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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…