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 November 2025
This month sees the start of the rainy season in Malawi although not normally the wettest of periods there ~ but how well we remember how the rains could soon turn the roads there into a veritable mud bath. I suppose Guy Fawkes, treason and plot with bonfire night is the major event this month in the UK, but here, of course, government discontent continues for no matter which party is in power it is not everyone who is happy with it or its policies!
 Granny's Book ~ Continues with Part 8
Mainly for family consumption our Senior Member, Mary Brill, found the time to put together the story of her years in Nyasaland with husband Reg, initially in the Agriculture Department followed by transfer to the Nyasaland Police.
Part 7 of her article can now be viewed on the Items of Interest page.
 Nyasaland, A bit of Background History
How many of us, during our time in Nyasaland, took more than a passing interest in the historical origins of the country? Well Vanessa did and she has put together a quite comprehensive article about those early days. We are honoured to share her hard work and it appears here on the "Items of Interest" page. To enjoy and, belated perhaps, learn a great deal click here for part 9. |
 Nyasaland Cookery Book and Household Guide
By The Nyasaland Council of Women
This book has endeavoured to collect recipes and household hints for the benefit of those who come from temperate countries to live in Africa. Click here for the latest from this 1947 publication now available on the Items of Interest page.
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 Barry Thorne - From his book, "A Varied Life", Barry generously volunteered to share those chapters relating to Nyasaland via this website. Now available on the Items of Interest page is the final chapter of his time in Malawi. His book indeed reflects his varied life, initially as a soldier with the 'Glorious Glosters', then Nyasaland followed by his years as a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service with much travel and, then, in his latter days as a businessman. A brilliant history of a talented and very remakable man ~ and 'one of us'.
 Chit-Chat Re-visited (2019): "The Boy who Harnessed the Wind"
This is a Netflix film, released on 1st March 2019 and tells the story of William Kamkwamba a schoolboy in Malawi, who seeking to save his village from the drought, devises a plan to build a windmill to power an electric water pump. Initially his father considers it a futile exercise and there is some family disharmony but, eventially, there is reconciliation and with the help of friends and villagers a full-size windmill is built which leads to a successful crop being sown.
Click here to view the trailer
Webmaster, March 2019
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Life and Work in Nyasaland
Nothing is added this month from Colin Baker's books with, it seems, all the appropriate Police related articles now recorded and available on the website. Click here for the full list
NEWSLETTER No 1 of 2022
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