New on Gwulo: 2021, week 43

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

 

General
 

• The link for a question in the last newsletter didn't work. Here's the correct link:
  • Looking for pre-WWII history and details of the Police Station at Sai Kung
     
• Memories of the 1956 riots
   
• Kowloon Golf Club
   
• Motor Torpedo Boat / "Wind Thunder Boat"
   
• The early days of HKU Engineering
   
• The Peninsula Hotel's old fountain still exists, and now lives at the True Light Middle School on Tai Hang Road
   
• Local Iron works factory still producing manhole covers
   
• Book news: Volume 4 of my Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell is now available in public libraries around Hong Kong. View their catalogue to find a copy near you.
   
• Who lived at No. 1 Broadwood Road in the 1970s?
   
• Looking for memories of football in Hong Kong 1960s and 70s
   
• Are there any events scheduled for the 80th anniversary of the battle of HK?
   
• Where was the Hunter's Arms located? It was east of Fanling, and used by the Fanling Hunt, but can anyone pinpoint its location?
   

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Places
 

• Kowloon - several historic sites around the Jao Tsung-I Academy at Lai Chi Kok:
   
  • Lai Chi Kok old stone pier [c.1904- ]
     
  • Sham Shui Po Customs Sub-station [c.1895- ]
     
  • Stone boundary wall [c.1908- ]
     
• Hong Kong
   
  • City Centre Building 城市大廈 [1966- ] on Gloucester Road
     
  • Harbour Hotel [1965-c.2005] on Gloucester Road
     
  • Hong Kong Funeral Home [c.1930-c.1967] in Wanchai
     
  • Morrison Hall (1st generation) / Morrison House [1913-c.1981], students' accommodation at HKU
     
  • Seamen's Institute / Mission to Seamen building, Wanchai [1910-1962]
     
  • Stanley Mosque [1937- ]
     
  • Terra Verte / Terra Verde - IL 946 [1887-????] on Upper Richmond Road, which later became Robinson Road
     
• New Territories
   
  • Buildings at No. 19E Po Tung Road, Sai Kung (Li Shui Sang Houses) [c.1940- ]

    

     

  • Castle Peak Lodge [????-????] near Castle Peak Beach, was built in the style of a castle, with battlements and a spire
     
  • Chi Lok Villa (志樂別墅) [1955-c.2006] near Kadoorie Beach
     
  • Green Jade - Tsing Bik Villa (青碧別墅) [????-1986] near Kadoorie Beach
     
  • Former Sheung Shui / Fu Ti Au Police Station [1902- ]

 

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People
 

• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • William Alan JOHNSON [1913-????]
     
  • Alexander Charles MEREDITH [1895-1985], banker
     
  • George MERRIMAN [1901-1969], MI6
     
  • Isabella Joan WOOD (née SEATH, aka Joan) [1919-2018] and her mother Ernestine SEATH (née HEARL) [1898-1992]
     
• Other:
   
  • Miss BLAKE, daughter of J J Blake
     
  • Herbert CANTON [1856-1903], Staff-surgeon H.M.S. Tamar, Hong Kong
     
  • Violet Helen CAPELL [1904-1980], the first full time ballet teacher in Hong Kong
     
  • Jack CATER [1922-2006], first Commissioner of the ICAC
     
  • Kam-Shing HON [c.1878-1941], worked for HK Government for over 30 years and was a founder of the Chinese Civil Service Club and the Fukien Chamber of Commerce
     
  • Marchientje OTTEN [1920-2005]
     
  • Otto KONG SING [1871-1917], a well-known solicitor, and his wife Eileen Mary Maud JORDAN / KONG SING (née CHUNYAT) [c.1881-1925]
     
  • Lionel Ernest LAMMERT (aka Ernie) [1915-1941], believed to have been killed for refusing to bow to a Japanese officer
     
  • Harriet LIVESEY (née GOTT) [c.1855-1890]
     
  • Amaro John REED [1865-1936]
     
  • William Henry ROLLITT [1883-1929], member of the Royal Army Pay Corps
     
  • William Joseph WEBBER (aka Billy) [1887-1969], ship's draughtsman
     

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