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Note from Mrs B Cunningham to Mrs Grace Smith.JPG

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1943

Climbing the falls at Bride's Pool?

Disembarking at Tung Chung (?) Lantau 1

Persons unknown.

Disembarking at Tung Chung (?) Lantau 2

Persons unknown

The journey down from Lantau Mountain Camp looking towards Silver Mine Bay

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

A rest on the journey up to Lantau Mountain Camp

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

The climb up to Lantau Mountain Camp

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

Invitation card for the farewell party on the retirement of Raymond Smith

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956

The card is a tribute to my father's well-known interest in snakes, showing him as a snake charmer. 

First record of a king cobra in Hong Kong

My father was a very keen collector of snakes. When he returned, holding it, on the bus to Hong Kong, all the other passengers got off! The photograph is misleading as the head of the cobra is not very visible just a few inches from the ground.

Matshed by beach in New Territories

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

Left to right: Unknown girl, Valerie Heywood, Susan Heywood, two unknown girls, Veronica Heyhood, Pixie Smith, John Anton-Smith 

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