New on Gwulo: 2022, week 1

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...

General
 

• Chris Kilbee has added a valuable new wartime diary to our collection: Lt. L D KILBEE HKRNVR WAR DIARY Dec 1941. Chris's father Lt Laurence Kilbee was in command of Motor Torpedo Boat 08 at the time, and gives us our first account of December 1941 from the perspective of the sailors fighting in Hong Kong.

  

   

• Peter has worked out the locations of a set of photos taken in the Shek Kip Mei squatter village in 1956. Here's his overview of the area:
  

  

   

• Readers are looking for information about:
   
  • The Hong Kong Police band
     
  • Senior Inspector Ronald John McEwen, Killed in Action November 5, 1967
     
  • Percy William Affleck Scott - 1872 to 1962
     
  • John Diamond, believed to have been a policeman in Hong Kong in the late 1800s / early 1900s
     
  • Were "R Clemo" and "Frederick James Duncan CLEMO (aka Freddie)" the same person?
     
• Readers' memories:
   
  • Tricky practices when selling rice
     
  • Danish Vessel Clara Maersk bringing Vietnam Refugees to Hong Kong during Royals visit May 4, 1975
    

    

     

• The Gwulo upgrade continues. Last week I wrote I was working on allowing users to create cropped copies of existing photos on Gwulo without needing to use any external photo editing tools. Unfortunately that didn't work out, so the idea has gone back to the wishlist. I'm currently getting the map of all places working on the new site, and also using this chance to tidy up a few items in the map's appearance. Next I hope to add GPS support, so that users who are out on the streets or hiking in the countryside can centre the map on their current location.
   

Places
 

• Kowloon
   
  • The collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road in 2010
     
  • Hung Hom Police Station (1st generation) [c.1875-c.1954]
     
  • Hung Hom Police Station (2nd generation) [c.1950-1979]
     
  • Melbourne Apartments [????-????]
     
  • Overhead Ropeway (Green Island Cement Co.) [c.1945-c.1972]
    

    

     

  • Portland House, Hunghom [1964-c.1982]
     
• Hong Kong island
   
  • Breezy Point (2nd generation) / 2, Park Road [1915-????]
     
  • Japanese Pillbox / Tunnel on Mt. Cameron [????- ] - with a video of a recent visit
     
  • The Sun Department Store / Dah Sing Department Store [????-1973]
     

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • Enid Mabel MICHELL / MARTIN (née CRAIK) [1899-1988]
     
  • Alexander William SUMMERS (aka Alec) [1906-1975], MI6, and his brother Charles Henry SUMMERS [c.1892-1966]
     
• Other
   
  • Arthur John DEWAR [1907-1967]
     
  • Reginald Frederick MATTINGLY [c.1890-1926], solicitor
     
  • Edwin Henry Spark(s) SUMMERS [1862-1940] and Celestina SUMMERS (née LESBIREL) [????-1942], parents of Alec and Charles listed above
     

Photos
 

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