This is probably the John Stericker who, with his wife Veronica, produced and privately published 'Hong Kong in Picture and Story' in 1954. In the introduction, they refer to a 'vast collection of photographic data on Hong Kong', so somewhere there maybe more than the 100 photos printed in the book. The book seems to have had at least three impressions with a total printing of 6000 copies.
I have a pristine copy of this book. It says it was "Published by the Authors and Printed in Photogravure by TAI WAH PRESS & CO LTD, HK, 1953". It contains a lot of interesting commentaries for nearly all the photos and finally a section "Something about Photography", a guide to better shooting maybe!?
I too have a copy of the book of photographs by John Stericker referred to above. It is signed “John and Veronica Stericker;” I like to think the autograph is genuine but of course I cannot be 100% certain.
I purchased it many years ago at a car boot sale in England for the princely sum of 50 pence! Wonder what it is worth now?
Some of the “hints” make fascinating reading now - even if they are a little non-P.C! For example, what to do if “you are worried about a Chinese getting your telephone number by mistake,” or “how to punish a taxi driver driving too fast!”
The best of all is “the postal address of Hong Kong is HONG KONG and NOT Hong Kong, China.” (Note capitals). What a difference 70 years makes!
The book contains, inter alia, a number of photographs of the area near where I live - i.e. Kam Tin and Kat Hing Wai village near Shek Kong. It is interesting to make “then and now” comparisons between the old photos and the location now.
John Charter’s journal for 31 January 1945 gives John Stericker as the Secretary for the Camp Internal Affairs committee (although he is not sure if the title is exact.)
A footnote reference in Geoffrey Emerson's book "Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945" mentions that Stericker was an employee of the British American Tobacco Company and also the Secretary of the British Community Councils in Stanley Camp.
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John Arthur Stericker 14 September 1908 - 29 January 1989
Passenger List Liverpool to Hong Kong Deptember 1946
John Arthur Stericker 38 Tobacco Manufacturer UK Address Hembal, Trewoon, St. Austell Cornwall
Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence Hong Kong
Foreign and Overseas Records
John Arthur Stericker bachelor age 27 married 25 January 1936 in Shantung to Margaret Roy (sic) Eckford
Marriage 1969 St Austell Cornwall Stericker
John A Stericker to Daphne D Buckley (1913 - 1999)
Truro, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England Penmount Crematorium
John Arthur Stericker born 14 September 1908 died 29 January 1989 in Penmouth Cornwall
Find a Grave Penmount Craematorium Truro Cornwall
John Arthur Stericker 14 September 1908 - 29 January 1989
Ancestry Tree
John Arthur Stericker born 14 Sep 1908 Hamilton, Bermuda
John Stericker
This is probably the John Stericker who, with his wife Veronica, produced and privately published 'Hong Kong in Picture and Story' in 1954. In the introduction, they refer to a 'vast collection of photographic data on Hong Kong', so somewhere there maybe more than the 100 photos printed in the book. The book seems to have had at least three impressions with a total printing of 6000 copies.
John Stericker
I have a pristine copy of this book. It says it was "Published by the Authors and Printed in Photogravure by TAI WAH PRESS & CO LTD, HK, 1953". It contains a lot of interesting commentaries for nearly all the photos and finally a section "Something about Photography", a guide to better shooting maybe!?
John Stericker’s Book
I too have a copy of the book of photographs by John Stericker referred to above. It is signed “John and Veronica Stericker;” I like to think the autograph is genuine but of course I cannot be 100% certain.
I purchased it many years ago at a car boot sale in England for the princely sum of 50 pence! Wonder what it is worth now?
Some of the “hints” make fascinating reading now - even if they are a little non-P.C! For example, what to do if “you are worried about a Chinese getting your telephone number by mistake,” or “how to punish a taxi driver driving too fast!”
The best of all is “the postal address of Hong Kong is HONG KONG and NOT Hong Kong, China.” (Note capitals). What a difference 70 years makes!
The book contains, inter alia, a number of photographs of the area near where I live - i.e. Kam Tin and Kat Hing Wai village near Shek Kong. It is interesting to make “then and now” comparisons between the old photos and the location now.
Position of authority in Stanley Camp
John Charter’s journal for 31 January 1945 gives John Stericker as the Secretary for the Camp Internal Affairs committee (although he is not sure if the title is exact.)
Re: Stericker
A footnote reference in Geoffrey Emerson's book "Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945" mentions that Stericker was an employee of the British American Tobacco Company and also the Secretary of the British Community Councils in Stanley Camp.