by Christine Nicholls | Jan 17, 2012 | Christine Nicholls
Some photos of the Kenya High School have reminded me of the origins of the school. Perhaps a few of you would like to add details or bring the account below up to date? Does the swimming pool still exist, and the open air theatre? The Kenya High School had its...
by Christine Nicholls | Jan 8, 2012 | Christine Nicholls
Happy New Year to Everyone! I received a greetings card from Tommy Joseph over the festive season. Some of you will have known him in Kenya, where he grew up and went to school. He’s the author of an interesting book – Why There Were Jews in Nakuru (Haifa, 1998)....
by Christine Nicholls | Dec 21, 2011 | Christine Nicholls
We had such a windy night in Oxford last night, with 70-mile-an-hour gusts, that I awoke with a start at the sound of a crash. I thought, in my sleepy, state, that there must be a poltergeist in the room. This reminded me of the Ghost of Leven House, in Mombasa. In...
by admin | Dec 12, 2011 | Christine Nicholls
Who remembers ‘Miranda’s Merrier Moments’ in the Sunday Post? It was a gossip column, at one time written by ‘Mugs’ Muggeridge, a secretary working for Shell. She had a lively social life and so was well placed to write the column. The column concerned itself with...
by Christine Nicholls | Nov 2, 2011 | Christine Nicholls
When I was writing Red Strangers: the White Tribe of Kenya (2005, difficult to get hold of, but now available on Kindle) I came across references to the shady ways of some of the early white tourists. They came to Kenya to bag animal trophies, but the animals were not...
by Christine Nicholls | Oct 14, 2011 | Christine Nicholls
In trouble with my car the other day, I remembered stories of the early Kenya roads. Nairobi was a bottomless bog of black cotton soil in the rainy season, while in the dry season the soil baked dry and became a fine powder. Everything was covered in dust. Sometimes...
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