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Item
OT111
Object ID
OT111
Type
Rights Holder
CIC
Provenance
F.E. Perkins
Season
Description
Letter: Type written carbon copy on Headed paper of Thomas Cook & Son, Travel Agents. Swansea tour to Paris correspondence, set #4: Dated: 6th April 1899. Printed both sides. From Thomas Cook & Son to F E Perkins, Swansea RFC. Dimensions: w8" x h10 1/4" (20.5cm x 26cm). Envelope incudes a handwritten reply in pencil from F E Perkins from 8th April. (Dimensions: w5 1/4 x h8 1/4 (w13.5cm x h21cm). Also included is a Baggage Insurance Form (blue paper) rubber stamped "Post Office Dept., Chief Office, London". terms & conditions printed on reverse. The form has not been filed in. Dimensions: w9 3/4" x h6 1/4" (25cm x 15.5cm)
Info
This set of correspondence is one of 8 sets (OT108, OT109, OT110, OT111, OT112, OT113, OT114, OT115) relating to the arrangements for the tour of Swansea RFC to Paris in April 1899 near the end of their fixture season in Wales. The tour was notable for being the first one by a Welsh club to continental Europe. Swansea travelled as acknowledged Welsh Champions for the 1898-99 season, a title they were to retain for five of the next six seasons, culminating in an 'Invincible' season in 1904-05. The opponents in Paris in April 1899 were ostensibly the Stade Français club. But due to the renown of the 'All Whites' at this time, a combined France XV was engaged instead, built around the Stade Français club. OT111 deals with the timetable for the trip to Paris and names the Hotel de Dijon as the selected accommodation for the party of 30 or more. A hand written note at the end confirms that the Swansea Hon. secretary F.E. Perkins sent the balance of £154 on 10th April, for a party of 44 persons. A pencil written reply by Mr Perkins asks confirmation of the arrangements for transport from Paddington to London Bridge.
Keywords
1898-1899, 1898-99, Stade Français, paris, tour,
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