New on Gwulo: 2021, week 41

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

 

Quarantine's end
 

This time tomorrow I'll be out of quarantine at last.

If you need to book a quarantine package, I've been happy with my stay here at Four Points by Sheraton in Tung Chung: comfortable room, good service, fast wifi, and no complaints about the food. (I do have one complaint though - the title of the hotel deal: Fun-filled Quarantine Stay Package in Hong Kong. "Fun-filled"??? Whoever wrote that should be forced to spend three weeks in quarantine!)

Hopefully you won't have to spend quite so long in quarantine by the time it is your turn. Local Doctor David Owens asks "Is Hong Kong’s 21-Day Quarantine evidence-based or justified?". Short answer: no.

 

Next on Gwulo
 

Apologies for the recent glut of newsletters, but they've certainly kept me busy and made the last three weeks fly by. We'll go from feast to famine, as once I'm home again I'll get back to work on upgrading the Gwulo website to the new software. It will take several months to finish, and during that time I'll focus on the upgrade so the newsletters will mostly be just the "New on Gwulo:" summaries.

 

General
 

• 1962 Typhoon Wanda
   
• More findings about the SS Admiral Y.S. Williams in 1941
   
• Memories of
   
  • The Equine Sports Club at Shatin
     
  • Gilmans
     
  • H.M.S. Glamorgan's visit, October 1971.
     
• (al) after name on Carl Smith cards
   
• Does this 1950 cine film show the amusement rides at Luna Park or at Lai Chi Kok?
   
• Discussions about the meaning of 'CCDO' on the 1940 photo
   
• Looking for photos of expatriate kitchens in 1930s / 1940s
   
• Who lived at No. 1 Broadwood Road in 1970s?
   
• Memories of a Japanese Internment Camp - Margaret E. Jay describes her experiences in the Stanley Internment Camp during WWII in Hong Kong.
   

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Places
 

• Kowloon
   
  • Swindon Bookshop on Lock Road [c.1973-2020]
     
  • Tsim Sha Tsui East
     
    • East Ocean Centre [1982- ]
       
    • Hilton Towers [1981- ]
       
    • Regal Kowloon Hotel [1982- ]
       
• Hong Kong
   
  • Graham Street [????- ]
     
  • 31d Wyndham Street [????-????]
     
• New Territories
   
  • American Marine/Kong & Halvorsen Marine & Engineering Company Shipyard [1962-c.1987]

    

     

  • The early history of the Lai Chi Kok Camp and Quarantine Station
     
  • Looking for pre-WWII history and details of the Police Station at Sai Kung
     
  • Unknown House on Castle Peak Beach [????-????]
     

 

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People
 

• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • Charles Frederick LIVESEY [c.1885-1945]
     
  • Susan Ellen OWEN HUGHES [1870-1959]
     
• Other:
   
  • John Bower LIVESEY [????-????], Superintendent of Gunpowder, and father of Charles Frederick Livesey mentioned above and William John LIVESEY [????-????]
     
  • Hugh Monthermer MONTAGUE [1888-1965], member of the escape party with Admiral Chan Chak
     
  • Ana Joaquina Maria REED (née D'ALMADA E CASTRO, aka Belle) [1909-2000]
     
  • Peter Henry SIN (aka SIN Ping Hei) [1901-1982], lawyer
     
  • William Edgar VAN EPS [1858-1934]
     
  • The Coates, Hardwick, Reed, and Triggs families.
     

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Photos
 

 

 An example of merging and colorising 19th century photos of Hong Kong:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The location of these photos has been identified as the flat land where the sports ground in St Stephens at Stanley is today:

 

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