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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 4: Cholera and Riots
Part Two 4: Cholera and Riots “Listen, honey lamb, there’s something we want you to do for us and that is, please, while this Cholera epidemic is rife send us a wee note everyday, it needn’t be long or … Continue reading
Posted in Cairo 1940s, Feminism, Gender Studies, Letters, Social and Political History, Suez Canal Zone, Womens History
Tagged A.P.Herbert, British Coaling Co, Cairo Drama Guild, Carbisdale Castle, Cholera epidemic Egypt 1947, Daily Worker, El Ballah, El Koreen, food shortage Britain 1947, housing shortage Britain 1947, India Tyre and Rubber Co, Infantile paralysis, Ismailia, Ismailiyah, Nancy Riach, Port Said, SIB Special Investigations Branch, ss Patrician, Tel el Kabir, Theodore Salvesen, Tramore, UNRRA
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Part Two 2: Quick Ripening of Intense Feelings
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
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