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70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.

  • 1 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2012-03-13 17:01
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
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    Tue, 1 Dec 1942

    My 24th birthday. Seems such a great age!  To Confession and Holy Communion in morning.

    Mary (Taylor) gave me a little cloth hanging pocket for the wall, Mabel made a pretty birthday card.  Tony (Cole) and Jimmy Bendall arrived for tea.  Mr Bendall gave me an old varnished piece of wood with my name and the date burnt into it.  ((I kept it for years but it disappeared in 1996 when we moved from Seaford to Frinton)). Tony gave me a TIN OF CONDENSED MILK! The Woods twins came.

    Dorothy Salmon came down to be hospital messenger while George Davit, the usual one, in hospital.

    Before party, I went to Retreat (church) 2.30 – 3.30pm. 

    The ground rice pudding worked out all right, served with pineapple; sandwiches and currant loaf.

    The twins gave me a tiny piece of Shelley china.  Just as they were leaving, they sang a duet 'One Alone' ((from The Desert Song)), beautiful and deep-throated, (fantastic voices).

    Benediction and Stations of the Cross tonight.

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  • 1 Dec 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-12-01 14:29
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 1 Dec 1942

    Fine day.

    More good news if true, especially about Russians.

    ((G.))

    Poor sleep.

  • 01 Dec 1942, John Charter's wartime journal

    Submitted by HK Bill on Mon, 2021-05-17 12:42
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    John Charter's wartime journal
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 1 Dec 1942

    Another month gone. Thank goodness we never knew in February that we should still be here in December, or I think we should have died straight away!


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