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Reassuring the oldies

I'd never seen these images before I found the negatives. They must have been taken in late 1957, soon after we arrived at Mwadui, and prints sent to Jane and Arthur's parents in England to prove that their loved ones weren't living in a mud hut in the jungle.
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Jane in the living room at 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1957
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Jane in the living room at 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1957

All furnishings supplied by the Company. As far as I remember all these big armchairs and sofas were basically the same but those for senior staff were fully upholstered while most had wooden arms with a shelf beneath.

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  • 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1957
  • 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1957
  • Liz and Lisa on the doorstep at 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1958
  • In the garden at 9 Thoburn Avenue
  • Arthur  at his desk, probably 1957. Lisa the bad-tempered dachshund looking on.
  • Liz in the living room at 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1957
  • Jane in the living room at 9 Thoburn Avenue, probably 1957
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