I hadn't come across James Bertram's book before and Ian's excerpt sent me off to the library. There's a fascinating account of life in HK just before and...
Tony has a rather worn photo of old HK harbour in his July blog (hongkongwardiary.com for anyone who hasn't got it bookmarked, it's a marvellous resource). It...
I hadn't realized the photo was a bit lopsided so in case anyone was planning to frame it (joke) I've scanned it again. John To: stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com ...
And here it is. John To: stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com From: johnhk31@... Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:20:17 +0000 Subject: RE: [stanley_camp] Hong Kong...
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Aug 3, 2009 11:55 am
John, Thanks for this. The one I put on my site is actually a clipping from a poorly-preserved metre-long photo of the whol harbour. The parts of the photo...
John - In case you haven;t the book 'The Private Life of Old Hong Kong' , several pages therein are about Hilda in a chapter called 'Red Hilda and Other War...
John and Barbara I have just read a novel The Piano Teacher by Janice Y K Lee. Published in the last few years . A readable story The story starts in 1953...
Yes, it is fiction! Therefore one shouldn't be critical...but she didn't give it to Tony Banham to read until after it had been submitted to the publisher so...
Ian and Geoffrey: Am getting a copy of this book and look forward to reading about Stanley, it should be interesting. I have only come across two other...
I found this book a good read, and the characterisation of Trudy fantastic, although to me 'Will' is a bore. Having lived in Hong Kong between 1938 and 1959,...
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Aug 13, 2009 8:44 am
Barbara, I gave Janice the same sort of feedback, and summarised it by saying that these issues would only be spotted by those there at the time, and maybe...
I am not in a good position to address this subject factually, but it is reasonable to speculate that Stanley Camp crowding was not uniform. Rooms were of...
Was in Wales on holiday last week, and saw a huge hoarding on the railway station at Cardiff advertising 'The Piano Teacher' with photo of Hong Kong, saying...
It's great Stanley is getting so much publicity! Geoff Emerson ... From: Barbara Anslow To: stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:38 AM...
Commenting recently on Bertram's book I said that I thought he was probably confusing the Left Book Club (which Hilda Selwyn-Clarke organized) with the Hong...
Just read The Piano Teacher which I think is now about number 64 on the W. H. Smith best seller list. It's a fine book, which as Barbara suggests, is highly...
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Aug 30, 2009 10:29 am
Brian, I'll check with Janice - as my feedback was originally prepared just for her - but I expect she will have no problem with me sending it to this group....
Thanks, Tony. I've not got my Stanley archive out yet (I hope to put as much of this as possible online by the way) but from memory it seems to me that three...
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Aug 31, 2009 10:58 am
Brian, Janice is pleased there's so much interest in the book, and is happy to let me share my observations. There are some things that I admit I just don't...
Tony: Yes, Red Cross packages were distributed in Stanley. It was a general belief that packages of any source were held back, skimmed by the Japs to get some...
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Sep 1, 2009 9:07 am
Don, Thanks for the correction to my 'correction'! (I'm glad I phrased it as a question; it doesn't pay a historian to be dogmatic). However, it's interesting...
Yes, we did get Red Cross parcels in Stanley - my diary is peppered with references to them. But the first issue wasn't until November 1942 - months after...
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Sep 1, 2009 10:30 am
Barbara, Oops. Moral of story: Must re-read the important Stanley diaries! Regards Tony...
Appendix IX, page 206, in my book Hong Kong Internment 1942-1945, gives three dates for Red Cross parcels - Nov 1942 from the British Red Cross, Sept 1944 from...
Thanks to Tony and other posters. The Piano Teacher is certainly stimulating some interesting memories/information. I've started to download scans of my...
How I agree with William Sewell's ecstatic remarks about the Red Cross parcels! After opening mine, my diary says 'Had a spoonful of Nestle's condensed milk -...
