S3E17: Vera - The Joys of Hockey Artwork

100 Years of Cox

I am telling the story of ten siblings from the Machell Cox family, through the letters they wrote to each other. They were born in England between 1868 and 1884; seven of them lived in England and three lived abroad, in the Colonies. One of the siblings was my great grandfather.

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S3E17: Vera - The Joys of Hockey

April 26, 2022 • Frances • Season 3 • Episode 17

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This episode is all about hockey. Frances reads poems written about Vera and hockey in 1908, as well as letters written by Vera, describing hockey tournaments at Weston-Super-Mare in 1911 and at Great Comp, home of the Heron Maxwells, in 1912.

Vera is a great letter writer, and her vivid descriptions makes it very easy to imagine the events that occurred.

0:00 Intro
3:10 Vera, hockey and poems
6:34 Weston Hockey Tournament - January 1911
17:37 Great Comp Hockey Tournament - November 1912
26:26 The Joys of Hockey - 1909

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