https://atleastwelived.com/max-and-audreys-photos daily 0.75 2013-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378223005006-6W2DIU7TTQWWY8PHDROG/Cairo+letter.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey's letter to her family from Cairo, 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378223005006-6W2DIU7TTQWWY8PHDROG/Cairo+letter.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey's letter to her family from Cairo, 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378223016950-E52GHBO0BW676VSIF4C4/IMG.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey (right) at the English seaside with her sisters Joan (left) and Tottie (centre), 1931 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594885259-NAQZ8SI5HW60XPKY3IUH/Villars+1938.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey (left) with Dorothy Hutchison (centre) on a hard-earned skiing holiday in Villars, Switzerland, 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933324667-QAYIEI82O7LXLGS5OWWY/IMG_0002.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey in Chungking, 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933871772-6YVX2P2TSQ13JK24157H/Max+uniform.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Acting Pilot Officer MN Oxford at No.3 Flight Training School, Grantham 1928 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378934000473-NCQSUPUOW8X77VEAXRVT/Max+Pig+Sticking.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max pig-sticking in Baghdad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933726901-QNWJX923L9687J80HNR3/Imperial+airlines+plane.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max flew for Imperial Airways from 1936-38 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933670423-X9G8J13I81PRM9Y9P84U/Max+at+home.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max at home, 45 Kadoorie Avenue, Kowloon, 1939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594783718-UE7RHTOLNQ35VUZM6XK2/IMG_0006.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Max (standing on right), WL Bond of CNAC (fifth from right) and unidentified friends in prewar Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594797441-9X8YI0GMP8BG6R6HDY81/IMG_0007.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank dominates central Hong Kong, postwar photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594899091-M03P1HOXD5VXDIDGC7OK/Waichow.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - The escape group in Huizhou, with Max (second row, third from left), December 30, 1941 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594937580-6R345DRK8QKUG03ROP8C/wedding_0002.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Announcement in the Associated Press of the marriage of Max Oxford and Audrey Watson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594816018-VBZ5VOYWYWFTQMND0AUJ/IMG_0134.JPG Max and Audrey's Photos - 24-hairpin bend road Max and Audrey drove down near Qinglong, World War II photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378934504965-2WF5DZKG4C0AEO1ODKFO/Max+farewell+photo.png Max and Audrey's Photos - At Max's farewell lunch with Admiral Chan Chak and Henry Hsu, March 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594483755-TC3UWGVJ6OA3L9WZXNGW/IMG+2.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Allied officers and civilians in Chungking, including Max (centre) and Admiral Yang (on Max's right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378934655935-84CAXSD87X1PGBBWS0X7/Max+Chan+Chak.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Colonial Secretary David MacDougall, Admiral Chan Chak and Wing Commander Max Oxford back in Hong Kong after the war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594484480-A28CAX9DH0U3E37ZOJLC/chan+in+max+office.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Admiral Chan visiting Max's office in the Department of Civil Aviation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594472400-A166TLP162PTSCAD3GBJ/A+%26+Statue+Sq.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey in the gardens of Branksome Towers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594927204-C5H5LQDIJB9EX78L0YIX/water+landing.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Colonial Secretary MacDougall (right) returns from a trip, greeted by Max and DCA Albert Moss, January 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594847008-NOEOCOKUU8110JC01PIY/nathan.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Aviation, visited Hong Kong in September 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935014363-UNGVOEWGICGAZ0ROK7W1/luna+park.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max (front right) and Audrey (back left) have dinner with friends at Luna Park, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594854384-0K5TBETZG3H6LHCOXMWP/Photos+1950+HK+Macau_0002.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - A day out at "Dunrose", New Territories home of Joy and Eddie Teesdale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594826777-APRMNF2IVOY0DUYB1KEV/Kai+Tak+1950_0001.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Disputed planes grounded at Kai Tak, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935246836-EYR7RJIRINTQ70EG25ZX/plane+over+harbour.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Planes, junks and ferries traffic Hong Kong harbour, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935432921-STE4EQZZ3I76R6L6E2IQ/Audrey+Christmas.png Max and Audrey's Photos - 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Washington DC launch In my remarks, I mention my mother flying on Concord to visit us in DC in 1987 - very different from her 1943 flights over the Hump into China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1383064548163-IIRDO54PAJ186N26UH5P/Walter+Isaacson+at+DC+party Blog - Washington DC launch It was wonderful to see friends such as best-selling authors Walter Isaacson (pictured) and Evan Thomas.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1383064791598-G2T7G8N35EB1V1TQZOO8/Georgetown+book+group+at+DC+party Blog - Washington DC launch As well as Georgetown book group friends, Cecilie, Marianne and Andrea.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1383064928151-UDEVWKB59OQCPPLE5C36/Lisa+Buchan+at+DC+party Blog - Washington DC launch Visiting from London, though a native of DC, Lisa Buchan has just submitted her fascinating thesis on aviation in China to the University of Exeter.