The third volume of the memoirs written by Jennings in the last years of his life. This volume covers the period from 1934 (the birth of Christopher Jennings) to around 1959. Jennings discusses his teaching appointments following Durban High School (Stanger, Greytown, Dundee), a variety of personal matters, time spent in Cape Town in the late 1950s, his retirement from teaching in 1956, social and racial relations in South Africa, a trip to England, Belgium, and Spain in 1959, his relationship with Ingemarie, reflections on family matters. Some items attached or tucked into the text: a photo of cranes inside the front cover, a typed table of contents attached to page numbered 1; two page typescript labelled "Fragment on a fishing trip with Christopher aged 14 or so" at page numbered 54; three photos of Bridget at page numbered 99; two photos at or near Cape Town at page numbered 100; at page numbered 102, two photos of the Cape Town Period, one showing Christopher Jennings with several black South Africans (two of whom named Patrick and Rex) and several dogs, the other showing a demonstration in Cape Town protesting "against end of Coloured vote;" a poem titled "Picnic" at page numbered 115; a letter from Bridget ("Biddy") to Jennings dated "10.6.1958" at page numbered 117; two letters from Irene to Jennings at page numbered 121; a photo showing "Flamingos. Port Elizabeth (North End)" at page numbered 128; two typed pages at page numbered 181, one dealing about a voyage (apparently Jennings's return voyage after his trip to Europe in 1959) and the other about the curiosity about Fernando Pessoa that grew out of Jennings's book on Durban High School.
The Hubert Jennings papers is an extensive collection of materials created or collected by Jennings in the course of his research on the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa focused particularly on the time Pessoa lived in Durban, South Africa. Jennings published …
