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.
20 Apr 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2013-04-12 21:59Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Tue, 20 Apr 194320 Apr 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-04-19 14:5221 Apr 1943, The Diary of Mrs Grace Smith
Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2021-10-03 02:34Date(s) of events described:Tue, 20 Apr 1943
[Left page] I feel that I have no hope of ever seeing him again. Saved up a little money and had my picture painted by a Russian artist in hopes that some day it may reach my boy. Crofton is taking care of it. Received more money. March…
[Right page] …allowance of ¥25. Prices in canteen exorbitant.
Sugar now ¥1.60 a lb. [illegible]
One 5lb tin Jam ¥17
Lard ¾ lb ¥3.80
Peanuts ½ lb ¥1.00Food very bad again. Flour ration cut down again. We only get a little 4 oz…
