New on Gwulo: 2020, week 14

Submitted by David on Sat, 04/04/2020 - 15:00

Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information.

General

In the last newsletter I asked what the BP Marker Stones were for. A couple more have been added to the map, and there's a suggestion they were military trig points.
- BP16 Custom Hill , by Simon
Can anyone tell us more about what Forestry Lots were used for?
Sharon asks where were the British Army houses on Redhill in the mid-1960s, and hopes to hear from anyone who lived there at the time.
Film footage of the 1937 Typhoon (only viewable in the UK).
Affects of the Coronavirus on Gwulo's book orders & deliveries:
- Hong Kong - No major delays, with books arriving 1-3 working days after an order is placed. We have all the Gwulo books (Volumes 1 / 2 / 3) in stock, as well as Patricia O'Sullivan's Policing Hong Kong - An Irish History and Barbara Anslow's Tin Hats & Rice.
- USA - Amazon.com still has stock of all three Gwulo books, so that's currently the best way for American readers to order.
- North America and Europe - HK Post has suspended the airmail services I usually use to send orders to North America and Europe. You're still welcome to order on the Gwulo website, and let me know if you'd like me to send your order via surface mail or hold it until airmail services resume.

Places

HK Island
- Chung Hom Kok Battery buildings [c.1940- ]
- Hong Kong Electric Co. quarters [????-c.1959], a semi-detached building on land bounded by Electric Rd / Tin Chong St / King's Road
- Hong Kong Electric Co. Recreation Club, North Point [c.1926-c.1958]
- Kapok Bakery and Confectionery Co. Ltd - Wanchai Store [????-????]
- May Wah Building [1963- ]
- Mount Caroline Cemetery - removal of unauthorised graves in 1914.
- 15 Robinson Road [c.1936- ]
Kowloon
- TST
  - Austin Mansion [1958- ]
  - Carnival Mansion [1958- ]
  - Companion Court [1959- ]
  - Kimberley Mansion [1958- ]
  - Kowloon Star Ferry Bus Terminus [????- ]
  - Majestic House [1963- ]
  - Moulin Rouge Night Club [????-????]
  - Railway from KCR terminus to Kowloon Wharves [????-c.1950]
  - Universal Playboy Club [????-????]
- New Kowloon City Road (Ma Tau Wai Road and Pak Tai Street) [1899- ]
- Several fascinating photos from the 1920s of the reclamation at Kai Tak, including the temporary steam railway that was built to deliver the earth & rock.
  
  Kai Tak Reclamation 1916-1924- Kowloon Bay , by Chinarail (Enhanced photograph reproduced from the Feb.1920 edition of ‘The Far Eastern Review’
New Territories
- Several of the pages for pillboxes in the New Territories have been updated with new photos and more accurate locations: PB's 202, 203, 205, 206, 309 and 310.
- Hiram's Highway Stone Marker [1945- ]