June 2017 – Maria Spackman

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Absent from duty for the 1997 Hong Kong handover

June 25, 2017 Maria Spackman 3

My father Jack Spackman said that, when we arrived in Hong Kong in February 1967, his questions about what would happen in 20 years’ time when Britain’s lease on the New Territories expired were routinely […]

In to the deep midwinter with a backyard banana or two

June 11, 2017 Sally Baxter 0

Dad always said those freezing Grenfell winters convinced him early on that the best place to live was within sight of a banana tree. So it was pretty special to finally put in two banana […]

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