My grandfather, John Hubert Bottomley (Jack), arrived in Hong Kong in the summer of 1924 to take up a position as a Government Architect with the PWD. Following are some postcards he sent to his fiancée, Mildred Victoria Rhodes, back in Yorkshire between 1924 and 1928. They were married back in England in June 1928 then, after a brief honeymoon in the Lake District, returned to Hong Kong where they raised a family, eventually retiring to the UK permanently in late 1956. Jack was interned in Shamshuipo and Argyle Street camps from 1941-1945, but the rest of the family were lucky enough to be on long leave in England when War broke out.
