Show notes
Frances reads Aldwyn's second long letter, describing the rest of his journey back to England. He starts the letter 3 days after the port of Mombasa, in Kenya and is now travelling on the SS Gertrud Woermann. Aldwyn describes Zanzibar and Mombasa, then Aden, the Red Sea and the heat, travelling through the Suez Canal, then Port Said and backsheesh; then the Mediterranean, Naples and then Marseilles, where he gets off the ship, leaving his luggage on board (deliberately, not accidentally).Then Aldwyn describes the train to Paris and then to Boulogne, the Channel crossing to Folkestone, and the three excited siblings who have come to meet him. He gets back to Sydenham in south London on 5th October 1908.If you enjoyed this podcast or have any questions, you can email Frances - [email protected] Years of Cox is also on Twitter - @CoxLettersAll content is subject to copyright, and belongs to both Frances Thompson and the Bodleian Library.Intro: 00:00September 18th 1908: 2:32September 22nd - 7:28September 28th - 9:51October 2nd - 13:38October 5th - 16:43October 20th - 21:15Notes on Aldwyn's letter - 28:03Notes part 2 - 34:06