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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.
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1:57 Neville's letter, 22nd October 1908
13:52 Notes on Neville's letter
21:58 Wilfred's first letter, 22nd September
29:22 Notes
34:03 Wilfred's second letter, 30th October
39:21 Notes
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