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johnfowles · 05-21-2004, 09:08 AM

quote:Originally posted by Wes Steele:
John,

Thank you for all the info. I love reading about different places that affected peoples lives, and the NoVoTel affected "someone" enough to get a song written about it, though not flattering...LOL

2/3 of the worlds rubber supply came from this area...WOW! Interesting stuff..

Loved reading it.

Thanks again John,

Wes

I am dteermined to get more reaction to this topic so herewith boys and girls today's History and English literature lessons:-
Having finished rereading The River That God Forgot I repeat that it is a splendid read and if you can find it on your local library do get it out. Not if you live in Toledo Oregon as my used copy obtained from an amazon.com associate used to be that library's copy!!
One interesting (to Me) bit of trivia, during the British Foreign office inquiries into the allegations of cruelty to the native Indians working as virtual (rubber baron) slaves on the Amazon the Consul General in Rio De Janeiro Roger Casement (later Sir) was attached to the Comission of Inquiry. Some years later Casement was convicted of treason for his part in the 1916 Irish Easter uprising. Now it so happens that on Easter Monday 1916, the Irish tricolor flag was raised over the General Post Office in the heart of Dublin

and at the time the head of the irish postal service was the father of one of my all time favo(u)rite authors
Nevil Shute
And my other favo(u)rite?? why....
John fowles of course!!!

Edited to change Post Office picture to one showing the Irish tricolour in its first showing over the post office
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05-21-2004, 09:08 AM	#12
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by Wes Steele: John, Thank you for all the info. I love reading about different places that affected peoples lives, and the NoVoTel affected "someone" enough to get a song written about it, though not flattering...LOL 2/3 of the worlds rubber supply came from this area...WOW! Interesting stuff.. Loved reading it. Thanks again John, Wes I am dteermined to get more reaction to this topic so herewith boys and girls today's History and English literature lessons:- Having finished rereading The River That God Forgot I repeat that it is a splendid read and if you can find it on your local library do get it out. Not if you live in Toledo Oregon as my used copy obtained from an amazon.com associate used to be that library's copy!! One interesting (to Me) bit of trivia, during the British Foreign office inquiries into the allegations of cruelty to the native Indians working as virtual (rubber baron) slaves on the Amazon the Consul General in Rio De Janeiro Roger Casement (later Sir) was attached to the Comission of Inquiry. Some years later Casement was convicted of treason for his part in the 1916 Irish Easter uprising. Now it so happens that on Easter Monday 1916, the Irish tricolor flag was raised over the General Post Office in the heart of Dublin and at the time the head of the irish postal service was the father of one of my all time favo(u)rite authors Nevil Shute And my other favo(u)rite?? why.... John fowles of course!!! Edited to change Post Office picture to one showing the Irish tricolour in its first showing over the post office ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited May 21, 2004).]