Letters from Singapore

Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, Far East, Biography & Memoir, Historical, Family & Relationships
Cover of the book Letters from Singapore by Albert Edward Thornley-Jones, Paul Sanford, Paul Sanford
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Author: Albert Edward Thornley-Jones, Paul Sanford ISBN: 1230000248953
Publisher: Paul Sanford Publication: June 21, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Albert Edward Thornley-Jones, Paul Sanford
ISBN: 1230000248953
Publisher: Paul Sanford
Publication: June 21, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

These letters were written by my grandfather Albert Edward Thornley-Jones. He was born in Cheshire in 1890 and at the age of 19 joined Alfred Holt & Co in Liverpool who ran the Blue Funnel Shipping Line.

He went out to Singapore in March 1913 and started working for Mansfield & Co, agents for Blue Funnel. During this time, he was also a musician and the organist at Singapore Cathedral.

In July 1919, he came home to Lancashire for six months leave. It was not until almost Christmas that he met Dorothy Grundy, a 21 year old from Rainford at a dance.

In the next few days, he meets Dorothy just six times and she makes an impression on him that lasts a lifetime.

On the last day of 1919 he has to return to Singapore. From a time before airmail, when a letter took four weeks to get from the Far East to Home by steamer, his letters to her, discovered recently, tell the story of their love.

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These letters were written by my grandfather Albert Edward Thornley-Jones. He was born in Cheshire in 1890 and at the age of 19 joined Alfred Holt & Co in Liverpool who ran the Blue Funnel Shipping Line.

He went out to Singapore in March 1913 and started working for Mansfield & Co, agents for Blue Funnel. During this time, he was also a musician and the organist at Singapore Cathedral.

In July 1919, he came home to Lancashire for six months leave. It was not until almost Christmas that he met Dorothy Grundy, a 21 year old from Rainford at a dance.

In the next few days, he meets Dorothy just six times and she makes an impression on him that lasts a lifetime.

On the last day of 1919 he has to return to Singapore. From a time before airmail, when a letter took four weeks to get from the Far East to Home by steamer, his letters to her, discovered recently, tell the story of their love.

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