Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Aug 22nd 1969

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Johore Bahru, West Malaysia air mail letter

My dear Mum & Dad,

As you can guess life is a trifle hectic with the girls here! - Elisabeth doesn't like to have an idle moment.  However at the moment they are splashing about in the pool which has been renovated so I can have a few quiet (I hope!) moments.  Thank you very much for the cologne - it was something I really needed & I do get through a lot in this hot climate.  We were thinking of Di & Alan on Tuesday & hope that the move went off successfully.  We came back that afternoon from the Loyang bungalow after 4 carefree days there.  We were lucky with the weather so that the girls wore swimsuits all day until they showered & changed into pyjamas.  There is a boat at the bungalow & the gardener looks after the engine so we went everyday to "Frog" island which the girls enjoyed.  They also had fun with the canoe which goes with the bungalow.  Peter could only manage Sat afternoon & Sunday.  We had several friends down for curry lunch on Sunday & a friend & her two boys for the day on Monday (Heather & I both worked in London & played hockey together (on opposing teams).  - her eldest boy & Caroline were babies together in Calcutta.  Adrienne is in Singapore staying with a friend & she comes home this afternoon.  Yesterday I left Elisabeth & Susan with another friend in Singapore so that Caroline & I could go shoping for school pants & socks etc.  We had lunch out at a nice hotel so it made a very pleasant day.  E & S enjoyed being with the Langleys as they always have a lot of fun.

Must go

Love from us all, Margo.

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