New on Gwulo: 2022, week 8

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...
 

General
 

• Readers' memories:
   
  • Football in Hong Kong in the 1960's
     
• Readers are looking for any information about:
   
  • When did postcard publisher Sternberg first print their addresses on their postcards?
     
  • Japanese wartime tunnel at Black Point
     
  • These stone tablets along the Ngong Ping Ancient Trail:
    

    

    

     

• Men's hairstyles, 1890-1900
   
• Upgrade update: I've spent the last week investigating bugs - the fix for a bug might be a few seconds edit, but finding out which line of code to edit can take several days! e.g. over the weekend I was trying to work out why certain pages don't appear in the search results on the new site. I've tracked it down to some pages having a slightly 'odd' configuration, as a result of coming from the older version of the software. I've worked out the fix, so the next job is to report that back to the project that builds the Drupal software we use to run the website. Much like Gwulo, Drupal is an open-source project, relying on volunteers to share what they know and make the project better for all.
  I'll continue working on the search this week. It already has improvements over the current search, but I hope I can also find ways to add in more of the new features you've asked for.
   

Places
 

Hong Kong island
 

• Storage unit at the old Dairy Farm site in Pokfulam
   
• Heung Hoi Mansion, Wanchai [1964- ]
   
• Magazine Gap Bridge
   
• North Point Ferry Pier (East) [1963- ]
   
• Tai Ping Theatre (1st generation) [1904-1930]
   

Kowloon
 

• Argyle Street Camp for Chinese Interned Soldiers / POW Camp / Barracks [1939-????]
   
• Swindon Bookshop on Nathan Road (second location) [1962-????]
   

Islands & New Territories
 

• Japanese Tunnel (?) Chi Ma Wan [????- ]
   

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees:
   
  • Constance Una BROWN / BURFITT (née MITCHELL) [1914-2009]
     
  • Constance Nora Irene GODFREY (née MELLOR) [1912-1977]
     
  • Eric HIMSWORTH [1905-1991], Hong Kong Cadet
     
  • Mrs Elizabeth Dora Frances THIRLWELL [1898-1997], and her children:
    • Aileen Elizabeth VERIGA (née THIRLWELL) [1924- ]
    • Mavis Frances THIRLWELL [1930-1972]
       
• Other
   
  • Patrick Cumming HUTTON POTTS (aka Pat) [????-1942]
     
  • Amelia Pauline LANDAU (née BANDER) [1885-1950]
     
  • William Derrick ORCHARD [1922-1998], civil servant, HKVDC, POW
     
  • Fr. Augustin PLACZEK [1874-1928], a popular priest
     
  • James Thomas THIRLWELL [1884-1941], husband and father of the family mentioned above. He died at sea in WW2.
     
  • Frank TUERSLEY [1898-1939], clerk in the Royal Naval Dockyard
     
  • Man WAN [c.1908-1939], policeman, died as a result of gun shot wound received while fighting armed robbers.
     
• Organisation
   
  • Long Kee (Tailors), TST [????-????]
     

Photos
 

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