New on Gwulo: 2021, week 30

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

 

General

 

• Readers are looking for information about:
  
   
  • A travel agency in the Peninsula Hotel whose proprietor was a lady surnamed Odner. Timeline 1950s+
    
     
  • What was the life of a soldier with the Royal Engineers in Hong Kong like in the late 1930s
    
     
  • Where was the "Block House, Victoria Peak" in 1860?
    
     
  • What are were these large stone & concrete structures in the old Diamond Hill Quarry used for?
    
     
  • The original Godown nightclub had a mural of the early Hong Kong waterfront. Was it painted by Douglas Bland?

 

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Places

 

• Hong Kong
  
   
  • Can anyone identify the house at the left of this photo?
    

    

    
    
     

• Kowloon
  
   
  • Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb & Museum [????- ]
    

    

    
    
     

  • Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Ngau Chi Wan [????- ]
    
     
  • SKH St Thomas' Church [????- ]
    
     
  • St. Thomas Primary School (original location) [1952- ]
    
     
  • Three buildings completed in 1928:
    
     
    • Majestic Theatre / 大華戲院 [1928-1988]
      
       
    • Wah Yan College, Kowloon (2nd location) / Tak Yan School [1928-1977]
      
       
    • Ying Wah College, Bute Street [1928-????]
      
       
• New Territories
  
   
  • Kan Leng Siu Chuk / 近嶺小築 [????- ], a villa in Chung Hau, Mui Wo.
    

    

    
    
     

  • Trenches near Fu Yung Pei: trench 1, trench 2

 

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People

 

• Stanley Camp internees
  
   
  • William Vincent AHERN (aka Bill) [1901-????]
    
     
  • John Smith DINNEN [1893-1966]
    
     
  • Edward Spencer DOUGHTY [1881-1958], awarded DSO in WW1
    
     
  • Elizabeth Esther PRITCHARD / MISKIN (née BAINES) [1894-1986]
    
     
• Jill has been gathering details of the owners of the first houses along Broadwood Road, including:
  
   
  • William ANDERSON [????-????], Managing Director of Anderson Music Company
    
     
  • Frederick Howard KEW (aka Fred) [1874-1952]
    
     
  • Edulji Rustomji MOGRA [c.1873-1935]
    
     
• Other
  
   
  • Herbert John GROSE [1911-1980], architect with the PWD
    
     
  • Rubabu Binte MOHAMEDALLY [????-????], an early owner of 3, Jordan Road
    
     
  • E G OGURA [????-1945], Japanese, a newspaper editor during the Japanese occupation

 

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Photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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