What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• An 'alphabetical list of the Proprietors of lands and buildings in the Town of Hongkong' from 1842.
   
• Illustration of the Shek Kip Mei fire, and after.
   
• To any Hong Kong based students reading (including secondary school / undergraduate / postgraduate students), there's a new history prize on offer for the best 4-8,000 word essay on any aspect of Hong Kong's history.
   
• Footsteps of Rev. Mackay in Hong Kong, at the beginning and end of his missionary life (1871-1901).
   
• Aberdeen photos on Uwants run to over 500 pages!
   
• Readers ask for help with:
  • Looking for photos of Utility poles, especially power lines, in old photos of Hong Kong.
     
  • Looking for any photos of the civil hangar's operational facilities and equipment at the pre-war Kai Tak airfield.
     
  • Looking for the passenger manifest of the last Voyage of Empress of France in 1929, from Hong Kong to Canada .
     
  • Can you identify any of the people in these photos?

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What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• Over the last few weeks I've been adding a new overlay to Gwulo's maps, showing aerial photos taken by an American plane on 1 Feb 1945. I plan to describe it in more detail in a future video, but it is online now and available for you to explore.
   
• WW2 Japanese seaplane salvaged in Hong Kong in 1950
   
• "A place off the streets" - children's clubs in the 1960s
   
• Early buildings along Calder Path
   
• 1927 Kennedy Road - Alterations in House Numbers on Kennedy Road
   
• HKBU have put a text version of the 1938 Street Index online. It is a great tool for tracking down the location of old buildings and lot numbers.
   
• Readers ask for help with:
  • 'Eileen Van Bergen was my mother's closest friend (see her diaries). Does anyone know what was the cause of Eileen's death?'
     
  • Looking for information about grandfather Lo In Nin and a possible Rothwell family connection
     

Places

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• GW has identified the buildings in this c. 1888 photo:

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• Hong Kong newspapers from December 1941
   
• Readers ask for help with:
  • When was this house on Castle Peak Beach built, and who owned it?
     
  • Looking for photos of the first building at 70 Kennedy Road for the original owner's grand-daughter
     
  • Looking for any information about Bob Charles. He ran the HK Riding School in the late 1930s, was a sergeant with the HKVDC, and a POW at Shamshuipo.
     
• Looking for Christmas gifts? If you need a gift for family, friends, or colleagues with a Hong Kong connection, consider Gwulo's books!
  • View sample pages
     
  • Where to buy Gwulo's books.
     

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