We’re excited to share a story we think you’ll truly enjoy—a captivating journal written by one of our fellow members. It tells the tale of a personal and adventurous journey through the Atacama Desert, retracing the steps first taken in 1958 by her father, John Aarons, and his close friend Claudio Vita-Finzi, both newly graduated geography students from Cambridge. The original Cambridge Atacama Desert Expedition was a bold scientific mission to explore the region’s ancient p

Cerro Alegre, Valparaíso — Thursday, June 24, 1909 On the steep, sea-kissed slopes of Cerro Alegre, as the morning mist still clung to...

My grandfather Frank Glover Deeley was born on 4th July 1888 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire. On 6th April 1909 he sailed on the Raeburn a...

With thanks to Freddy Nevison-Andrews and Canning House for helping to prepare this document containing Joan Cooper's Story.

The father of Society member Dacre Watson was also named Dacre Watson, following a family tradition of always naming the eldest son Dacre...

Our member Dacre Watson's father, also named Dacre Watson, was British and traveled to Chile at the age of 21 in 1928 as a Chartered...

The following story was sent by our member Dacre Watson My deep connections with Chile go back to that day and, quite possibly, had the...

We thank Myriam Baxter for sending us a brief history of her great-grandfather in Chile. Another great Anglo Chilean connection! Jhon...

That was how Everton director EA Bainbridge brazenly described the club with reference to their tour of 1909. Everton and Tottenham...