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Part Two 11 Marriage and the Scum of the World

Posted on December 12, 2014 by petegrafton

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 →

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Part Two 7: Experimental Theatre

Posted on November 14, 2014 by petegrafton

Part Two 7: Experimental Theatre “I’ve been thinking about what I want to study and have decided that in all respects the theatre is really what I want. What I’m interested in most is the experimental theatre, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History | Tagged Bernard Rice, El Qassasin, Fanara, George Orwell, GHQ MELF, Groppis, Haifa, Hairmyres Hospital, I Chose Freedom, Irgun, Ismailia, John Ropes, Keith Douglas, Lawrence Durrell, Maadi, Middle East Anthology, Ministry of Supply MOS, Moascar, Olivia Manning, Operation Polly, RADA, RAF Fayid, Tel El Kebir, Victor Kravchenko, Zamalek | Leave a comment

Part Two 6: Bouncing Back “Scarier, Scarier, Ra, Ra, Ra”

Posted on November 7, 2014 by petegrafton

Part Two 6: Bouncing Back: “Scarier, Scarier, Ra, Ra, Ra” 17 December, 1947. Hello Chum! It’s exactly eight days since we heard from you – that is until your 241 and 242 got here this morn. (1) Believe me, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History | Tagged APO Army Post Office, BMH British Military Hospital, BTD Base Transit Depot, Cairo Theatre Guild, Clyde Valley Power Company, DADOS, Eastern Exchange Port Said, El Ballah, El Kirsch, Fanara, Moascar Garrison, Port Fouad, Richard Wooley, suezcanalzone.com | Leave a comment

Part Two 2: Quick Ripening of Intense Feelings

Posted on October 10, 2014 by petegrafton

Part Two 2: Quick Ripening of Intense Feelings “In the few spare moments when I have time to think of personal things, my thoughts inevitably wander back in your direction. The quick ripening of our intense feelings for one … Continue reading →

Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History | Tagged 51 Military Prison, Abadan, All the Shahs Men, Anglo Iranian Oil Company, City of Hong Kong, Ellerman City Line, Fanara, Fayid, Fleetwood, Haifa, Kestos, MacBraynes, Morecambe, New Brighton, Port Said, Post War Credit Notes, ROF Dalmuir, ss Dominion Monarch, ss Exodus, ss Franconia, ss President Wharfield, Tucks Post Card, Winston Churchill, Zamalek | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Fanara

Part Two 11 Marriage and the Scum of the World

Part Two 7: Experimental Theatre

Part Two 6: Bouncing Back “Scarier, Scarier, Ra, Ra, Ra”

Part Two 2: Quick Ripening of Intense Feelings

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