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.
22 Oct 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Barbara Anslow on Mon, 2012-06-11 15:43Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 22 Oct 1945Broke glasses yesterday.
Rolled into Gibraltar early, anchored fairly close, took on mail, then off. We had gifts of odds and ends, I got lipstick and vanishing cream.
Glasses repaired, thank God.
22 Oct 1945, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2015-10-21 14:46Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Mon, 22 Oct 1945Arrived Gib 8.45. Underway again 9am. Smooth swell running. Rounded C. st. Vincent 9.20am.