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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
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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 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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Part Two 7: Experimental Theatre
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
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