MICHAEL: Thanks for sending Chris details about joining the group; as you will see from his email below, he has not been able to effect this: can you help,...
Dear Barbara Do you know anyone who saw or knows about the Stanley tiger of May 1942? Yours sincerely Richard Muirhead Telephone +44 (0) 1625 869048 eMail:...
Dear Richard and all, You ask about stories about the tiger in camp. I was 5 1/2 years old at that time in camp. I recently ran across some "recollections" I...
Dear Laura,that is very interesting,please can I quote from that in a book I am writing about unusual animal stories? Does the Stanley Camp yahoo group have an...
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Tony Banham
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Feb 3, 2010 9:26 am
Richard, The gentleman I was referring to yesterday, Geoffrey Emerson, is a member of this group. His thesis (in its original form) includes the Hong Kong News...
Richard, Here is the account of the tiger written by my mother, Laura B. Ziegler, taken from the book Send Me, Send Me by Laura Darnell. "One morning when we...
Dear Laura Thanks for that information,please may I quote it in my upcoming book? Yours sincerely Richard Muirhead Telephone +44 (0) 1625 869048 eMail:...
... Dear Richard My camp diary mentions the tiger in Stanley, but very briefly. My mother's memoir called 'It Was Like This' gives more information about...
Thanks for message, Laura, I enjoyed your tiger memories too! Isn't it amazing that incidents such as the Stanley Tiger still seem to be of interest to...
Certainly Richard. Barbara ... From: Richard Muirhead To: stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:17 PM Subject: RE: [stanley_camp]...
Re my email yesterday with my Mum's account of the tiger, have just realised I mistyped one word, i.e., the umbrella in bathroom which the internee mistook for...
Greg Leck's book "Captives of Empire The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China 1041-1945" covers the tiger story well on pages 480-481. He did...
I am sorry about the previous message, It was meant to go privately to Barbara and I absentmindedly hit the reply button to the group and not directly to...
Dear Don Thanks for that information Yours sincerely Richard Muirhead Telephone +44 (0) 1625 869048 eMail: richmuirhead@... websites:...
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tony@...
Feb 5, 2010 12:44 am
Richard, When the Japanese invaded Hong Kong, a Philippines-based travelling circus was visiting and got trapped. I have been racking my brain trying to think...
Thanks Tony.Do you know of any Japanese account of this tiger? Yours sincerely Richard Muirhead Telephone +44 (0) 1625 869048 eMail: richmuirhead@......
Dear folks, I have been communicating with this group`s members over the last few days about the 1942 Stanley Tiger.What I really hope to find out now is - are...
RICHARD Perhaps the report about the tiger in Stanley given in THE HONG KONG NEWS could be considered given from the Japanese point of view? Geoff Emerson's ...
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Tony Banham
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Feb 5, 2010 11:22 pm
Barbara, Yes, I would agree that the HKN should be considered the 'official' Japanese account. In Geoffrey's book the photos are very small, but in his thesis...
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Philippa Deane
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Feb 24, 2010 3:12 pm
Winifred Barbara DEANE 1919-1998 (maiden name Maughan) Trying again; does anyone remember Win Deane in Stanley Camp. She shared a "room" with 2 women, one was...
Dear Philippa, No news about your mum unfortunately, but thought you might be interested to see some photos of the old Peak Church: ...
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Philippa Deane
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Feb 25, 2010 10:46 am
Thank you, yes so interesting to see photos. From: stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mrb Sent: 25 February 2010...
TONY (and PHILIPPA) Am still racking my brains to think of any one still alive who might remember Philippa's Mother, who was the same age as me,so adult...
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Philippa Deane
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Feb 25, 2010 5:05 pm
Thank you so much, that would be marvellous. From: stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:stanley_camp@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Anslow Sent: 25...
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tony@...
Feb 26, 2010 12:57 pm
Barbara, Can do, but will be a bit delayed. Currently sitting in JFK, away from my files, hoping that New York's snow goes away quick enough to allow my flight...
