A Japanese Amah
The following blog tells the story of a uniquely transnational amah called Tuk-San. [1] Tuk-San was a Japanese woman who travelled with...
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- Jun 29, 2021
- 9 min
Clapham Connections: The Hanbury Brothers and the Wider British World
Returning from China, Thomas Hanbury arrived in Marseilles on 25 January 1858 and, before boarding the train for Paris, scribbled a quick...
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- Jun 29, 2021
- 8 min
The Five Faces of Dr Walter Medhurst DD
Devout evangelical though he was, Walter Henry Medhurst was not above a touch of vanity, particularly when it came to sitting for his...
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- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
Plumb Blossoms on a Chinese Tea-Pot (21 June 2020)
For as long as I can remember, a small pewter tea-pot with a jade handle and spout has been ‘part of the furniture’. So much so that in...
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- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
Recent Family Finds
Tucked away in attics, trunks and shoe-boxes are heirlooms, letters and photographs that nobody has noticed or looked at for years and...
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- May 30, 2020
- 7 min
Singapore – Family memories, then and now
In 1951, Squadron-Leader John Hillier (Harold Hillier’s eldest son) was posted to Singapore with the RAF. He flew out whilst his wife and...
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Crisis Response: Then and Now
The family’s contribution to Covid-19 initiatives is in keeping with its responses to other natural disasters in the past. From the...
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- Apr 26, 2020
- 3 min
Restoring a Dog of Foo
Post by Caroline Morris (daughter of Harold and Angela Hillier) April 2020 It was January 2017, and I had bronchitis for the first time. ...
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- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
Tristram Hillier
(posted April 2020) Sadly, the wonderful exhibition of Tristram Hillier’s paintings in Taunton, Landscapes of the Mind, had to close...
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