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.
100 Years of Cox
S4E11: Aldwyn and his coffin sofa bunk
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Frances
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Season 4
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Episode 11
This continues Aldwyn's story from the previous episode - listen to S4E10 first.
In 1912 Aldwyn took 3 months to travel from Likoma island, Lake Malawi, to Folkestone on a German East Africa steamship, describing plenty of details on board ship. Anyone for a coffin sofa bunk?
After being delayed at Zanzibar Aldwyn writes " I hope this time I am fairly under weigh."
July 1912 - he is finally back in Sydenham, ready to remove antimacassars from armchairs (his pet abomination) and the family are delighted to have him home.
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