{"product_id":"2940149771417","title":"Letters from Singapore","description":"These letters were written by my grandfather Albert Edward Thornley-Jones. He was born in Cheshire in 1890 and at the age of 19 joined Alfred Holt \u0026amp; Co in Liverpool who ran the Blue Funnel Shipping Line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe went out to Singapore in March 1913 and started working for Mansfield \u0026amp; Co, agents for Blue Funnel. During this time, he was also a musician and the organist at Singapore Cathedral. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn July 1919, he came home to Lancashire for six months leave. It was not until almost Christmas that he met Dorothy Grundy, a 21 year old from Rainford at a dance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the next few days, he meets Dorothy just six times and she makes an impression on him that lasts a lifetime. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the last day of 1919 he has to return to Singapore. From a time before airmail, when a letter took four weeks to get from the Far East to Home by steamer, his letters to her, discovered recently, tell the story of their love.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Sanford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101422600432,"sku":"2940149771417","price":6.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149771417_p0.jpg?v=1763722873","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149771417","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}