5 Apr 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

5 Apr 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary

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Thu, 5 Apr 1945

The daily air raid began at about 1 o'clock, it was clear by 2.30 so we were able to go to the Easter Entertainment in St Stephens (during which there was another air raid alarm.)

This was a concert given by the R.C.s. The tableaux were awful, the choir and Rag Dolls dance good, and the fairies not too bad though I started the song too soon ((There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden)); Denise's veil was almost pulled off.  ((Denise de Vleeschouwer, who was Queen of the Fairies.))   Raffle: the Fortescues won the cushion cover Mrs Kopecsky embroidered, Leslie Parkin the table centre, and a cake. Rosaleen (Millar) sold 9 of the winning tickets.

I managed to get into pale green costume  ((made pre-war, brought to me by our family amah when I was in the Tai Koon Hotel before internment; because of rice fat in camp, it was a tight fit now))