Show notes
If you are new subscriber, you might want to scroll back to S1E1, which explains what the Machell Cox Family Budget is. Today Frances reads three letters written by Neville and Wilfred in 1908; they talk about the Nickel Plate Gold Mine in British Columbia and the Premier Diamond Mine in Pretoria.Neville is playing tennis with friends on the lawn at Hatherley in Pretoria, and he also writes about a bike ride where both their motor car and one of the bicycles fall apart.Wilfred walks from O'Kanagan Falls to Hope in British Columbia, over the mountains, where he meets a bear. Wilfred says it was about 140 miles (225 km). He was tough, walking for days through the mountains, without even a torch; just a pack full of grub and a blanket to stop him freezing at night.Did you know that in the early 1900s there were two Winston Churchills? One was a best selling American author, and Winston S. Churchill was the British up-and-coming politican who would eventually become Prime Minister. It gets confusing when the siblings talk about two men named Winston Churchill.Did you you enjoy this podcast? You can email Frances - [email protected] you wish, you can also buy Frances a coffee - ko-fi.com/francesthompson100 Years of Cox is on Twitter - @CoxLetters, pics of British Columbia will go up this week.All content is subject to copyright, and belongs to both Frances Thompson and the Bodleian Library.Intro: 00:00Neville's letter, 22nd October 1908: 1:57Notes on Neville's letter: 13:52Wilfred's first letter, 22nd September: 21:58Notes: 29:22Wilfred's second letter, 30th October: 34:03Notes: 39:21