Some of you may recall a series of photos of Hong Kong taken in 1946 that I posted to this site many months ago. Of particular interest was the photo of Central district and the old Cricket Club – including memories of Billy Tingle’s exercise classes for chilrden.
http://tressillian.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/hong-kong-1946-hsbc/
Moses Katz has very kindly reproduced some pages from the Public & Thomas Hanbury School For Boys in Shanghai where Billy Tingle was the Sports Master before the war. Here are some of the photos…..
More photos to follow…..
I would love to see more photos of Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Boys. My father, uncles and cousins went to this school. My father is 86 years of age and would be delighted to view more photos, as all his were lost in the bombing of Shanghai in 1937 and his family and extended family POWs
My brother and I both went to Public and Thomas Hanbury school for boys I am 87 yrs old so I gues your father and I would have been in the same of one class appart. He taught me boxing and physical exercises and I can remember him giving me a medal for performing the exeercisesbest in school which I guess didnt mean much as there werenot many in the school anyway but Im sure he was very good at instilling into boys good sportsmanship and to stand up for youself and the benifits of being fit. My father retired from the Shanghai Municipal Police in 1939 after 25 yrs sserviceand we came to Sydney . After serving in the AIF 1942/1946 and then DCA till 1982 haver been retired till now in the CentralCoast Avoca each Sydney I do have some photos of school sports there. Unfortunately there were very few English boys went to that school, most iof them went to the Cathedral school for boys and girls,best wished to you your father and family ……..from Jack Lovell…..
Jack i would love to talk to you about my uncle, Billy Tingle.
I don’t live far from you. Sandra
Hi, Billy Tingle was my uncle. I have a large photo of a group of pupils in front of the
Cricket Club with Billy. If any one would like a copy please let me know. I am looking
for his 2 daughters and family their names are Joyce and Grace.
If any one can help I would be very grateful or has any stories of Billy.
I live in Australia. Thank You.
Hi Sandra. I dont know if I can tell you much more about my time in Shanghai and know of Billy but I know he used to promote boxing mainly between visiting British navy sailors and boys from the 4th.American marines who were stationed there for many years and from the Shanghai Municiple Police boxers alsooverseas fighters but you probably know all this..All the best……Jack