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Hong Kong mother.jpg

Submitted by Lai Wah Dewson on Thu, 2020-12-03 03:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1958

I'm probably no more than a week old in the arms of my mum in 1958. It's amazing how quickly she got her figure back! I wonder where she was taking me? The chungsan she's wearing was lilac with black beads. It was my absolute favourite of hers and I've never forgiven my sister for losing it during a house move! When she did the housework or cooking, mum used to carry me on her back in a traditional cloth baby-carrier with four straps, known as a meh dai, but she called it a meh meh.

Dance Club 1950s

Submitted by Lai Wah Dewson on Thu, 2020-12-03 03:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

My mum loved dancing and here she is circa 1953 ready to light up the dance floor. She used to work in Kowloon's NAAFI shop - wherever that was? - where she started learning English from the servicemen who used to pop in. Like many couples of her generation, she met my dad at dance club but my dad never told me which one the boys of 28 Squadron used to frequent!

Hong Kong glamour.jpg

Submitted by Lai Wah Dewson on Tue, 2020-12-01 19:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1952

My mum in her twenties. Her glamourous chungsan was white with blue beading.

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