Beijing

Above: Margaret and Dennis with embassy staff at the Great Hall of the People, for Dennis's presentation
of his credentials as Ambassador to Chinese President Li Xiannian, April 1984.

Below: Travels with the team - left, on board the Guangzhou-Beijing Express, April 1984: the guys with Monica Cross, who lived in the residence with us and was a wonderful carer for the children during our frequent absences. Right: Philippines holiday, January 1985: Margaret and Cat in a canoe, going to the Pagsanjan Falls.

Below left: Qinghai Province - north of Tibet - September 1984 .... Below right: note on back reads: Margaret and Catherine Argall, June 1985.
Kindest regards and many thanks for a wonderful few days in Beijing - Dorothy and John Button

Left below: Margaret at home with the girls and our 'Beijing sister' Helen Katsoulis, now Helen Cross (married to Monica's brother David)
- face painting and dress-ups.

Centre: Cold morning, cold fingers: Cat, Tiananmen Square, January 1985
all photos below, except this one, by Monica

Right: Margaret out shopping, in a street at Beidaihe, on the Bohai Gulf, north of Tianjin
- always someone to talk to, especially away from the city, where people often were excited by the sight of a foreigner.

Did you ever doubt the rapture of music from the Fisher-Price turntable?

Monica took most of these pictures. Thanks Mon.