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Document Reference	La Ac 1/1/95
Title	Postcard from D.H. Lawrence, Amalfi, [Italy] to Mrs L.A. Clarke, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, Derbyshire; 27 Jan. [1920]
Date	27 January 1920
Extent	1 item
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs her that they have come on a trip to the mainland because the postal and railway strike makes work impossible; provides description of the former monastery where they are staying [see picture on reverse of postcard], and also of the coast they passed on the journey; signed 'Love DHL'. In a postscript written upside down at top of main body of text, he complains again about the postal strike, and mentions that they return to Capri in 2 days time. Verso of the postcard has a black and white image captioned 'Amalfi - Hôtel dei Cappuccini - Il Chiostro del 1200'. Postmarked: Amalfi, Salerno, 28.1.20[?].
Term	industrial unrest, strikes
Term	travel, D.H. Lawrence
Physical Description	Written in dark ink on the recto of a postcard; text is written with postcard placed vertically, address written horizontally; dimensions are 140 x 90 mm.
Publication Note	James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson (eds) 'The Letters of D.H. Lawrence' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) vol III, p 464.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA42	Lawrence; D.H. (1885-1930); David Herbert; writer	1885-1930
NA368	Clarke; Ada (1887-1948); Mrs; married W.E. Clarke 1913; sister of D.H. Lawrence	1887-1948

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