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S4E14 S4E14: Duke Humphreys library, Mr Piggins & Mr Higgins
Send a textFrances describes her recent visit to the Bodleian library to read Budget letters.Frances also visited Great Comp to give a presentation on Vera, and describes the house and garden, for…
S4E13 S4E13: 1945 - War and Atomic bombs
Send a textFrances reads more letters from 1945, in which the siblings describe VE Day, VJ Day, the atomic bombs and the July 1945 General election.The siblings are horrified at the devastation in…
S4E12 S4E12 - 1945: VE Day and VJ Day
Send a textFrances is reading letters from 1945, as the Machell Cox siblings experience the end of WW2 and VE Day in May and VJ Day in August.In this year of 2025, as we acknowledge the 80th…
S4E11 S4E11: Aldwyn and his coffin sofa bunk
Send a textThis continues Aldwyn's story from the previous episode - listen to S4E10 first.In 1912 Aldwyn took 3 months to travel from Likoma island, Lake Malawi, to Folkestone on a German East…
S4E10 S4E10: Murder in Malawi in 1911
Send a textThis is Aldwyn's story, in Africa, in 1911 in Nyasaland (now Malawi) - continued in the next episode.He is Anglican clergy, responsible for a large Mission station, at Kota Kota, on the…
S4E9 S4E9: Endhall & Wibbly Wob - 1912
Send a textFrances reads letters from 1912 from the Machell Cox siblings about visiting Enid and Cyril's house, Endhall in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton.Family letters also discuss Wibbly-Wob, Women's…
S4E8 S4E8: Endhall in Wolverhampton, Suffragettes & Vera's knee
Send a textFrances reads letters from 1911 and 1912 from Enid about their new house, Endhall in Tettenhall Woods, Wolverhampton. The family all give their opinions and Frances finds where the house…
S4E7 S4E7: Planes and Motor Cars
Send a textFrances reads letters written by the Machell Cox siblings where they discuss the first planes to fly in England as well as motor cars. The letters in this podcast are from 1907 up till…
S4E6 S4E6: International hockey at Richmond & the Brooklyn Nursing Home
Send a textFrances reads some letters written in April 1910 by the Machell Cox siblings.Edmund is yet again a delinquent, he is late writing his letter and thinks he should resign from the…
S4E5 S4E5: Katayeni - Throw him away
Send a textFrances reads two letters, written by Aldwyn in Nyasaland in Feb and April of 1910.Aldwyn drew a sketch map of the mission station at Kota Kota (now Nkhotakota), showing the church, school…
S4E4 S4E4: Build a school? Need a rifle!
Send a textFrances reads two letters, written by Aldwyn in Nyasaland in January 1910.A village school is being built, with mud walls and a thatched roof, but it is only completed when Aldwyn uses his…
S4E3 S4E3: Arguing convincingly about arguing
Send a textFrances reads five letters, written by Bernard, Cuthbert, Arthur, Wilfred and Vera in February and March 1910.There is a great deal of polite arguing about whether the siblings should…
S4E2 S4E2: Vera's account of Edward VII's funeral procession - May 1910
Send a textThis episode is all about the funeral procession of Edward VII in May 1910, as winessed by the Machell Cox siblings, through handwritten family letters, read by Frances.Vera again…
S4E1 S4E1: What to choose next
Send a textFrances has been in the northern hemisphere for a few months, visiting family and undertaking a great deal of Machell Cox research.Coming up in the podcast will be more stories from 1910,…
S3E17 S3E17: Vera - The Joys of Hockey
Send a textThis episode is all about hockey. Frances reads poems written about Vera and hockey in 1908, as well as letters written by Vera, describing hockey tournaments at Weston-Super-Mare in 1911…
S3E16 S3E16: What another letter? Yes!
Send a textFrances reads a second letter, written by Matilda Machell a week later, on Thursday 27th April, 1826, from 22 Gloucester Place in London. Ten letters of Matilda's have survived, all were…
S3E15 S3E15: Matilda, the Belle of East Riding
Send a textFrances reads a letter written by Matilda Machell on Tuesday 18th April, 1826 from 22 Gloucester Place in London. Ten letters of Matilda's have survived, all were written to her favourite…
S3E14 S3E14: 1910 politics and a General Election
Send a textFrances reads four letters, written by Neville, Edmund, Avice and Enid in January and February of 1910.Neville has had a fabulous holiday in England, and writes his last budget letter…
S3E13 S3E13: The Right Dishonourable Double-Face Asquith
Send a textFrances reads three letters, written by Cuthbert, Arthur and Vera in January 1910.Arthur has been setting booby traps around the house.Vera has thoughtfully provided three county hockey…
S3E12 S3E12: Meals I Have Eaten by One Who Has Suffered
Send a textFrances gives an update on where the siblings are in 1921, details confirmed by the 1921 Census. Seven siblings have been located on the census, an eighth, Aldwyn, is in London but has not…
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