It was in the early part of 1902 that I, fresh from my native village Ngoi Hoi near Kongmoon, the 3rd port of Kwaongtung, China, first set foot on the terra firma of this British Outpost called Hongkong. Acting under my eldest brother's instruction, I came for an education in English. Let me recount some items of interest in those gone-by days in the following paragraphs.

Francesca sent in these memories of life in the Government Quarters around Leighton Hill in the 1950s and 60s.

The blocks under scaffolding [on the right of the photo below] were The New Blocks of Leighton Hill:

These were dug into the hillsides in built-up areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon, before the Japanese invasion in 1941.

Below are the tunnels we've documented so far. (Subscribers, you may need to view this on the website to see the list).

A few odds & ends:

London visit

I'll be in London next week, 3rd-8th July. If any readers would like to meet up for a coffee & say hello, please drop me a line:

Portuguese names suddenly disappeared from the Jurors Lists in 1903. Several reasons why have been suggested, but we still don't have a firm answer.

Now in 1909 they're back again. Here's how many times a given name appears in each year's Jurors List: