Joseph's Love of Travel

Joseph’s first real holiday was spent in France and Switzerland shortly after his first wife, Julia’s, death and he visited Switzerland regularly after that. Most years Joseph went on holiday abroad and took one of his children with him. He also enjoyed visiting different places in his own country. Travelling was one of his only luxuries in life. “Money spent on travel is never wasted”, he said. Joseph had a European outlook, probably influenced by German family roots, and Quaker attitudes to travel. Quakers were encouraged to make and maintain links with Friends in other countries. Discovering new and different places also appealed to Joseph’s questioning personality and his desire to continually educate himself.

Image: From originals held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives.