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Wartime letter from Hong Kong to Wales

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Mon, 2020-08-03 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941

One can only speculate how much the war must have disrupted all mail services, this just prior to the Japanese Occupation.

First Through Flight Hong Kong-London 1936

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Mon, 2020-08-03 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1936

Pixie Smith showed an early interest in postage stamps when she sent letters to her mother in Cheltenham

Imperial Airways started the first regular through flights between Hong Kong and London via Penang in March 1936. The service changed in 1937, operating instead via Bangkok. The first inbound mail carried by RMA Dorado was dated 14th March in London and delivered in Hong Kong on 24th March.

First Airmail Trial Flight via Saigon and Marseilles 1932

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Mon, 2020-08-03 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1932

I have no record telling me how often or for how long this service ran, but according to Hong Kong Post's history web page, it was air-mail as far as Marseilles and then the post continued over land and sea to the UK.

Imperial Airways Air-Mail service

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Mon, 2020-08-03 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1936

The new air-mail service was by far the fastest way to send a letter between Hong Kong and the UK.

Non-Airmail Post via Trans-Siberian Railway

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Mon, 2020-08-03 00:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Between 1912 and 1932, all mail between the UK and the Far East was routed via the Trans-Siberian Railway unless it was specifically marked for sea-mail, which would take weeks rather than days.

Beach Party - possibly at Big Wave Bay 1952

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 19:17
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1952

Back row: Christopher Connet, Sheila Tydeman, two children

Front row: Pixie Smith and Raymond Smith, third and fourth from left, others unidentified

Letter of May 28 1942 from PoW Camp

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 18:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1942

A letter from my father, a prisoner of war, to my mother. He mentions his mother, Grace Smith, who was blind and cared for devotedly by Chan, a young Chinese woman with a husband and children. The letter suggests that Chan chose to be interned along with Mrs Smith at Stanley Camp so she could continue to care for her. We have found no record of Chan at Stanley, so assume that she was thrown out of the camp as just one more mouth to feed. Despite attempts by Raymond Smith after the war to trace Chan, her fate remains a mystery.

Pixie Smith as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 18:45
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

My mother, fifth from left.

Group on the wall of the swimming pool

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-01-17 20:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

From left to right: Pixie Smith, my father, myself and Mrs Harmon.

Walking down to the swimming pool on Lantau

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-01-17 20:36
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

Pixie Smith in the background, my amah, two unknown girls and myself in the lead.

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