To: Mr & Mrs J. Hall, Box 49 Eikenhof (TVL) Johannesburg Afrique du Sud. 28.3.76 Dear John and Nola, Today a week ago we were still in New Delhi with Eve and Tony and the boys and the whole thing looks like a dream. We arrived on the 28.2 in New Delhi and were happy to see the whole family fit and in good health. The boys have grown very much, Phil is just about the size of Tony and the twins are above average. We stayed untill the 22nd March, as our visa ran out and we did not want to go through all the ceremony of asking for an extension. It also got hotter and I don't know how I would have supported the heat. The extra week would also have passed, so we decided not to go to all the trouble with the authorities and leave on the 22nd. I cannot tell you how happy we have been to see such a lovely family, so happy and united. It is rare to experience sucha thing and we have both all the reasons to be proud of them (when I say goth I mean you and us ). There is su
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Part of your novel, I hope, Phil! My heart was pounding by the end. I was also our student rep at PCL, I now remember, but not very radical, I think I just insisted that they increased our materials budget for photography stuff - and probably unsuccessfully!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cesca. Don't we have more and more in common? Were we reps at the same time? Good on us. Did you occupy Regent's Street too. Do you remember the silly union president with his dog?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it was at the same time...I didn't go there until 1990, by which time you were probably living in Mexico or somewhere. Don't remember pres or dog (and believe me, I would definitely remember the dog :-D Nico sends licks and a waggy tail x
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