2011-03 RTHK's Morning Brew: Gwulo interview

If you're visiting us after hearing the interview on "Morning Brew" this morning, welcome to Gwulo.com! I've put a bunch of links below, so you can read more about any of the different subjects we discussed.

(If you missed the show, please click here to play the interview. It lasts around 11 minutes.)

On with the links:

• Old manhole covers! Read more...
  
  
• Strange-shaped fire hydrants. Read more ...
  
  
• Ghostly outlines of disappeared buildings. Read more...
• Old post boxes. Read more...
  
  
  
• The first Gwulo article: Air-raid shelters under Kowloon Park.
• Daniel Jaffé's historical photos from 1918. Read more...
• Japanese wartime tunnels. Read more...
  
  
• Japanese tunnels below Jardines Lookout. Watch video...
• Happy Valley Cemetery. Read more...
  
  
• The 1952 view of the Legco Building as "a miserable dwarf". Read more...
  
  
• Former Marine Police Headquarters. Read more...
  
  
• 1845 map of Hong Kong. View online...
• The original shoreline, still visible near Central Market, as described by Dr Patrick Hase at the 4:50 mark in this presentation.
• Stanley Internment Camp. Read more...
• What did "G INT" do in Victoria Barracks? Read more...

Many thanks to Caroline Chan at RTHK for inviting me onto the show, and to Phil Whelan, the host of Morning Brew. As you can probably hear, I was a bit nervous at the start of the chat, but he's great at getting the conversation going, then keeping it moving along.

You can visit the RTHK website for more information about the Morning Brew show.

Regards, David

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