REUNION IN ENGLAND
BROTHER RETURNS XfTER FORTY YEARS. The “Bolton Evening News,” Lancashire, records the arrival of a “returned exile” from New Zealand —M. John Silcock —who, when he stepped out of the train at Wigan, was warmly welcomed by his 70-year-old brother, whom he had not seen for 40 years. He was also met by an elderly sister who last saw him when he was a youth, and by a married niece who had not been born when he left England. At Wigan, Mrs Silcock and her husband heard for the first time in 40 years the sound of the real'Lancashire accent. With a delighted smile, the former remarked, “It is fine to hear it again. We had nearly forgotten how it sounded.” When he was an ambitious young man. of 24, Mr Silcock left a good position as a moulder at the Vulcan Foundry, Earlstown, went to New Zealand, and established himself as a farmer in the Auckland district.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 7
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161REUNION IN ENGLAND Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 7
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