Letters from Singapore
Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, Far East, Biography & Memoir, Historical, Family & Relationships
| 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.
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.
