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Animals – 3: Cats

Animals – 3: Cats

August 12, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is one of a series looking at the animals that Myrtle Broome encountered during her eight seasons working in Egypt…

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Shoes and clothes – 5

Shoes and clothes – 5

May 21, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the last in a series looking at clothing. This one focuses on Myrtle’s sewing, initially mostly for mending, but…

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Shoes and clothes – 4

Shoes and clothes – 4

April 23, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the fourth in a series looking at clothing. This instalment focuses on the clothes worn by Myrtle Broome and…

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Shoes and clothes – 1

Shoes and clothes – 1

February 6, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the first of a series looking at clothing, and focuses on the day-to-day clothes worn by Myrtle Broome and…

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Music – 1 (1929–1933)

Music – 1 (1929–1933)

July 11, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post in the first of two looking at Myrtle Broome’s enjoyment of music, particularly musical entertainment provided by Egyptian musicians 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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Enjoying Marseille with Amice and Hugh Calverley, 4 October 1929

Enjoying Marseille with Amice and Hugh Calverley, 4 October 1929

March 22, 2022
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. The last post described Myrtle’s voyage from the UK to Marseilles, via Gibraltar, in 1929. There she was joined by two more…

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