Milsom Marjorie G. Mrs.

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Biografie:
Mrs Marjorie G Milsom d.1984
Marjorie Milsom's first Alpine season was in 1930 and her last in 1938; she never climbed after her marriage to Maurice, an unrepentant non-climber. She joined the Ladies' Alpine Club in 1934, served on the committee from 1937-9, had two spells as Editor and was President in 1950. Her presence at meetings and dinners (and she came often) always added to the friendliness and life of the evening. She was diffident in showing holiday slides not connected with climbing, but the few she did show were a delight to see and her commentary a model of brevity and point. Her earlier black and white photographs were very good.
Marjorie climbed in the Alps in 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938, often with G R Speaker and usually in Switzerland.·The Engelhörner made a favourite centre. Her last season in 1938 included the Obergabelhorn S face with a new direct finish, and the Matterhorn Traverse, up the Zmutt ridge and down the Italian. She was for a time a member of the Fell & Rock Club and walked and climbed in the Lakes, Scotland and North Wales.
After Oxford she worked for a time with the WooIfs at the Hogarth Press. Virginia, she found delightful but sometimes disconcerting: she liked to settle down to write in the Packing Room, oblivious to the confusion as people edged round her. Marjorie was Illustrations Editor to The Listener from 1936-45. She had three novels published; one went into a second edition.
I got to know Marjorie and Maurice well through the lucky chance of staying on after a Skye Meet. They also had a day in hand and we spent it together and became friends. We were never again in the hills together but met often. They were delightful hosts and guests. Marjorie had many interests; she was a good pianist and enjoyed painting.
The Ladies' Alpine Club owed far more to Marjorie than her brief record suggests and she kept alive her interest in the Club and afterwards in the Alpine Club until her death. She must have been good company in the mountains and it is sad that there is no one to report on this at first hand.
Margaret Darvall
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 91, 1986, Seite 268


Gestorben am:
1984