100 Years of Cox
100 Years of Cox
Frances
S1E2: The Times Book War & hockey
46 minutes Posted Jun 12, 2020 at 9:00 pm.
Bernard's letter, 15 October 1906 1:12Cuthbert's letter, 12 October - 7:37Arthur's letter, 23 October - 14:18Dorothy's letter, 25 October - 23:06Vera's letter, 2 November - 25:00Edmund's letter, 9 November - 28:30Avice's letter, 18 November - 35:15Enid's letter, 23 November - 40:22
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Frances Thompson reads 8 letters, starting in October 1906.The siblings begin discussing the Times Book War, which was a heated discussion about the price of books between the Times newspaper, the publishers and the authors. Arthur is having a bath installed at Garfield House School – a real bath with plumbing. Vera is playing hockey for Kent (and it won’t be long before she gets a place in the England team as well).Father is writing anonymous letters to the Times; and Edmund is working out anagrams and has decided on - Vacabed, the inital letters of the contributors.You can contact Frances by email – [email protected], or viaTwitter @CoxLettersIntro - 00:00Bernard's letter, 15 October 1906 - 1:12Cuthbert's letter, 12 October - 7:37Arthur's letter, 23 October - 14:18Dorothy's letter, 25 October - 23:06Vera's letter, 2 November - 25:00Edmund's letter, 9 November - 28:30Avice's letter, 18 November - 35:15Enid's letter, 23 November - 40:22