Re. Peter swimming - he's been at Dartmouth for some time, where there's presumably plenty of scope for swimming and diving. Nicola and Lawrie have been in London, where swimming pools are open to all and delicate children are not allowed (by their parents) to attend. Kingscote pool, on the other hand, is populated by upper-class children who are deemed clean enough to share a pool with.
As for Geoff's parents - he was born in 190x, so his parents died sometime before 1920. The implication is they died together ("his parents were killed"), but dying simultaneously in the war seems unlikely - the Zeppelins didn't kill many - I would go with either a car crash or a flying accident. Maybe Daddy had his own plane and took Mummy for a spin which spun too far.
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Date: 2014-07-26 03:00 am (UTC)As for Geoff's parents - he was born in 190x, so his parents died sometime before 1920. The implication is they died together ("his parents were killed"), but dying simultaneously in the war seems unlikely - the Zeppelins didn't kill many - I would go with either a car crash or a flying accident. Maybe Daddy had his own plane and took Mummy for a spin which spun too far.