New on Gwulo: 2021, week 48

A look at what's new on the Gwulo website...

General
 

I'm currently working on the upgrade of Gwulo.com to the next version of the Drupal software that runs the website. The first stage was to migrate all the data from the current site to the new version - all the photos, people, places, etc., and all the connections and tags that link the different pages together. That work is finished - or at least I know how to do it, which was the time-consuming part. There will be another migration needed when it is time to switch over to the new website, but that should just take a few days.

The second stage of the project is to maintain as many as possible of the current website's features. Time to get programming!

The first programming job was to recreate the 'Zoom' we use to enlarge photos. Unfortunately this feature wasn't included in the new version of Drupal, but I'm happy to say I got our own home-made version of Zoom working over the weekend. My programming skills are definitely rusty, but they'll get better with practice.

So, lots left to do, but we're moving in the right direction.

Places
 

• Kowloon
   
  • Fourseas Bowling Centre, Waterloo Road [1968-????], the fourth of the five buildings that have stood on this site in less than 100 years!
     
  • Hung Hom ferry pier to Wanchai & North Point [1979-c.1988]
     
• Hong Kong
   
  • 10 & 11, The Peak [1924-1941] - gw has worked out the likely completion date for this building, something I've been wondering about for several years
     
  • Garden Road Multi-Storey Car Park [1963-1996]
     
  • The Ritz Ballroom, Swimming Pool & Garden / Lady Park Recreation Club, North Point [1941-????]
     
  • St Joan's Court (1st generation) [1939-????]
     
  • Buildings along Kennedy Road
     
    • 21 Kennedy Road [1915-1964]
       
    • Fujiya Mansion, 21-23A Kennedy Road [1965- ]
       
    • Tang King Po Villa / Hong Kong Tang King Po College, 25 & 27 Kennedy Road [1916- ]

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • George C DANKWORTH [????-????], worked for Marsman HK
     
  • William Arthur PEPPERELL [1878-1948], a policeman, but already retired by the time he was interned in Stanley Camp
     
  • George William SEWELL [c.1889-????], merchant
     
• Other
   
  • Robert Crisp HURLEY [c.1848-1927] - Liz has more information about whether or not he was a photographer
     
  • Alfredo Francisco de Jesus SOARES [????-????]
     

Photos
 

It's worth zooming in on this last one, as it has lots of detail:

Click to see all recently added photos.