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.
13 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Tue, 2012-03-13 17:29Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 13 Dec 1942Jist had fried galantine and tomato bread.
Mrs Drown says it is going to be official that we can write cards to Shamshuipo men for Christmas and send a parcel. She washed her pears in soapy water!
Mabel made sweet little slippers for Patricia Braude whose birthday is tomorrow.
Rumour that we have lost a new aircraft carrier in the Med.
Bridge.
My bed has been mended, and I have a paliasse made out of the parcel stuffing ((shredded paper: we didn't have mattresses on our beds))
Benediction in afternoon.
Miss Whale returned my story, she told Mum the story was of the selling sort. She gave me a list of grammatical errors and slang.
13 Dec 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2012-12-01 14:42Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 13 Dec 1942Fine.
New routine, cookhouse all day.
Many rumours re Italy about the Camp.
((G.))
13 Dec 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-11-08 13:23Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sun, 13 Dec 1942(Sandbach)/Martin.
