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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    Hi Anne: I was at Caselva from November 1967 to June 1968. Susan Wilson was buried in Davos, at the Waldfriedhof, and her grave was marked by a wooden cross reading (as I recall from visits in 1976 and 1988) “Susan Wilson 1951-1968”; “Mole” to us, she was 16 when she died, and very small. I...
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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    I was there somewhat later, at Caselva, from November 1967 to June 1968. I was there again this summer (my first visit in almost twenty years) and was sad to find that Caselva has been torn down, Pro Juventute is being readied for 'development', and not much is left of what we remember -- apart...
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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    I do not recall cleaning the brass in St Luke's, though I remember the Chaplain; I think his name was Mr Dolley and he was most appreciated for arranging chess contests. I rather think that he was in charge of the English Library across the road. St Luke's has long since ceased to be an Anglican...
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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    Steve Hooper's memory of our morning cereal at Caselva, that muesli never to be matched by any since, and certainly not by those dessicated coloured cardboard chips marketed in Britain since the early 1970s, reminds me that we always called it Bircher-muesli. And there may be one place where it...
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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    Dear Gillian, I have not yet received your message, but I'm glad you received mine. I'd be interested to hear from others at Caselva at that time: those hours spent lying out on the balcony in Lieger are not easily forgotten. Much remains in the memory, but the memories of others would...
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