6 Dec 1941, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Sat, 2012-03-03 00:05
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Sat, 6 Dec 1941
A day of bright sunshine. Many of the HKVDC leave their offices to take part in weekend exercises.
Crowds flock to Happy Valley for the races.
Barbara Redwood is taken to the cinema to see 'My Life With Caroline' by her boyfriend Arthur Alsey a bandsman with the Royal Scots who has a day's leave. They watch a newsreel with comforting images of US planes 'in formidable formation'.
In the evening the 'Tin Hat Ball' is held at the Peninsula Hotel: the purpose is to help raise the £160,000 which would complete the purchase price of a bomber squadron the people of Hong Kong had presented to Britain.
Sources:
HKVDC, Ball: John Luff, The Hidden Years, 1967, 14
Races, Cinema: Mabel Winifred Redwood, It Was Like This..., 2001, 68-69
