Nicholson - In 1930 George Nicholson and his sister Margaret (Tilly), joined Hubert and Olive in Kenya, having given up the lease of Anick Grange after their parents' death. They sailed on the Llangibby Castle, approximately 200-300 passengers, travelling first class for £40. ...... Ralph Bancroft, a friend of Hubert's, was in Mombasa on holiday and met them in a huge Oakland car. They went to the Tudor Hotel for a drink and waited until the luggage was unloaded and spent a very hot day seeing things through Customs. The upcountry train came right down to the boat - tickets and berth were all booked from the ship - most efficient and well organised. ....... They were met at Hoey's Bridge station by Hubert whose first remark was "You're late!" The car ran out of petrol on the way home! ...... Hubert had hastily built a guest house of two rooms of mud and wattle. The mud was so wet that it was falling off the walls. .....…..

George and Tilly managed Hubert's farm while they were in Ireland [1931]. A bad swarm of locusts finished off nearly all the maize in a night - they harvested only 600 bags when it should have been more like 6000 bags.. ...... When Hubert and Olive returned from leave George and Tilly went to work for Claude Wright for 150/- a month with no transport provided. They lived in a house called 'the slums' at Natwana built by Ralph Bancroft. It was built on the hillside and when it rained water flowed in at the back and out of the front. ...... Tilly got bad veldt sores and she was bored and unhappy. They lived on buck meat and there were no vegetables ....... [the slump] ......

Once a month George and Tilly went to Eldoret - a distance of 30 miles, in the two-seater A Model Ford bought secondhand for £35 from Hughes in Eldoret. It did 35-45 mph. ........ In 1936 George stopped managing for Claude Wright and leased 1000 acres from him on a share cropping basis and called the farm 'Anick'. George had to pay a percentage on maize sold to the KFA to Claude as payment of rent. 200 bags were kept for feeding the labour force. In 1932 he built a brick house for ú80 - the bricks were made on the farm - the walls were plastered with mud and whitewashed. The roof was thatched with grass. ...
FindaGrave John Gwilym “Jack” Evans BIRTH 1905 Streatham Park, London Borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England DEATH 1973 (aged 67–68) Mombasa, Kenya BURIAL Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa: in loving memory / of / Margaret Elizabeth / Evans / 1901 - 1972, John Gwilym / Evans / 1905 - 1973