What's new on Gwulo

• People:
  • Looking for information about:
    • Carl Emil Peter HERBST [c.1878-1925]
    • Policeman and Stanley Internee William MAIR [????-????]
    • Stanley Prison warder James Albert Wilkinson
    • Stanley internee Mabel Beatrice MACKINTOSH (née OSBORNE) [c.1882-1958] and her husband and fellow internee Frederick Alexander MACKINTOSH [c.1881-1956]
    • There was some doubt about where Raoul Bigazzi spent the war years. Happy Valley notes Bigazzi was in Stanley Camp all along!
  • Memories of:
    • William Alfred Stewart, Managing Director of Davie Boag & Co.
• Places:​
  • John is looking for photos of The Falls from 1900 to 1920.
  • Klaus has been adding photos & information to the pages about Hong Kong's Gas Works
  • Those bizarre statues along stage 3 of the WIlson Trail have vanished! Fortunately Phil has photos of how they used to look. Still to see are an old NKIL lot marker, and a little aqueduct.
  • Another Dairy Farm manure pit
  • Remembering the house Arrowhead at Deep Water Bay
  • Does anyone know if the concrete tablet marking the start of the Robin's Nest Jeep Track still exists?
  • When did the North Point beach disappear under reclamation?
  • Forest Lodge and Buxey Lodge
  • Another cinema at Sek Kong: The Phoenix
  • Where was the location of the house in this 1920s photo?
  • Dragon Lodge in the 1940s-50s
• Other:
  • Nicola identified the R P Leitch who signed one of the engravings in the recent newsletter.
  • Moddsey added an 1880s photo of the Happy Valley racecourse & pavilion, for comparison with the engraving from around the same time.
  • Jill describes how to view the original cards (not scans or copies) in the Carl Smith collection.
  • Good photos and memories of Kowloon Tong in the comments to Liz's recent article.
  • Remembering traveling by sea on the Blue Funnel and Lloyd Triestino lines in the 1950s.
  • A visit to Ping Shan Heritage Trail and Ping Shan House is arranged for 30 December.
  • Jill gives the dates of operation for C.E. Warren & Co. and of C.E. Warren & Co. Ltd.
  • If one building in a row of shop houses was demolished and a new building erected, was any membrane used to separate the walls of the old and new buildings?

If you can leave a comment with any more information about these, it will be gratefully received.

Gwulo book update: At the latest count, 554 copies of the book have been ordered, which is a fantastic start. Thanks to everyone who helped promote the pre-launch offer, and of course special thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy. (If you ordered a book, you should have received a message confirming that your order has been shipped - if you haven't, please contact me.)

Some of the new photos added:

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