What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

 

General

• How several thousand old gramophone needles kept the City Hall opening date on schedule (scroll down to the bottom of that page for the needles story)

• Percy Chittenden thought he'd lost his wartime diary during the fighting in Hong Kong in 1941, but after surviving the years as a POW he was surprised to find his diary waiting for him when he arrived back in the UK, sent to him by a Mrs B Reed. Percy's nephew got in touch with Mrs Reed's daughter to pass on the family's thanks.

• All five volumes of Gwulo's books are back in stock at Amazon UK (this is an affiliate link - it doesn't affect the price you pay but Gwulo earns a small commission from Amazon if you buy via this link)

• There is an ongoing discussion about the early buildings along Broadwood Road - see them on a map, or on a list. In a related thread, the hunt for information about 24 Broadwood Road continues.

• Stuart Braga has posted a biography of Anthony Manuel BRAGA (aka Tony) [1907-1994]  

  

• Eurasian_david introduces the big family that is the issue of Omar Abdool (Razak) Madar (22nd Jul 1871-14th Dec 1923) b. Hong Kong. d. Hong Kong, and his wife Sarah Shirazee (6th Jan 1874-12th Jun 1947) b. Hong Kong d. Shanghai.

• Thank you to Bookazine for interviewing me about Gwulo, my books, and the recent award

• The first horse carriages and the first motor cars in Hong Kong

• HCIIL has posted several stereoviews of Hong Kong from the 1920s, e.g.:

  

• blueheron has posted a selection of photos of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club boats and events in the 1970s. Here's an example:

  

• Readers are looking for any information about ...

  • Stories / photos of the islands around Hong Kong

  • Looking for Renee Ballerand

  • Looking for Arthur Lo, from Hong Kong - he worked in the Peking Restaurant in Wendover, UK, in the late eighties

Organisations & People

Merry Christmas to Gwulo's readers ...

(Here are more photos of Christmas celebrations in Hong Kong over the years.)

Now on to what's new and updated on the Gwulo website - Gwulo's contributors have been busy!

 

General

• Gwulo helps Michele learn more about her late grandfather's pharmacy, 中大

• The government launch, Sir Cecil Clementi

• In the recent video about elephants being unloaded I said they were in Hong Kong with a circus. Moddsey has found another possible explanation, that the elephants were just being shipped through Hong Kong and changing ships here.

• Gwulo's books are now available to order in the U.K. 

• The 1943 Preliminary British Repatriation List is a document prepared by the Japanese, listing people to be repatriated from Stanley Camp and why they were chosen. The repatriation never went ahead.

• THE HONG-KONG FUNICULAR RAILWAY - an 1887 article about the Peak Tram.

• Horses in Hong Kong.

• HCIIL has uploaded several stereoview cards. There's an example below and you can see many more here.

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• Alan has been identifying signatures from the Day Joyce sheet which Ms Day Joyce embroidered during internment in wartime Hong Kong. There's an example below, and you can see the others here.

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• Readers are looking for any information about ...

  • How big are the original prints in the old panoramas, and what resolution should they be scanned at?

  • Was Father Augustine Placzek banished as a "war enemy" at the beginning of WW1?

  • Were police dogs used in Hong Kong before WW2?

  • Which building was 24 Broadwood Road?

  • Was the Ching Tak Kindergarten on Cheung Chau previously a school for western children?

Organisations & People