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A couple from the archives:
c.1900 Garden Road
The view from The Club Germania. Click here to read more about this photo.
Billy Tingle
Were you a Billy Tingler? Click here to read about Billy's background, and comments from some of the many people whose lives he touched.
I wanted a Birthday-themed photo for this week, and remembered this one:
Looking through Gwulo's list of buildings, how many have a major birthday this year? Lets start with those that have made it to 50 ...
50 years old
[2016 update: The family have just been in touch, and the photos are on their way home: http://gwulo.com/node/35231]
I bought a collection of photos recently, hoping they'd have lots of views of Hong Kong. Instead they're almost all photos of people, that really belong in a family album. I'd rather see them back with the family, so I'm hoping one of Gwulo's readers can help put them in touch.
We're looking for the family of this lady, Marie Shelley, formerly Marie Baglin:
Rice is Hong Kong's staple food. As shown below, the cost of rice increased over 600 times during the 3 years 8 months of the Japanese occupation.