New on Gwulo: 2022, week 5

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...
 

General
 

• Klaus has been busy documenting the buildings along Connaught Road between the Central Fire Station and the Harbour Office. These buildings were on the seafront for much of the twentieth century, so they appear in many photos, and are useful for helping to date those photos.

  

   

• The origin of the CEMCL bricks found above Taikoo
  

  

   

• Readers' memories:
   
  • More memories of growing up in Hong Kong in the 1950s
     
  • A record-breaking cotton deal with China in the 1950s, made with the help of Major General "two-gun" Cohen
     
• Readers are looking for any information about:
   
  • Wendy Dorothy BARNES [????- ], a presenter on RTHK from 1967 to 1975, with a broadcasting career stretching back to the 1940s
     
  • The Hotel Carmen, Macau
     
  • Where were the Police Headquarters for the NT in the 1960s, and are they shown in this photo?
     
  • A pillar just off the shore near Tseung Kwan O that is at least 60 years old
     
  • Any further searches for the Japanese sword buried in the foundations of Cameron Mansions
     
• A couple more tiger-themed photos for the new year:

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• No update on the upgrade this week, as I'm still working on the way we store a photo's date.

   

Places
 

Industrial sites
 

•     Aberdeen Paper Mill [1892-c.1930]
   
• Green Island Cement Works, Hung Hom [1898-????]
   
• Oriental Brewery / Hongkong Ice Company, Lai Chi Kok [????-????]
   
• The Orient Tobacco Manufactory [1908-????]
   
• W S Bailey & Co.'s Shipyard [????-????]
   

Hong Kong island
 

• Early Connaught Road
  • 47-50 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1975]
     
  • 51-59 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1979]
     
  • 60-61A Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1975]
     
  • 62-73 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1977]
     
  • 74-83 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1978]
     
  • 84-85 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1933]
     
  • 86-89 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1914]
     
  • 90-91 Connaught Road Central [c.1910-c.1929]
     
  • 92-97 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1956]
     
  • China Merchants Steam Navigation Company Ltd [????-????]
     
  • Osaka Shosen Kaisha (O.S.K.) Wharf / Custodian Wharf [????-????]
     
• Happy Valley Racecourse [1846- ]
   
• Hongkong Dispensary, QRC [????-????]
   

Kowloon
 

• Roseneath, TST [????-????]
   

New Territories
 

• Old school house, Ma Mei Ha Village [????- ]
   
• Shatin Police Station (2nd generation) [1950-2004]
   
• Tai Mo Shan 2 milestone [c.1930- ]
   

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees:
   
  • Lancelot Ruggles ANDREWES (aka Larry) [1897-1963], 2nd Lieutenant in the HKSRA, and the Registrar of the Supreme Court
     
  • Leopoldine CORRA (aka Poldi) [1904-1969], a skilled pianist
     
• Other
   
  • More discoveries about the Alarakia family in Hong Kong
     
  • Emile J. BRANDT [1865-1898], Gunner's Mate in the U.S. Navy
     
  • William Francis STAINFIELD [1894-1898], child
     

Photos
 

We had some very clear days over the Chinese New Year holidays. This is often the case at this time of year, as the holidays mean the factories across the border are closed, so there is less air pollution. One morning we went up to the top of Kowloon Peak, where I took this panorama. It is assembled from several photos, so if you zoom in you can see a lot of detail.

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