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 January 2025
Named after the Greek God Janus (the God of Beginnings and Transitions) ~ It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer). It remains to be seen, in recent years there has been very little snow during this month in the UK so are we seeing a transition brought about by Global Warming?
Bob Carr ~ RIP
It is sad to report that Bob passed away on the 5th December 2024, he was 87. He joined the Nyasaland Police in June 1958 and served variously throughout the country including Zomba, Blantyre and Nkata Bay. Leaving in 1964 he returned to rejoin the Kent Police where he had previously been a cadet. He was a firm supporter of the Association and attended many of our reunions. ~ Click here to read his article in Vol 6 of 'Life and Work in Nyasaland' by Colin Baker.
His funeral will be on Friday January 3rd at 14:30 at Charing Chapel Newcourt Wood, Charing, Ashford Kent TN27 0EB. It will be available to view via: https://watch.obitus.com ~ Username noze1134 ~ Password 139446.
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This month, from Volume 7 of Colin Baker's books we have a short piece by Christopher Bean. It was very much the common practice for the Nyasa folk to nickname individuals, certainly a good way to remember people and something many of us might also like to try! So, here we have Christopher remembering his own known nicknames!
Click here to read it
Matey's Memoirs - In chapters three, four and five, of his latest proposed book Robin Martin writes of the time he spent in the Nyasaland Police. Courtesy of his daughter, Anne Blackman, these chapters have been made
available to us and Part 3 of Chapter 5 can now be viewed on the Items of Interest page.
Barry Thorne - From his book, "A Varied Life", Barry has generously volunteered to share those chapters relating to Nyasaland via this website over the next month or so. This month, now available on the Items of Interest page, he tells of his arrival in Nyasaland and his time in Zomba.
 "Chit-Chat Re-visited (2019) ~ Action on the Lake
Vanessa Farmery reminds us with this linked video that the first naval action of the First World War took place on Lake Nyasa. Left is the German steamship 'Hermann von Wissmann' which, in the 1890s, was engaged on the lake as an anti-slavery gunboat. Also on the lake was the British vessel 'SS Guendolen', launched in 1899, which plied the lake carrying goods and passengers on a 15-day round trip visiting the various ports. On 13th August 1914, some two weeks after the outbreak of war, the Guendolen commanded by Captain Edmund Rhoades, found the Wissmann on a slipway at Liuli (Tanzania now but then German East Africa) and attacked it. This took Captain Berndt of the Wissmann totally by surprise having been unaware that war had been declared. As normally friends and drinking partners it is said that Bernt jumped into a boat and approached the Gwendolen accusing Rhoades of being drunk - only to be taken prisoner! The action disabled the Wissmann briefly but in 1915 it was completely put out of action. Click here to view this interesting video
Origin: Vanessa Farmery - February 2019
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NEWSLETTER No 1 of 2022
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