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Gwulo talk on 8th February is postponed We've postponed my talk to the RAS that was planned for 8th February. We'll announce a new date when the government venues reopen. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you at the talk when it is rescheduled. |
General
- Nona remembers life as an "expatriate lady staff", working at HSBC in the 1960s and 70s.
- C has added a couple more surviving gas lamp posts to the collection.
Places
- A look at British Army barracks in Hong Kong in the 1840s, including Sai Wan Barracks [c.1845-????] and West Point Barracks [????-1843].
- If you ate out in TST and Jordan in the 1950s / 60s, how many of these do you recognise:
- Bamboo Restaurant [????-????]
- Bombay (Oriental) Restaurant, Night Club and Bar [????- ]
- Caron Restaurant, Night Club and Bar [????-????]
- Henry's Cafe, Chungking Arcade [????-c.1959]
- Jordan Restaurant [????-????]
- Kimberley Restaurant, Night Club and Bar [????-????]
- The Kowloon Restaurant [????-????]
- Lily's Oriental Restaurant [????-????]
- The Mandarin Restaurant and Bar [????-????]
- May Flower Restaurant and Bar [????-????]
- Ray's Cafe [????-????]
- The Sportsmans Arms [????-????]
- Tommy's Inn [????-????]
- Victoria Bar [????-????]
- Woo Ching Cheong Restaurant [????-????]
- Zig-Zag Bar/King's Bar and Restaurant [????-????]
- More Places in TST
- Carnarvon Hotel [????-????]
- Carnarvon Mansion [1959- ]
- Cheong Hing Store [????-????]
- Palm Court Hotel [????-????]
- Prat Avenue [1920- ]
- Rose Mansion [1958- ]
- Wanchai
- Garden Theatre / 樂園戲院 [1932-1932]
- Gresson Street [c.1909- ]
- Li Chit Street [1887- ]
- Other
- St Teresa's Church [1932- ]
- Perowne Barracks [1963- ]
- Brick Works, Deep Water Bay [c.1889-c.1931]
- Japanese tunnel at Lion Rock [????- ]
- Kai Tak - Japanese Operations Building on a Mound [c.1944-c.1959]
- Whampoa Garden [1991- ]
People
- Stanley Camp internees
- Samuel Mitchel BANDER [1886-1948], and daughter Mary Stella BANDER [1913-????]
- John Pierce BARNETT [1901-1978]
- Norman Frank BARRON-SULLIVAN [1919-2003]
- Anna Lilian BLACK (née LANGSTEIN) [1880-1975]
- Dolores Matilda WARE (née BONNER) [c.1933- ]
- Robert CRYAN [1889-1956] and wife Bertha Maud CRYAN (née LUMMIS) [1897-1969]
- William Norman DARKIN [1901-????]
- John Ferguson FISHER [????-????]
- Alys GREAVES [????-????]
- Thomas Alwyn HUGHES [????-????] - Samson has copies of some of Mr Hughes's personal papers, and would like to pass them to family members. Can anyone provide a contact?
- Andrew NICOL [1898-????]
- George William PEARSON [1905-????]
- Eliezer Richard PRICE [1902-1973]
- Alexander Bruce PURVES [1890-1978]
- James RALSTON [????-????]
- Elfrida Maria WARD (née XAVIER) [1915-2008], with husband Reginald, and sons Reginald, Douglas, and Gerald.
- Mercia NICHOL (née XAVIER) [????- ] sister of Elfrida Ward mentioned above, her husband John Bell NICHOL [????- ], a POW who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru, and her father Gregorio Maria XAVIER [????-????].
- Alice Adeline BALDWIN (née WALSH) [1887-1941]
- Graham HEYWOOD [????-????]
- Fred ZIMMERN [1909-1977]
Photos
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