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My Extraordinary Aunt: College days in 1960s Hong Kong

May 28, 2017 Maria Spackman 5

When the school year started in September 1967 my honorary aunt Joan ‘The Bone’ Byrne took up her post at Hong Kong’s Wellington College in Caine Road and I began my undistinguished academic career at […]

My Extraordinary Aunt: Taking the long way to London

March 12, 2017 Maria Spackman 11

Every child needs an extraordinary aunt. If Nature fails to provide, one must invent or appoint one. Mine was Aunty Joan. Strictly speaking she was my dad’s cousin, and therefore an Aunt by Appointment. But […]

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