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One hundred years ago, Sennet Frères was a watch merchant; today, it’s a wedding-couture brand. So where do we begin with this story? Local singer-songwriter Hins Cheung discovered the fascinating lives of the Weill family when he took up residence in their old family home, and made it his mission to revive the long lost brand.
If Hins Cheung weren’t a musician, he’d probably have been a historian. The singer-songwriter, who’s released more than 10 studio albums and appeared in a number of Hong Kong feature films, has a not-so-secret penchant for historical research. But whereas some find it compelling to discover their ancestral roots and chart out their family tree, Cheung put his efforts into completing the picture of another family altogether – that of the high-society tale of Albert and Rosie Weill, who lived in Hong Kong in the 1920s.
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The word âapocalypticâ actually appeared in a Jan. 1, 2020, headline in this newspaper. It was used to modify the noun âwildfires,â which were scorching millions of acres a world away.
The dayâs paper brought news of far-away catastrophes. As Australia burned, thousands were swept up in floods in Indonesia and dozens of zoo animals perished in a Berlin fire.
Locally, the news was rather ho-hum. Roanoke County planned a broadband survey to figure out which areas were unserved or underserved.
Turns out, weâd all discover soon enough how critical broadband is to education, health care, commerce, and even just to see family and friends.