New on Gwulo: 2021, week 20

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

General

• Peter takes us Shopping in Queen's Road Central in Edwardian Times, using advertisements from the early 1900s to introduce the shops in that area.

  

   

• dfc introduces the only known Brough Superior motorbike shipped to Hong Kong
  

  

   

• James is documenting Hong Kong's War Department Lots, sites that were used by the British Army.
   
• John remembers watching a camphorwood chest wood carver at work in 1951
  

  

   

• A new FAQ for Gwulo: How do I find photos of a specific building?
   
• Readers are looking for information about:
   
  • After the British surrender in December 1941, large numbers of Chinese families left Hong Kong and travelled north into China. theprofessor asks if anyone knows what the journey was like.
     
  • Can anyone add information about the New Method School Kowloon in the 1960s
     
  • If anyone has a copy of W.T. Featherstone’s Register of DBS, does it include a year-on-year staff list? 
     
  • What happened to the Arrival Hall Miramar Snack Bar at Kai Tak Airport?
     
  • Does anyone have a list of British military buildings that were in use on Stonecutters in the 1980s?
     
• Updates & answers:
   
  • The 'KGV School 1962-1964' page is now up to 60 comments, re-connecting several old friends after many years

Places

• Hong Kong
   
  • 35 Queen's Road Central [????-????], the building that was there in the early 20th century
     
  • Commodore's Bungalow [1897-????], The Peak
     
  • Connaught Road Central Pedestrian Subway [1959- ]
     
  • Another Dairy Farm Silage silo, near modern-day Fu Yat Yuen [????-????]
     
  • F. Blackhead & Co´s Soap and Soda Factory [1890-????], Shau Kei Wan
     
  • Godowns on Marine Lots 198, 204 and 205 [c.1903-c.1974], predecessor of Kwan Yick Building (Phase 2) [1977- ]
     
  • Liu Chong Hing Bank Building (1st Generation) [1963-2003]
     
  • Piccadilly Mansion [1967- ]
     
  • Pokfulam Conduit:
    • Bridge 22
    • Inverted siphon no. 1
    • Bridge 23
    • Bridge 24
    • Bridge 25
    • Inverted siphon no. 2
    • Bridges 26a and 26b
       
  • Po Shan Mansions [1965- ]
     
  • Rifle range on the Peak: The shooting platforms [????- ]
     
  • Rope Works [????-????], Kennedy Town
     
  • Tai Tam Hill Battery, Tai Tam [1940-????]
     
• New Territories
   
  • An engraved slab outside the San Wai Barracks, that looks to commemorate a road built there by British soldiers.

People

• KOWLOON DIRECTORY 1894
   
• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • Elizabeth Evelyn ELLISON / WILLIAMS (née FITZGERALD / SOO, aka Betty / Chin Yu) [1921-c.2011]
     
  • Olive Susannah JEFFERY [1910-1945]
     
  • Andrew Howie MCBRIDE [1900-1955]
     
  • Chris POTTER [1941- ] If any readers know Chris, please ask him to look at the comments to his page as a relative would like to get in touch
     
  • Cyril WALLIS [1903-????] and his wife Pamela Anna WALLIS [1901-????]
     
• Other
   
  • Lilian Constance Seale MARTIN (née ROBERTSON) [1900-1941], VAD

Photos

Nona has posted several photos her father took in 1945, soon after Hong Kong was liberated, e.g.:

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