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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.

  • 17 Nov 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary

    Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Thu, 2012-03-08 21:05
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    Barbara Anslow's diary
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    Tue, 17 Nov 1942

    Frieda Salmon has lent me a dictionary of girls' names. I've hurt my eyes starting to copy it.

    There was a theft yesterday in Block 2 - Mrs  E. Tollan and Mrs Simmons lost 25,000 prewar HK dollars' worth of jewellery.

    Mum won an egg in a draw.  Food came from godowns.

    Rosaleen has moved to Mabel's ward.  Rosaleen 's poorly.. other trouble as well as temperature and dysentery.  ((The other trouble was TB which kept her out of action for the rest of internment.  She didn't stay in hospital long, instead her mother and sisters looked after her in their flat in Block 2. She eventually recovered.))

    Study club meeting this afternoon, Peggy Barton and I appointed to tell every one about the choir and social evening - we wandered everywhere tonight, to visit R.C's - Mrs Jack, the Mejia girls, Cullen girls, Anderson girls, Mrs P. Mace, Rozeskwy. ((This was the beginning of the 3 priests left in camp organising the Catholics , forming study groups, a choir, entertainments, helping others.
    Peggy Barton was one of a family of 11 children in Stanley  - an older boy was with Volunteers in Shamshuipo.  Peggy became my dearest friend - and still is))

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  • 17 Nov 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

    Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-11-01 18:46
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    R. E. Jones Wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 17 Nov 1942

    Rain.

    I.R.C. bulk from godown to Blocks.

    Didn’t see Steve tonight.

    ((G.))

  • 17 Nov 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary

    Submitted by Old Man on Wed, 2014-10-29 21:26
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    Eric MacNider's wartime diary
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    Tue, 17 Nov 1942

    Rec'd egg with comps. of Welfare

  • 17 Nov 1942, W J Carrie's wartime diary

    Submitted by Isochronous on Sat, 2019-09-14 23:30
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    W J Carrie's wartime diary
    Date(s) of events described: 
    Tue, 17 Nov 1942

    I didn't write any more that day for though I had that cheering news I felt like death! and haven't been much better ever since. (I was interrupted here by Dora and then had to go to Perdue's - it was his birthday for Coffee - it is now Sunday 22/11/42


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