Barbara, I'm just back from vacation, and pleased to read you can see the photos ok now. I hadn't heard the 'dodge the devil' story before, thanks for that. ...
TONY: Must tell you what an amazing read your new book is... There is so much info. packed into it, lots of things about the HK war & camp experience that I...
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Jun 1, 2009 11:50 pm
Barbara, Many thanks for your kind words. I am pretty sure that Luba (a lady) is an American now, as she had quite an illustrious career with the CIA post-war...
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Jun 3, 2009 10:31 am
Barara, I asked Luba. She says that she was born in Harbin of White Russian parents, and therefore did not get a Chinese birth certificate. Her family moved - ...
Welcome Wendy! Wendy entered Stanley as an infant, and went to England after the war. Later she and her mother went to California, USA. One of we few members...
Welcome, Wendy! Wendy entered Stanley as an infant, was there through the war, went to England with her mother, then later to California in the USA. Regards,...
Welcome to Wendy! Wendy entered Stanley as an infant. She went to England with her mother after the war, and later they went to California, USA. Regsards, Don...
Don: Also welcome to Wendy, a fellow internee: would she be 'Wendy Wilson'? I vaguely remember a little girl in camp of that name with shoulderlength...
Yes, Barbara, Wendy Wilson joined. You have showed your usual remarkable memory for names and faces! Wish I could do that. Wendy was on a not very active...
Tony: On page 142 of "Not the Slightest Chance" you show a plate photo of this aircraft, destroyed. I see that the (presumably) fabric covering is mostly...
Barbara, please can I ask you a couple of questions about the ARP tunnels you mentioned in your diary. Battery Path tunnel: Were all the tunnel entrances along...
Barbara Like you I was fascinated by Tony's new book. I read every word and all the footnotes. The chronological approach allows the reader to find out on...
Barbara Like you I was fascinated by Tony's new book. I read every word and all the footnotes. The chronological approach allows the reader to find out on...
David: There may have been other tunnel entrances to the Battery Path Tunnel, but I was only aware of the one in Queen's Road more or less opposite the HSBC....
Tony, Where can I buy your book in the States? Jill McNichol ... From: ian.mcnay <mcnayic@...> Subject: [stanley_camp] Re: 1st June 2009 'WE SHALL...
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Jun 5, 2009 11:19 pm
Jill, First of all thanks to Ian and Barbara again for their kind words. Last night I gave a talk about the book to the Royal Asiatic Society, and found that...
Tony: Interesting, that info about Luba and family. The longer I live, the more I learn how lucky we internees were to be in camps instead of fending for...
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Jun 6, 2009 10:58 am
Barbara, I was told a few years ago that Stott was a prolific writer after the war, but published under a pen name. I don't suppose you know what that pen name...
Tony's talk was superb - the third he's given to the RAS. I suggested that he video the next one (29 June at FCC) and put it on his website so you all can see...
Barbara, a reader on our website left this comment. The document they link to is an interesting read: Chinese burial customs and the removal of the deceased...
Barbara, thank you very much for your reply. It's fascinating to hear these little details like the smell of fresh wood, or the missing loos! The two...
The Entry for 22 Dec 1944 in 'We shall suffer there' includes 'an American cook ('Mr Jingle')' as one of the civilian internees at Ma Tau Wai. That would have...
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Jun 10, 2009 9:17 am
David, My list for Ma Tau Wei lists him as 'E.F. Gingle'. I have to admit that Ma Tau Wei is still something of a mystery. It is the least documented of the...
Tony, References to him seem to be split around 50/50 on the Gingles / Gingle spelling. I think you're probably right with Gingle though, and Gingles was his...
If I can add my two pennyworth to the discussion, I saw E.F. Gingle' s signature on the Day Joyce Sheet and there was no 's' on the end of his name. John To:...
John, Thanks for that. I hadn't heard of the Day Joyce Sheet before - very interesting. Gingles' obituary in the US newspaper spelled his name Gingle, but the...
Geoff Emerson in HK here - There is a sketch by Alex Mitchell of Gingles in my book HK Internment on page 80. If his obituary spelled his name without the...
I didn't actually know this gentleman, but wonder if he was popularly known as Gingles rather than Gingle as perhaps patrons of his hotel etc. might say they...
Geoff, Thanks for the extra information. That's a great sketch you mention: 'Gingles & the Camp's last sausage' ! You can see the Hong Kong obituary, his...
