Thursday, February 20, 2014

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries


21 Feb 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:49 AM PST

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R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Sat, 1942-02-21

Cold & drizzly. Stood 3hrs for 1lb tin of jam $1.

21 Feb 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:34 PM PST

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Barbara Anslow's diary
Date of events described: 
Sat, 1942-02-21

Fried fish today - lovely.

Glasses gone for re-framing ((hopefully sent in to town - the bridge across the nose broke during the war, and since then the lenses were tied on to the frames of an old pair of sunglasses.))

21 Feb 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 01:11 AM PST

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Harry Ching's wartime diary
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Sat, 1942-02-21

Twenty-five elderly internees from Stanley admitted to the French Hospital in Causeway Bay.

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