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ndani kyema, My Story - Ray Moore 60
The school soon outgrew the premises as our numbers increased and the Mission
Headquarters became busier as they recovered from the War, and many
missionaries returned from their home countries.
Once it became known that a new school was needed, the American Church Mission
offered to sell the Kuling American School at a nominal price - $1 gold. It had
remained empty from before the War and needed some repairs, but was situated in
the center of China in Kuling (now spelt Guling, but I will stick to the old spelling for
nostalgia's sake), a popular mountain holiday resort for foreigners and Chinese alike.
So in December 1947 the 119 children and staff made our way to Kuling. One lot
flew to a place near the foot of the mountain but I and others travelled by a slower
means of transport and cruised up the Yangzi River by ferry. On my visit in 1999 with
Bev, I really wanted to have another trip on a Yangzi ferry. So after staying in Kuling
for a couple of days we traveled by Yangzi ferry to Shanghai to replicate the journey
in reverse.
In 1999 we pass a sister ferry on our way down the Yangzi to Shanghai.
Below is more the type of ferry that I remember!
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The school soon outgrew the premises as our numbers increased and the Mission
Headquarters became busier as they recovered from the War, and many
missionaries returned from their home countries.
Once it became known that a new school was needed, the American Church Mission
offered to sell the Kuling American School at a nominal price - $1 gold. It had
remained empty from before the War and needed some repairs, but was situated in
the center of China in Kuling (now spelt Guling, but I will stick to the old spelling for
nostalgia's sake), a popular mountain holiday resort for foreigners and Chinese alike.
So in December 1947 the 119 children and staff made our way to Kuling. One lot
flew to a place near the foot of the mountain but I and others travelled by a slower
means of transport and cruised up the Yangzi River by ferry. On my visit in 1999 with
Bev, I really wanted to have another trip on a Yangzi ferry. So after staying in Kuling
for a couple of days we traveled by Yangzi ferry to Shanghai to replicate the journey
in reverse.
In 1999 we pass a sister ferry on our way down the Yangzi to Shanghai.
Below is more the type of ferry that I remember!
Return to Table of Contents
