33 min
S4E4: Build a school? Need a rifle! 100 Years of Cox
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- History
Frances reads two letters, written by Aldwyn in Nyasaland in January 1910.A village school is being built, with mud walls and a thatched roof, but it is only completed when Aldwyn uses his rifle to shoot game, so the villagers will get some dinner as payment.The 'CJ' steamer does not arrive, so Aldwyn does a lot of walking between villages, in the mud.300 come to church on Christmas morning, bringing offerings of live chickens, firewood, flour, bananas, eggs, rice and even a square of soap.&n...
Frances reads two letters, written by Aldwyn in Nyasaland in January 1910.A village school is being built, with mud walls and a thatched roof, but it is only completed when Aldwyn uses his rifle to shoot game, so the villagers will get some dinner as payment.The 'CJ' steamer does not arrive, so Aldwyn does a lot of walking between villages, in the mud.300 come to church on Christmas morning, bringing offerings of live chickens, firewood, flour, bananas, eggs, rice and even a square of soap.&n...
33 min