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100 Years of Cox

I am telling the story of ten siblings from the Machell Cox family, through the letters they wrote to each other. They were born in England between 1868 and 1884; seven of them lived in England and three lived abroad, in the Colonies. One of the siblings was my great grandfather.

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100 Years of Cox

S2E18: Diana Mallory blushed and flushed

June 01, 2021 • Frances • Season 2 • Episode 18

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Frances reads two letters, written by Bernard and Cuthbert.

Bernard writes in great detail about all the headings on the front page of the Daily Chronicle, a halfpenny newspaper which doesn't impress him; it is far too sensational. He also thoroughly reviews The Testing of Diana Mallory, a novel in which every character regularly flushes, blushes and reddens. Bernard is amused and starts to make a list...

Then tragedy strikes, the Budget is lost in the post, and Cuthbert mournfully starts the Budget on its rounds once more. Cuthbert's letter includes a lot of family detail; he describes a snowball fight in the garden where the siblings are observed by a policeman and some streetboys, and they break a pane of glass in Dr Cox's conservatory.

00:00 Intro
08:30 Bernard's letter, 21st November 1908
24:20 Notes on Bernard's letter
36:20 Cuthbert's letter, 25th January 1909
41:27 Notes on Cuthbert's letter

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