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Part Three 4 Imagine me a School-Maam
Part Three Chapter Four Imagine Me a School-Maam “I always feel so sorry for kids and adults with disinterested and indifferent parents” _____ Mum has been down in Salisbury for a fortnight, and has just returned by train to … Continue reading
Posted in Britain Austerity 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Porton Chemical and Biolgical Warfare Centre, Social and Political History, Womens History
Tagged Admin Block Porton, Alderman Road Knightswood, Bournemouth, Cadena Salisbury, Captain Frankie Bookmaker, CDEE, Coco Chanel, Dornoch, Elsa Schiaparelli, Emergency Teachers Training Scheme, Hengistbury Head, I Know Where I'm Going, ICI, Ideal Boiler, Kings College Newcastle, Leauge of Health and Beauty, Marlborough, Mary Bagot Stack, Peely-wally, Peter Scott, Porters Avenue Dagenham, Salisbury Market Square, Scottish Industrial Exhibition 1949, Tattie howling, The Good Intent Chelsea, Thirkleby, Thirsk, Typhoo Tea, WEA Salisbury, Winterbourne Gunner, Woman's Hour, York Races 1949
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Part Three 3: Good-bye Noel, Hello Teaching
Part Three Chapter 3 Good-bye Noel, Hello Teaching. Len began writing the following letter on Thursday at work, but she sent it on the Saturday from Leicester Square, London. 9 June, 1949. The Office, Thinking Thursday Hail, Hello … Continue reading
Posted in Britain Austerity 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Porton Chemical and Biolgical Warfare Centre, Social and Political History, Womens History
Tagged 1944 Education Act, Auberge des Pyramides Cairo, B.P, British Restaurant, Buchenwald, Cardiff University, Charing Cross Road, CIA, Civil Service, David Tomlinson, Dear Octopus, Dr.Mossadegh, Emergency Training Scheme, ETS, George Orwell, Gezira Sporting Club, Glasgow Central, Gohrde Germany, Hamburg Altona, Haunch of Venison Salisbury, Holland Road London, Idmiston Halt station, India Rubber Company, Ladislas Biro, Lend a Hand on the Land, Luneburg Heath, Maria hairstyle, MI6, Ministry of Supply, Mr Teasy-Weasey, National Council of Women in Great Britain, Operation Ajax, Sachsenhausen, Scottish Schollmasters Association, Scottish Sunday Mail, Shell, Skandavian Express, South Bank Exhibition, State Express, WEA Summer School 1949, Whitehall Theatre, Worm's Eye View
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Part Three 2: Mean Mum and Mean Noel
Part Three Chapter Two Mean Mum and Mean Noel Whit Monday “I think it was mean of Noel and you to desert me” 2 May, 1949. P.A. to C.S. (P), C.D.E.E, Porton, nr Salisbury, Wilts. Monday Dearest Chookie-Burrdies, Thank … Continue reading
Posted in Britain Austerity 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Porton Chemical and Biolgical Warfare Centre, Social and Political History, Womens History
Tagged 1949 Cup Tie, Allied Military Governors Germany, Birth of a Baby, British Museum, Burma Boys, CDEE Porton, Civil Service Stores, Clydebank, Crown Agents for the Colonies, CSCA, Ely cathedral, Festival of Britain, Forces Broadcasting Cairo, German Parliamentary Council, Glasgow Evening Citizen, Glencoe, Harold Wilson, Kodak 118 film, Leicester City, London Chest Hospital, M.G. Coupe, Macassar oil, Ministry of Supply, Overseas House, Oxford Book of English Verse, Oykell, Personality Unlimited, Picture Post, Plaza Eglington Toll, Pranella, Rhodesia, Scotstoun, Scottish Daily Record, Shorthand Typist, Stafford Cripps, Stonehenge, Tel El Kebir, The Gorbals Story, Unity Theatre, Vogues Book of Smart Dressmaking, WEA, Wikipedia, Winterbourne Gunner, Wolves, Yoker
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Part Three 1: Sht.Hand Typist, Porton. Transferred from Overseas Duty.
Part Three One: Sht.Hand Typist, Porton. Transferred from Overseas Duty. “It’s funny, but I feel at home in Scotland and definitely a stranger here among foreigners…” Len arrived home in the U.K. at some point in … Continue reading
Posted in Britain Austerity 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Porton Chemical and Biolgical Warfare Centre, Social and Political History, Womens History
Tagged A.E.Childs, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Boscombe Down, British Restaurants, Cadena Salisbury, Chapman Pincher, Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Clothes rationing, Coach and Horses Salisbury, Debenhams Salisbury, Derek Twigg, Dr D.W.Henderson, Great Ormond Street youth hostel, Harold Wilson, Imber, Larkhill, Ministry of Supply, Par Hinton, Porton, RAF Aldermaston, Salisbury, Salisbury Times, Silver Star buses, Style and Gerrish Salisbury, Tidworth, Utility Clothing, Warminster, WEA, WEA 1949 National Summer Schools, Wilts and Dorset Buses, Winterbourne Gunner
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Part Two 11 Marriage and the Scum of the World
Part Two 11 Marriage and the Scum of the World “Never in Egypt… The very way in which the scum of the world gather here is depressing…” Len to her parents, letter of 12 December, 1948. 2 December, 1948. Thursday. … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History
Tagged 156 Transit Camp Egypt, Alexandria, Bay of Biscay, Bernardelli, Blairgowrie, BOAC Augusta, BOAC Egypt, BOAC Solent, British Stores Disposal Mission Egypt, Canal Zone, Contro Commission for Germany CCG, Cyprus, Elizabeth Arden, Fanara, Fayid, FSA Foreigh Service Allowance, G.R.Strauss, Gamal Nasser, Gerald Shaw, Gezira Sporting Club, Grindlays Bank, Groppis, Haig whisky, Jitterbug, King Farouk, King George 6th, Maadi, Port Fouad, Port Fuad, Port Said, RAF Fayid, Silvikrin shampoo, Sir Iain Colquoun, ss Orbita, Swedish Legation Cairo, Tel El Kebir, Togliatti, Zamalek
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Part Two 9 Hectically Excited
Part Two 9 Hectically Excited ” To-day I’ve had letters from the Guildhall and Central School and my latest idea is to make it home for leave, and not return if I find I pass their auditions and also that they … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History
Tagged 1948 Arab - Israeli War, Abbas Halim, Adelphi London, Anglo American Hospital Cairo, Board of Trade, Btirish Chamber of Commerce of Egypt, Cairo Theatre Guild, Central School of Drama, Claridges Cairo, Gezira Preparatory School, Guildhall School of Music and Dramae, Harold Wilson, Maadi, Marie Corelli, Mena, Ministry of Supply, Osbert Lancaster, Quassassin, RAF Kabrit, Red Sea, Swiss Legation Cairo, TEK, Tienstin Scandal, Zamalek
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Part Two 8: Marriage – No second hand or damaged material
Part Two Chapter 8: Marriage – No second hand or damaged material. “Remember always, honey, your value (I hate to put it this way but facts are facts) in the marriage market is a very, very high one…. therefore no second … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History
Tagged Achininver youth hostel, BMEO, Burg el Arab, Cairo Kursaal, CARE Parcels, Edvard Benes, El Qassasin, Jan Masaryk, John Clark, John Wheeler-Bennet, Jordanhill Teachers Training College, Just William, Le Petit Coin de France Cairo, Malcolm Campbells, Osbert Lanacaster, RAF Kabrit, Robert Bruce Lockhart, SMT Scottish Motor Traction, Tel El Kebir, The New Look, Unity Theatre
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Len: Our Ownest Darling Girl 