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Animals – 7: Horses and donkeys

Animals – 7: Horses and donkeys

February 24, 2025
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s love of animals shines through many of her letters. This post is one of a series looking at the animals…

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Christmas visitors

Christmas visitors

January 16, 2025
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. During their eight years working at the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Myrtle Broome and Amice Calverley welcomed many Egyptian, European,…

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Animals – 6: Chickens

Animals – 6: Chickens

November 14, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is one of a series about the animals Myrtle Broome encountered during her eight seasons in Abydos (1929–1937). This instalment…

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Animals – 1: Camp dogs – 1

Animals – 1: Camp dogs – 1

June 25, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s interest in animals, and love of dogs in particular, is clear in many of her letters. This post is one…

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Water – 2

Water – 2

November 15, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the second of four relating to water. The first in the series focused on personal washing arrangements. This second…

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Flying – 2

Flying – 2

September 13, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. During the 1930s air travel moved from being the preserve of pioneering aviators and the rich to scheduled air services within reach…

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Police – 2: The frontier police and senior police officers

Police – 2: The frontier police and senior police officers

October 18, 2022
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at Myrtle Broome’s dealings with the frontier police and with the higher ranks of the police force. Each season…

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Police – 1: The local police officer

Police – 1: The local police officer

October 4, 2022
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post looks at Myrtle Broome’s dealings with the local police in Arabah el-Madfunah. Myrtle Broome and Amice Calverley had frequent contact…

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Nannie

Nannie

June 14, 2022
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. In this post, learn more about “Nannie” — “a dear old soul [who] looks after us splendidly”. It was in Cairo in…

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Clearing customs at Port Said and Alexandria

Clearing customs at Port Said and Alexandria

April 5, 2022
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Next time you negotiate the Customs channels at an airport or dock, spare a thought for Myrtle Broome and Amice Calverley dealing…

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