![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Janet Adam Smith continued to write and to edit. In 1945 the family moved to London, where Roberts had become Principal of the College of St Mark and St John, in Chelsea. When she went to say goodbye formally to the Director-General, Reith revealed that he had personally overruled the recommendation that stood against her name: "No increase - leaving". ![]() To her surprise she found that her salary had been put up from pounds 550 to pounds 650. She resigned, early in April, a couple of weeks after the annual pay increases were announced. This meant her relinquishing her job as Assistant Editor of The Listener. They married in 1935 and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he taught mathematics at the Royal Grammar School. With a common interest in both poetry and mountaineering Roberts was soon a frequent guest at the parties for young intellectuals Adam Smith often gave. Indeed the BBC's Yearbook for 1930 has a photograph of her high in the Alps with the Matterhorn behind her and a copy of The Listener in her hand. Janet Adam Smith had been properly instructed in mountaineering by her father. Roberts, schoolmaster, poet and keen mountaineer, applied to review books for The Listener. ![]()
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