Update - I just found the list of people applying for a Liquor Licence on 7th November 1939 <http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/G1939/600163.pdf> includes a...
I have been looking at the CWGC records of Stanley Camp particularly the Rossini family Mrs E L Rossini 1899 Housewife Miss W V Rossini 1823 Secretary Miss...
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Nov 7, 2010 11:25 am
Ian, Edith L was the mother, W P was Wendy, W V was Winifred (and yes, 1923 for the latter). Regards Tony...
I have contacted by phone one of the members of our "cell" in Stanley Camp, Ann Lynn (now Ann Lynn Farrell). She was age 7 - then - 75 now. Our room...
12th Nov 2010 Thanks to Don for his interesting email about contacting his cell-mate Ann, and about his father's intriguing work with OSS in Kwangtung. It...
Yes, so interesting. Today I went to HKU Library to meet with Elizabeth Ride, Sir Lindsay's daughter, who comes to HK twice a year from her home in Norway to...
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Nov 13, 2010 11:36 am
Elizabeth has been busy, with Geoff, Ron Taylor (HK), Sheena Recaldin and Duncan Chan (daughter of David MacDougall and son of Admiral Chan Chak respectively),...
RE Jones Diary Alison McEwan has done a massive and useful chore in transcribing more than 200 pages I got from my printer of this long diary. Jones, a ...
I am just catching up with e-mails after a holiday and would be interested in reading the extracts from the Jones Diary. I am having trouble opening the ones ...
Don's excellent account of Mr. Jones' diary reminded me that Stanley camp gave many internees an opportunity to use talents they had not hitherto known they...
Barbara, as usual, I am astounded at your memory and in the clarity of your writing. But I, on this side of the pond, have a bit of a problem translating two...
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Nov 25, 2010 10:25 am
Laura, Plimsolls were soft white shoes for sports. Children's woolies were woollen clothes - generally jumpers. I grew up in the UK in the 60s, and little had...
Just learned that one of my near-contemporaries, Harold Bidwell, died last week, in his 97th year. He was very active in the Catholic community in Stanley. ...
Hi Laura, Plimsolls = white sneakers. Wollies were used by British parents to keep their little babies and small children warm in houses that often had little...
Thanks Jill. I am glad to learn new terminology. Aren't "nappies" what we call diapers? And french fries are "Chips"?. Fun comparing different words like this....
Last week I met up with Jean Addis and husband. Jean was 8 months old when she went into Stanley Camp; when Jean began to walk, my younger sister used to...
At this time of the year, my thoughts always go back to Hong Kong December 1941. Below are extracts from my diary of those days:= Dec. 1st Malay is mobilised...
I asked my friend Yvonne de Jong (nee Blackmore) what memories she had of ingenuity in Stanley, and below is her reply. Yvonne was 14 when the camp opened, we...
Hope You All Have A Happy Christmas wherever in the world you are, Best Wishes for 2011, Rosemary Mitchell. Ps.does anyone know whereabouts of Dick Worrall who...
Thank you, Barbara. Best wishes to you and your family, too. I have enjoyed viewing their pictures and getting to know you and your family better, through...
