Our life and times
An hour long documentary about Hong Kong’s history right before Hong Kong’s 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty. The film was produced by Elaine Forsgate Marden and directed by Libby Halliday. Copyright of The Film...
We lived for many years on the 7th (top) floor of a block called Eredine on Mount Kellett. just above the Matilda Hospital. From Mount Kellett you could look down on Aberdeen. Here are a...
I posted an article on Kai Tak airport in 2014 but have now found this collection uploaded in 2007 by ‘bigeyedchicken’ who says, ‘First of all, this is a collection from YouTube. I would...
One of the most colourful sights in Hong Kong is the junk. Sadly there are far less these days but in the 1970’s there were plenty still moving cargo or fishing. I’ve included here...
Valerie and I were taken one night in the 1970’s to the Happy Valley recourse by my boss, Ken Campbell and his wife Dottie. Not at all interested in horse racing it turned out...
One of my abiding memories is of the transport on Hong Kong streets in the 1970’s. The buses, the mini buses, the taxis and of course especially the green trams, such a amazing sight as...
One of my memories of Hong Kong Central District was watching the men build huge bamboo scaffolding up the sides of buildings. They often then clad it with plastic and I recall watching as one caught...
The international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998 was Kai Tak. My family flew in and out of Kai Tak three or four times a year for ten years. After a while...
The Dragon Boat festivals were always a popular event in the Henderson family calendar when we lived in Hong Kong, especially the races held off Stanley Village. Eventually an expatriate team was raised, but...
My second novel, The Hong Kong Circle, finishes in 1949, and my third will start on that date. Here I will introduce to you to the first of the wonderful films shot by Michael...