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Tag Archives: Gibraltar
21.5.41
All eyes on Crete. Everyone saying the same thing – that this will demonstrate one way or the other the possibility of invading England. This might be so if we were told the one relevant fact, i.e., how many men … Continue reading
22.4.41
Have been 2 or 3 days at Wallington. Saturday night’s blitz could easily be heard there – 45 miles distant. Sowed while at Wallington 40 or 50 lb. of potatoes, which might give 200 or 600 lbs. according to the … Continue reading
7.2.41
There is now more and more division of opinion – the question is implicit from the start but people have only recently become aware of it – as to whether we are fighting the Nazis or the German people. This … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged Africa, British government, Conservatives, France, Franco, Germans, Germany, Gibraltar, Laval, Nazis, Petain, Spain, Vansittart, war aims
5 Comments
22.6.40
No real news yet of the German terms to France. They are said to be “so complicated” as to need long discussion. I suppose one may assume that what is really happening is that the Germans on the one side … Continue reading
Posted in Political, War-time
Tagged communists, Egypt, England, France, French Morocco, Germany, Gibraltar, Hitler, invasion, North Africa, Petain, Spain, Spanish Morocco, terms
10 Comments
GIBRALTAR 7.9.38
English newspapers reach Gibraltar by P & O four days late. Local English daily Gibraltar Chronicle & Official Gazette, 8 pages of which about 21/2 pages advertisements, ld. Current number 31, 251. More or less pro-Fascist. Local Spanish papers El … Continue reading
Posted in Political
Tagged Czecho-Slovakia, fascist, Franco, Gibraltar, Hitler, newspapers, Phalangist, refugees, Republican, standard of living
39 Comments
September 4, 1938
Today crossing mouth of Bay of Biscay. Sea a little rougher, ship rolling somewhat. Not sick (seasickness remedy “Vasano” evidently efficacious.) Passing C. Finisterre about 5pm but invisible owing to mist. Run of the ship (12-12) 403 miles. Gibraltar is … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged Bay of Biscay, Cape Finisterre, ferry, Gibraltar, gulls, Marseilles, porpoise, porpoises, seasickness, Tangier
23 Comments