The three children of Ron Brooks, Deputy Chief Officer of the HK Fire Brigade, regularly attended the horse riding school in the early 1950s. There were seven ponies named after the seven dwarfs: Sleepy, Doc, Grumpy etc. especially for the children to ride. There was a row of stables and also race horses. The school was run by Tito Xavier and his wife Mae, they had twin daughters. I believe they moved to Australia. <Read more ...>
The three children of Ron Brooks, Deputy Chief Officer of the HK Fire Brigade, regularly attended the horse riding school in the early 1950s. The school was run by Tito Xavier and his wife Mae. Ronnie Brooks himself would usually go horse riding in the neighbouring hills while his children had their horse riding lessons. <Read more ...>
My mother, Helene Marie Caudron Brooks, was the 2nd of the three daughters of Maurice (Kleber) and Marcelle Caudron. She was born in Ohain, Nord, France and as a young girl went with her family to live in Singapore for a few years before moving with them in her teens to Hong Kong in the early 1930s where her father set up a trading company operating between France and Hong Kong. He family retained their property in northern France and she travelled there often. <Read more ...>
