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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.

  • 10 Jul 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Fri, 2012-06-01 10:50
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
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    Tue, 10 Jul 1945

    Reed gave himself up near Bungalow C and was beaten up again. Dick Cloake said people were being taken up hill from St Stephens (his billet) all night long.

    Mabel weighs only 105 lbs.

    C.A. Meeting, then to work.

    To St Stephens in evening to repeat my talk on 'Films' – rather sceptically since it was originally written for younger people.

    I was in the soup with Mrs. E. Longworth.  ((She was next door to us, among the 25 of us who shared the bathroom, and used to knock on the bathroom door when in the queue saying 'Will you be long?' - we secretly called her Mrs. Will-you-be-longworth.))

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  • 10 Jul 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2015-06-30 16:57
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 10 Jul 1945

    Guard about Camp all night in connection with Reid.

    Humid, cloudy, showery.

    Made door etc. for Hosp.Cookhse fire. Ring & small urn for V.

    Reid found & retained re stolen sugar.

    Lorry with veg 7pm. 

    New Moon.

    G not so good ∴

    Workers sugar.


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