New on Gwulo: 2022, week 2

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...

 

General

 

• The Gwulo upgrade continues, with work completed on the map of all places. You can see how its new features look in the video below (if the video doesn't show up in your email, please click this link to see it on Youtube). I'll still be working with maps for a few more days, updating the maps we see when viewing or editing a Place page.
  
  

   
  
   

• Readers are looking for information about:
  
   
  • The area covered by Kwan Ti Camp
    
     
  • How the name "Perfection Place" originated
    
     
  • Naval tailors Chan Tuck & Co
    
     
  • An old watertaxi, "Argos 710" from Hong Kong, found in a flea market
    

    

    
    
     

  • Date and usage of some unusual old bottles found at The Peak:
    

    

    
    
     

• Readers' memories:
  
   
  • Senior Inspector Ronald John McEwen, Killed in Action November 5, 1967 
    
     

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Places

 

• Kowloon
  
   
  • Blue Peter Bar / Cafe / Pub [c.1939-????]
    
     
  • Hung Hom Police Station (1st generation) [c.1875-c.1954]
    
     
• Hong Kong island
  
   
  • Alice Memorial Hospital, 77–81 Hollywood Road [1887-????]
    
     
  • Sincere Department Store [1915-1968]
    
     
  • St Albert's Priory / Rosary Hill [1935-1962]
    
     
  • Tai Tam Gap Pillbox 1, Tai Tam Gap [1940- ]
    
     

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People

 

• Charles John Francis LESBIREL [c.1850-1914], tavern proprietor
  
   
• Ernest TUCK (aka Chan) [1899-1971], HKVDC, POW
  
   

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Photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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