam season; choir practice. The June 1920 section includes a description of the consecration of the Rector, Arthur Doubleday as Bishop of Brentford.

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