When the Sun Never Set: A Family's Life in the British Empire
In 1901, Charles Griffin joined the Colonial Service as one of its first recruits and embarked on a journey to Africa with his young wife Aileen. They had begun a lifetime of travels, which would be shared and extended by their children, Alice and John, and their grandchildren. When the Sun Never Set explores three generations in a remarkable family's history. Alice Boase and Mary Hannah give a lively account of the Griffins' journeys across the globe from Gibraltar to Uganda and Palestine...
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In 1901, Charles Griffin joined the Colonial Service as one of its first recruits and embarked on a journey to Africa with his young wife Aileen. They had begun a lifetime of travels, which would be shared and extended by their children, Alice and John, and their grandchildren. When the Sun Never Set explores three generations in a remarkable family's history. Alice Boase and Mary Hannah give a lively account of the Griffins' journeys across the globe from Gibraltar to Uganda and Palestine to the West Indies. They capture the atmosphere of the colonial territories they passed through and give valuable insights into the lives of the families who served there.
List of illustrationsixAcronyms and abbreviationsxiGlossaryxiiBritish colonies lived in by three generations of the Griffin familyxivEditor's introductionxvForewordxviiiFamily treexx1Charles and Aileen Griffin1British Central Africa/Nyasaland: 1901-144Nyasaland: a wider view16On the Rock: 1914-1926The Leeward Islands: 1919-2132At home: 1921-2641Uganda: a flapper's view: 1927-29432Arthur and Alice Boase: Uganda 1929-5671Young family in Uganda: 1930-3971An African childhood104Channel Island interlude: 1939-40111War years in Uganda: 1940-45115Postwar Uganda: 1945-56123Uganda in the 1950s: 1950-54130Postscript1413John Bowes and Eva Griffin145Uganda: 1927-36147The Bahamas: 1936-39160Palestine: 1940-46163Hong Kong: 1947-51178Uganda: 1952-56192England: 1956-57196Northern Rhodesia: 1957196Uganda: 1958-62198Northern Rhodesia/Zambia: 1962-65200Malta: 1965-922004Mary and John Hannah: the third generation203Northern Rhodesia/Zambia: 1958-69203Turks and Caicos Islands: 1971-73217References218Index219
