tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4845745746066660894..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Played on Squares 5: StracheyTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-47584763437499031462015-10-30T23:04:09.301+00:002015-10-30T23:04:09.301+00:00Got there...Got there...Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-64319284714251961452015-10-30T20:26:23.799+00:002015-10-30T20:26:23.799+00:00Still two Majories - in the 2nd and last paragraph...Still two Majories - in the 2nd and last paragraphs!Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-42055180702936567712015-10-30T16:33:29.494+00:002015-10-30T16:33:29.494+00:00Thanks Richard. I have now given "Marjorie&qu...Thanks Richard. I have now given "Marjorie" her due, and corrected the spelling of her name throughout (I hope).<br /> <br />Prof Caine also gives Marjorie's year of death as 1964. She died in a nursing home, retaining her sense of humour to the last. Confused and imagining herself to be Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, she complained that if one were Nelson how <i>could</i> one ring the bell to summon the nurse. Her niece asked her aunt how the nurse was supposed to know that she was Nelson. "She might at least have <i>asked</i>", came the reply. (BB p400)Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-84418353503643016072015-10-30T16:04:06.664+00:002015-10-30T16:04:06.664+00:00Interesting also how the lower sections of inter-w...<i>Interesting also how the lower sections of inter-war congresses seemed to be full of ladies of a certain age and social class.</i><br /><br />Outside of academic life, holidays were still limited to little over two weeks even by the 1970s. Only those of relative wealth and leisure would have been able to afford the time and money to take part in a mid-week tournament as one assumes Margate would have been.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26298144436939590222015-10-30T10:05:38.401+00:002015-10-30T10:05:38.401+00:00Fascinating - but any reason why you keep on switc...Fascinating - but any reason why you keep on switching between 'Marjorie' and 'Majorie'? I can find no reason for the latter spelling.<br /><br />Next question: when exactly did she die? You give her dates as 1882-1962, which you might possible have taken from the National Archives. According to thepeerage.com, not a reliable source, she died in 1974. But the only death record I can find for a Marjorie Strachey is from Q1 1964 (this record doesn't give a middle name, but the age, 81, is fine). Most online trees give 16 January 1964, which seems highly likely to be correct.<br /><br />Interesting also how the lower sections of inter-war congresses seemed to be full of ladies of a certain age and social class.Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.com