Hunting the Ladies of the Raj: Part I
Welcome to a Nottingham visitor from Fairlynch Museum. The city of Nottingham: a montage. From top left: Robin Hood, Council House, NET Tram, Castle Rock Brewery, Trent Bridge, the Castle Gate House, Wollaton Hall , Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and Nottingham Forest's City Ground Image credit: M.M. Pawell During a meeting at the museum the other day I was interrupted by a request that I should help a visitor, a journalist on the Nottingham Post who needed some information. She’d been directed to Fairlynch as the only place which might provide it. The visitor apologised for disturbing me, especially as the museum was not officially open. But she was unable to call in the afternoon during opening time, and had come all the way from Nottingham to Budleigh Salterton in search of what she described as “the ladies of the Raj.” An Indian professor from Bristol University whom she’d recently met in Sidmouth had recommended Budleigh as the place to find them. Bu...