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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?
- A travel agency in the Peninsula Hotel whose proprietor was a lady surnamed Odner. Timeline 1950s+
Places
- Hong Kong
- Can anyone identify the house at the left of this photo?
Help with locating this area in Hong Kong, by william00179
- Can anyone identify the house at the left of this photo?
- Kowloon
- Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb & Museum [????- ]
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb crypt 1, by tkjho - 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-????]
- Majestic Theatre / 大華戲院 [1928-1988]
- Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb & Museum [????- ]
- New Territories
- Kan Leng Siu Chuk / 近嶺小築 [????- ], a villa in Chung Hau, Mui Wo.
Kan Leng Siu Chuk (近嶺小築), by simonho - Trenches near Fu Yung Pei: trench 1, trench 2
- Kan Leng Siu Chuk / 近嶺小築 [????- ], a villa in Chung Hau, Mui Wo.
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]
- William Vincent AHERN (aka Bill) [1901-????]
- 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]
- William ANDERSON [????-????], Managing Director of Anderson Music Company
- 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
- Herbert John GROSE [1911-1980], architect with the PWD
Photos
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