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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.

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100 Years of Cox
S1E21: Nightshirt or Pyjamas? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads letters from  Bernard, Cuthbert, Arthur and Vera from December 1907.Bernard writes in his letter: “The great question of nightshirt versus pyjamas, which is now nightly before me.”Ber...

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S1E20: The Bells, The Bells (the sleigh bells) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads letters from Edmund, Avice and Enid, written in November 1907. The siblings are planning a special Christmas edition of the Budget, and are all busy writing items for it, including li...

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S1E19: Don't just book it, Thomas Cook it from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads Neville's second letter, from October 1907, describing his travels through Switzerland, as well as Lake Como, Milan, Venice, Rome, Naples and Pompeii in Italy. It rains all the time, ...

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S1E18: A quick tour down the Rhine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads Neville's long letter, written in October 1907, as Neville (sibling No.4) went travelling through Europe, after farewelling his family at Longton Avenue in Sydenham.He travels through...

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S1E17: And One Man Said "DAMN!" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It is October 1907 - Frances reads letters from Bernard, Cuthbert, Arthur and Vera.Avice has joined a mixed hockey team, "and one man said DAMN, just like that". Avice is shocked that a man would u...

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S1E16: Avice's illustrations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads four Budget letters from September 1907 - news from Vera, Edmund, Avice and Enid.Vera is at home with the parents at St Alban's, 13 Longton Avenue, Sydenham in South London, Edmund is...

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S1E15: Bicycling Expeditions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads extracts from Budget letters from 1907-1910, where the siblings describe their many bicycling expeditions.The siblings discuss the 1907 Bicycling Tour and their favourite bits;Edmund ...

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S1E14: Bicycling Tour - Part 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads Neville's letter, written for the Machell Cox family Budget; a second instalment, continuing the description of the Bicycling Tour of 1907.Edmund, Neville, Bernard, Cuthbert, Avice an...

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S1E13: The 1907 Bicycling Tour from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads Neville's letter, all about bicycles, describing a family bicycling tour in 1907.Four brothers and two sisters set off from Studland for an 8 day cycling tour. Edmund, Neville, Bernar...

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S1E12: Dear Budgeteers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads 7 letters from the Machell Cox family Budget, from August 1907. "Dear Budgeteers" was the title Aldwyn used for his letters to his siblings. Cuthbert describes a four day march from B...

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S1E11: Neville's impressions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads 4 letters from the Machell Cox family Budget, from July 1907. Everyone is pleased that Neville is home on leave, and there are many descriptions of what they all did. Avice draws seve...

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S1E10: Dear Vacabed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads 6 letters from the Machell Cox family Budget, starting in June 1907. "Vacabed" is the affectionate name Edmund uses when writing to his family - he is writing to Vera, Arthur, Cuthber...

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S1E9: Zeppelin bombs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads a letter written by Revd. Edmund Machell Cox, (sibling No.2),  written in 1916.Edmund’s church, in Hallam Fields in Derbyshire, was next to the Stanton Ironworks, which was a target f...

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S1E8: London Lunches and Town Teas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads a letter by Rev. Dr Cox, written in 1907. He dictated it to his son Bernard, who scribbled it all down, declaring himself to be exhausted once he had finished. Dr Cox wrote an account...

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S1E7: The 1908 London Olympic marathon race from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads two letters, written by Minnie and her daughter Vera.Minnie Cox, mother of the ten siblings, is now 67 years old; the year is 1907. She writes a letter to her ten children called - Th...

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S1E6: Matilda (1827) and Minnie (1867) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads two letters from the 1800s, written by women from the Machell Cox family.London in 1827 – by Matilda Machell; she was the grandmother of the ten siblings who wrote the Budget; Matilda...

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S1E5: Locusts and the Lake District from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances Thompson reads 9 letters, written from March to May in 1907. 9 letters from 9 siblings.Bernard is in Sydenham; Cuthbert is on holiday in the Lake District; Arthur is on holiday at Terringto...

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S1E23: Votes for Women and Armistice Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads from the Machell Cox Family Budget - a stream of letters collectively written by ten adult siblings from a middle class Edwardian family. The siblings started writing to each other in...

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S1E4: Churchill & Crystal Palace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances Thompson reads 8 letters, starting in January 1907. Cuthbert has been enjoying the theatre in London, watching Gilbert and Sullivan at the Savoy.Vera starts work as a temporary housekeeper ...

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S1E3: Handwriting & the exclamation mark from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances Thompson reads 7 letters, starting in November 1906. Berkhamsted School has chickenpox, influenza and whooping cough, and Garfield House School closes early for Christmas, due to an outbrea...

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S1E2: The Times Book War & hockey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances Thompson reads 8 letters, starting in October 1906.The siblings begin discussing the Times Book War, which was a heated discussion about the price of books between the Times newspaper, the ...

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S1E24: Turkey and plum pudding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Frances reads from the Machell Cox Family Budget - a stream of letters collectively written by ten adult siblings from a middle class Edwardian family. They started writing in 1906 and continued, n...

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S1E1: Porlock&10 Edwardian siblings from 2020-06-12T12:00

Frances Thompson tells the story of ten siblings from the Machell Cox family, through the letters they wrote to each other. This is the first episode which sets out the background of the story w...

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S1E1: Porlock&10 Edwardian siblings from 2020-06-12T12:00

Frances Thompson tells the story of ten siblings from the Machell Cox family, through the letters they wrote to each other. This is the first episode which sets out the background of the story w...

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