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1383065383334-7I9XXV1PV775E3LFBHWE/Roxie+and+Mike+at+DC+party Blog - Washington DC launch I couldn't have managed without the help of Roxie, elder daughter and website designer, and Mike, husband and editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1383065807668-ICTLDEGBCHHXAY2UFAHN/Mike+and+Elaine+at+DC+party Blog - Washington DC launch Mike and our old friend Elaine Kamarck chat before guests arrive. https://atleastwelived.com/blog/2013/10/15/book-launch-in-devon monthly 0.5 2013-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1381951205541-DEJ4WJ9HO91ZB8A410E6/IMG_3714.JPG Blog - Book launch in Devon The Strand at Topsham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1381953310353-W92XHKBB7CE7W76AYFHF/IMG_3624.JPG Blog - Book launch in Devon My sister Frances (left) introduced me at Topsham Museum. We are pictured here with book designer, Cece Wong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1381957517133-TB96PIEKMV4FOE6FQP7E/IMG_3604.JPG Blog - Book launch in Devon Frances' daughter, Alida (centre), is a third generation Topsham resident. She loved the book! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1381957692165-ZIXZHQKU29PQ5OT00R5R/IMG_3616.JPG Blog - Book launch in Devon Many guests remember Max and Audrey fondly from their years on Monmouth St in Topsham.  https://atleastwelived.com/photos daily 0.75 2013-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378223005006-6W2DIU7TTQWWY8PHDROG/Cairo+letter.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey's letter to her family from Cairo, 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378223016950-E52GHBO0BW676VSIF4C4/IMG.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey (right) at the English seaside with her sisters Joan (left) and Tottie (centre), 1931 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594885259-NAQZ8SI5HW60XPKY3IUH/Villars+1938.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey (left) with Dorothy Hutchison (centre) on a hard-earned skiing holiday in Villars, Switzerland, 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933324667-QAYIEI82O7LXLGS5OWWY/IMG_0002.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey in Chungking, 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933871772-6YVX2P2TSQ13JK24157H/Max+uniform.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Acting Pilot Officer MN Oxford at No.3 Flight Training School, Grantham 1928 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378934000473-NCQSUPUOW8X77VEAXRVT/Max+Pig+Sticking.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max pig-sticking in Baghdad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933726901-QNWJX923L9687J80HNR3/Imperial+airlines+plane.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max flew for Imperial Airways from 1936-38 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378933670423-X9G8J13I81PRM9Y9P84U/Max+at+home.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max at home, 45 Kadoorie Avenue, Kowloon, 1939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594783718-UE7RHTOLNQ35VUZM6XK2/IMG_0006.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Max (standing on right), WL Bond of CNAC (fifth from right) and unidentified friends in prewar Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594797441-9X8YI0GMP8BG6R6HDY81/IMG_0007.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank dominates central Hong Kong, postwar photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594899091-M03P1HOXD5VXDIDGC7OK/Waichow.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - The escape group in Huizhou, with Max (second row, third from left), December 30, 1941 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594937580-6R345DRK8QKUG03ROP8C/wedding_0002.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Announcement in the Associated Press of the marriage of Max Oxford and Audrey Watson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594816018-VBZ5VOYWYWFTQMND0AUJ/IMG_0134.JPG Max and Audrey's Photos - 24-hairpin bend road Max and Audrey drove down near Qinglong, World War II photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378934504965-2WF5DZKG4C0AEO1ODKFO/Max+farewell+photo.png Max and Audrey's Photos - At Max's farewell lunch with Admiral Chan Chak and Henry Hsu, March 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594483755-TC3UWGVJ6OA3L9WZXNGW/IMG+2.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Allied officers and civilians in Chungking, including Max (centre) and Admiral Yang (on Max's right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378934655935-84CAXSD87X1PGBBWS0X7/Max+Chan+Chak.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Colonial Secretary David MacDougall, Admiral Chan Chak and Wing Commander Max Oxford back in Hong Kong after the war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594484480-A28CAX9DH0U3E37ZOJLC/chan+in+max+office.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Admiral Chan visiting Max's office in the Department of Civil Aviation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594472400-A166TLP162PTSCAD3GBJ/A+%26+Statue+Sq.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey in the gardens of Branksome Towers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594927204-C5H5LQDIJB9EX78L0YIX/water+landing.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Colonial Secretary MacDougall (right) returns from a trip, greeted by Max and DCA Albert Moss, January 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594847008-NOEOCOKUU8110JC01PIY/nathan.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Aviation, visited Hong Kong in September 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935014363-UNGVOEWGICGAZ0ROK7W1/luna+park.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max (front right) and Audrey (back left) have dinner with friends at Luna Park, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594854384-0K5TBETZG3H6LHCOXMWP/Photos+1950+HK+Macau_0002.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - A day out at "Dunrose", New Territories home of Joy and Eddie Teesdale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378594826777-APRMNF2IVOY0DUYB1KEV/Kai+Tak+1950_0001.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Disputed planes grounded at Kai Tak, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935246836-EYR7RJIRINTQ70EG25ZX/plane+over+harbour.jpg Max and Audrey's Photos - Planes, junks and ferries traffic Hong Kong harbour, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935432921-STE4EQZZ3I76R6L6E2IQ/Audrey+Christmas.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Audrey preparing for their final Christmas at Branksome Towers, 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378935465463-5MTNJZ36SJ0AITIV0ADS/Max+Christmas.png Max and Audrey's Photos - Max at Christmas, 1950 https://atleastwelived.com/about daily 1.0 2015-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1386356079813-2X5TP95BPTLSM3Q1UODS/HK+Tatler+Dec+2013.jpg About The Book At Least We Lived featured in the December issue of Hong Kong Tatler. https://atleastwelived.com/about-author daily 0.75 2015-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5225f37fe4b0c3db86940a5d/1378908003428-DQ0EQMERIVDOQUCX4NAO/portrait_B%26W_hi-res.jpg About the Author Emma Oxford, author At Least We Lived https://atleastwelived.com/press daily 0.75 2014-01-11