New on Gwulo: 2021, week 45

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

 

General

 

• Gwulo lunchtime meet-up this Thursday, 18 Nov. Annelise invites us to enjoy the view from the outside seating area at the American Club on the 49th floor in Central. If you can join us, please leave a comment on that page to let Annelise know.
  
   
• Was there ever a Tiger Balm factory in Hong Kong?
  
   
• Does anyone have photos of the Tai Pak floating restaurant they can upload? Philk is working on a timeline of the restaurant's different versions, and extra photos will help make it more accurate.
  
   
• OldTimer has posted an English transcript for the video (recorded in Cantonese) of a visit to several pillboxes around Stanley.
  
   
• Patricia reports big changes in how to we can access CO 129 at The National Archives in Kew.
  
   

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Places

 

• Kowloon
  
   
  • Kowloon Hospital [1925- ]
    
     
• Hong Kong
  
   
  • former Peninsula Fountain [1965- ]
    
     
  • Jumbo Floating Restaurant (1st generation) [????-1971], which was destroyed by fire, and its replacement, the 2nd generation.
    
     
  • Pavilion of unknown origin (at mid-level up above Tai Hang Drive) [????- ]
    
     
  • 16-18 Tai Hang Road [1955- ]
    
     
  • Temporary pavilion for the visit of The Prince of Wales [1922-1922]. Built where the Cenotaph stands today, it was the white building in the photo below:
    

    

• New Territories
  
   
  • Whitehead Point Quarry [????-????] - what was the quarried rock used for?

 

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People

 

• George Benjamin DODWELL [1851-1925], founder of the Dodwell's company.
  
   
• George F WATT [1917-????], policeman, interned at Stanley.

 

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Photos

 

Thanks to Andrew Crampton for posting a set of photos taken in the 1960s by Bill and Ruth Woods. I'll include a few samples below, then you can see the full gallery at: 1960s Bill and Ruth Wood's photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

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