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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.

  • 14 - 25 Apr 1944, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary

    Submitted by barbaramerchant on Sun, 2013-09-15 15:49
    Book / Document: 
    Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Fri, 14 Apr 1944 to Tue, 25 Apr 1944

    Tom Hutchinson's War Diary - Page 39

    Notes:

    14/4/44 - Bea paid ¥53-00 for Fr....... ((a chicken?)) ie ¥55-00 less ¥2-00 for Bread
    16/4/44 - Girlie - Perm Wave   20.-
    17th - 8 Exercise Books for St. Marys   4.80
            - Planted some Chilli Seeds on outside of Celery Pot.
    19th - Sarah + James' shoes - to mend   5.-
    20th - Ferry to HK  30¢  Dropped 7.50    7.80
            - 2 Race Tickets    2.-
            - Brot. ((Brought)) Screws + Micrometers to Chu
    22nd - Electricity   9.-
    25/4/44 - Wong - Cotton Wool   10.-
                  - Bicycle License   6.-

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    Tags: 
    food
    Hong Kong
    Mongkok
    second world war
    civilians
    survival
    family
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  • 14 Apr 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-03-17 21:36
    Book / Document: 
    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Fri, 14 Apr 1944

    Gutes wetter, aber viele wolke. Rice mehl fur brot gemahlen. Singend uben. Nach dem mit Steve. Eve dort auch. Ich schrieb postkarte zu die Mutter des Mariens.

    ((Jill's translation:

    Good weather but a lot of cloud. Ground rice flour for bread. Singing practice. With Steve afterwards. Eve there as well. Wrote postcard to Mary's mother.

    ))


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