Willie Cowper in Cape Town, South Africa - 21 May, 1900
from A backward glance on Merseyside, pages 82-83:
[Agnes Cowper's elder brother Willie emigrated to South Africa in 1900. The listening experience is taken from a letter he wrote to his mother about his initial experiences, dated 22 May 1900. He was engaged by the Cape Town Metropolitan Fire Brigade, which was enlisted with the South African irregular forces during the Boer War.]
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Agnes Cowper, A backward glance on Merseyside, volume 2nd edition (Birkenhead, 1952), p. 82-83. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1530793908085 accessed: 6 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers'Rule Britannia' | |
'God Save the Queen' | |
a thanksgiving service | performed by Church Choir |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 21 May, 1900 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public |
Notes
'Mafeking Day' celebrated the lifting of the 217-day siege of the town of Mafeking, during which Robert Baden-Powell was the British commander. British morale was fired by the lifting of the siege on 17 May 1900.