New on Gwulo: 2019, week 26

Submitted by David on Sun, 06/30/2019 - 22:00

A look at what's been added / updated at Gwulo.com. Please click on the photos or the blue links for more information - and please leave a comment if you can add any new details.

Summer holidays!

Sorry for the double dose of newsletters - we're getting ready to head to the UK for our summer holidays, so I wanted to send these out before we leave this evening.

While we're away, you can see what contributors are adding to Gwulo by checking the "Recent posts" page. There are also a couple of exhibitions in Hong Kong over the summer that look interesting:

HKUST are showing a selection of old Hong Kong maps and photographs from their own library's special collections, and from local private collections
The Hong Kong Heritage Museum is running the exhibition "A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum"

Or if you fancy some holiday reading:

Bob Tatz has published his memoir, "Lost in the Battle for Hong Kong". Brian Edgar writes that it's "The real Empire of the Sun", and continues "I’m sure many readers will be moved by the way in which that scared and abandoned orphan boy eventually found fulfilment in work, love and parenthood."
Another valuable addition to the records about WW2 Hong Kong is "The First Shall Be Last". It's a thick book, over 600 pages long, with the bulk of the content coming from John Charter's diary of events during the fighting and through the long internment at Stanley. Every new diary we read gives new viewpoints on events, but this diary also stands out for the level of detail recorded. John writes well, making it an easy read as well as an informative one.

General

"THE CROWN COLONY of HONG KONG" was printed in August 1945, and given to the British soldiers, sailors and airmen who were heading to Hong Kong. It aimed to explain what to expect, and what they should & shouldn't do.
Gwulo book news:
- Volume 1 is now available worldwide from Amazon.com
- John found a typo in Volume 2
Can you tell us anything about a "Grand Order of the Far East" medal, awarded to a submariner in the 1920s?
- P1040108.JPG, by Jon Glencross
Have you seen a HK & Shanghai Hotels "Coolie" badge like this before? Can you tell us more about it?
- HK Shanghai Hotels Coolie Badge, by Roy Delbyck

Places

Where in Central was the New Victoria Hotel, 1888-c.1902 ?
There's a second charcoal kiln, on the path down from Sha Tin Pass. It's in better condition than the one on Jat's Incline.
The shady origins of Victoria View Terrace
Request for help to identify buildings in a c.1857 painting of HK
Hong Kong Golf Club Clubhouse (Deep Water Bay) [1898- ] and Hong Kong Golf Club Clubhouse (Fanling) [1914- ]
Pioneer Memorial Church of Seventh-day Adventists [1939-c.2019], recently demolished
When was the first section of Nathan Road built?
Chik Lo, 70 Tai Hang Road [c.1938-c.1961]
Shek Pai Wan Estate (1st generation - resettlement estate) [1968-c.2000]
2 Chatham Road [c.1900-c.1960]

People

Josh is hoping to contact family of Ms Shing-ping Lai. His grandfather, Gordon Hutchings, was a young British soldier, stationed in Hong Kong in the early 1950s. Josh believes that his Grandfather and Ms Lai had a son, and he is trying to get in touch with him.
POW, Laurence KILBEE [1914-????]
Memories of HK Tramways staff in the 1950s, including the manager, C S JOHNSTON [????-????]
1950s bands - Eddie & His Combo
Stanley Camp internees:
- James Leslie ANDERSON [1913-????]
- Edgar DE CHAFFOY and his wife Katherine
- May GILCHRIST (née TSU) [c.1898-????]
- Rudolf VAN ROSSUM [????-????]
- Herbert William HAMMOND (aka Hammy) [1888-????]
Florence Agnes ALDER (née NEAVE) [c.1909-????]
Samuel BARFF [c.1828-1897]
Jack EDWARDS [1918-2006]
Victor ORLOFF [c.1912-1959]
William Hunter PATERSON [1911-????], his wife Elsie [1914-????], and their son William [1947- ]
Richard suggests these are "Fanlingerers playing for the Taipo Belle Cup". Can anyone add names to the men in the photo?
- William Hunter Paterson b.1911. 1963 Fanling Golf Club.jpg, by Npatz