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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 →

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 | Leave a comment

Part Two 5: Betrayed

Posted on October 31, 2014 by petegrafton

Part Two 5: Betrayed. “For over 7 months I’ve thought I’ve been in love with & engaged to Ernst. All my plans – with a brake on – were made in relation to him. Now I find in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History | Tagged APO Army Post Office, Bishop Allen Cairo, BMEO British Middle East Office, Claridges Cairo, Cork Ireland, El Kirsch, Fayid, General Allfrey, John Gielgud, Maadi Cairo, Moascar Garrison, Mouski Cairo, Partick, Ronald Cambell Ambassador Egypt 1947, Scotstoun, Societe Phillipe Cairo, Splendide Port Said, ss Caronia, wedding Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip | 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: Fayid

Part Two 11 Marriage and the Scum of the World

Part Two 5: Betrayed

Part Two 2: Quick Ripening of Intense Feelings

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