tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post7030627854576628733..comments2024-03-03T14:36:29.837+08:00Comments on John's Hong Kong Birding: The Promise of YouthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post-37187178959399834702012-06-20T17:30:46.676+08:002012-06-20T17:30:46.676+08:00Hi Russell, Yes Eddie Hemmings got a few internat...Hi Russell, Yes Eddie Hemmings got a few international games in the early 80s, as I recall. A Brummie, big hero at Edgbaston..John Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419454306292739431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post-37035932714983777622012-06-15T22:14:13.786+08:002012-06-15T22:14:13.786+08:00What an excellent photograph! -Better than mine at...What an excellent photograph! -Better than mine at the Gabba in the early 80s. I don't even remember the year....was it '82? Hmmn, I think I saw him there a couple of times for test and a one dayer. maybe the one dayer was a few years later...You've got me going now, ...blah, blah. Was there a spinner called Hemmings? I came to Japan window shopping for cameras in 2000.Russell Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153568497950671742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post-77242621220855012162012-05-23T09:35:07.532+08:002012-05-23T09:35:07.532+08:00Stu, HK has many people who "Came for three y...Stu, HK has many people who "Came for three years, and stayed for thirty" - I'm one of them ! :-)John Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419454306292739431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post-16748125230736630932012-05-23T09:33:08.970+08:002012-05-23T09:33:08.970+08:00Everyone had a better run-up than Ken Higgs - apar...Everyone had a better run-up than Ken Higgs - apart from J.S.E. Price of Middlesex !John Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419454306292739431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post-13537826055657271722012-05-22T18:18:43.185+08:002012-05-22T18:18:43.185+08:00Wow, Beefy in his prime before the wine and injuri...Wow, Beefy in his prime before the wine and injuries turned him into a fat pie chucker.<br /><br />So you worked in Hong Kong for 20 odd years before the handover? And you stayed on, I didn't know that. Interesting stuff.Stuart Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6888150200000284242.post-35015051991592112922012-05-22T18:18:15.375+08:002012-05-22T18:18:15.375+08:00Excellent phoo, John. The action doesn't look ...Excellent phoo, John. The action doesn't look too orthodox but at least he had a better run up than Ken Higgs.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338473094793604518noreply@blogger.com