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1 Apr 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-04-15 14:25
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Harry Ching's wartime diary
Date(s) of events described: 
Sat, 1 Apr 1944

Rainy and foggy.....Downstairs father reports cannibal case. Fat woman Valley somewhere sliced. Choys say saw baby sliced.

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Submitted by federalfred on Fri, 2016-04-01 13:32.

Question for Henry Ching: In wartime diary entry for 1 Apr 1944 - "Choys say saw baby sliced".
Do you think the "Choys" were of the family who lived at No 2 Park Road?

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2016-04-02 12:52.

Henry Ching writes:

I think not. More likely to have been a reference to neighbours who lived on the southern corner of Shan Kwong Road and King Kong Street in Happy Valley.

Regards - Henry

Submitted by federalfred on Sat, 2016-04-02 13:20.

Thanks Henry,
I remember a previous comment from you on another matter - saying you had attended childrens' parties at Park Road.
So I wondered if there was a connection.
By the way, I've not heard mention of canabalism in any stories told by members of "my" branch of the Choy clan.