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JOLLY NEW RHYMES

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1924

Overview

Rectangular hard cover book with red cloth tape binding. Consists of seventeen sheets with twelve nursery rhymes accompanied by some illustrations.
The front cover is fawn and has an image of large lady in a green dress, white apron and cap holding a rice pudding and a small boy, bent over in front of her. The text is red.
The back cover is similarly coloured, and has a fully clothed elephant, in each corner, having a tug of war with a thin ribbon, surrounding further text, the major part as shown below:- NELSON'S
FAVOURITE
CHILDREN'S ANNUALS
THE JOLLY BOOK
THE CHUMMY BOOK
THE NURSERY BOOK
Which will you select?

Historical information

Given to Ursula by Auntie Rita as a Christmas present in 1924. Lillian Ursula Skeet was born in 1919 to Alfred Tunbridge and Lillian Ursula Skeet. She grew up in Forrestdale on the family farm with her parents and five other siblings. Lilian, or Ursual as she was known as, was musical, playing the piano and worked at the Forrestdale Post Office which was located in the front room of their family home. She attended the Forrestdale State School.
In the 1950s Ursula had two short stories published in the Western Mail. She also married and moved away from the district

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2011.82

Item type

Books

Material

Paper

Width

203 mm

Height or length

260 mm

Depth

9 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Text front cover [JOLLY / NEW / RHYMES / NELSON]

Keywords

New York, United States of America

Edinburgh, Scotland

London

THOMAS Nelson & Sons Ltd

SKEET Lillian Ursula Miss

Year

1924

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items associated with a person or family who have played a significant role in the economic, community or social development of the City of Armadale. This can include holding key political or social positions within the community, being a key contributor or member of a community organisation, a strong contributor to improving the well-being of the local community, a prominent figure in a local business or industry, developer of new industries or activities or someone who grew up in the area and moved away and had a noteworthy career or life.

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Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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