New on Gwulo: 2022, week 17

Submitted by David on Mon, 05/09/2022 - 20:30

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...

General

Memories of:
- Colonial rugby. Hong Kong in the Early Sixties. John D'Eathe shares his memories of rugby in Hong Kong during the years 1958-66. It was an exciting time, with rugby changing from a game played between the various teams in Hong Kong, to a one with a much more international flavour.
- Shatin Heights Hotel
- Recollections of C. Douglas Johnston, Lieutenant, Royal Rifles of Canada 1941-1945
- 1951 Christmas party at Jubilee Buildings
Missing copies of the Wartime Diary emails.
The Wartime Diary emails weren't sent out on four days last week, while the Gwulo website was being moved to a new server. If you'd like to fill in the gaps, here are the missing pages. (The 1945 dates cover the news of Germany's surrender reaching the Stanley Camp internees.)
- 77 years ago (1945): 5 May, 6 May, 7 May, 8 May
- 78 years ago (1944): 5 May, 6 May, 7 May, 8 May
- 79 years ago (1943): 5 May, 6 May, 7 May, 8 May
- 80 years ago (1942): 5 May, 6 May, 7 May, 8 May
Readers are looking for any information about:
- The 1st generation City Hall's floor plan
- Wong Oi-chau 黃靄洲, and his ginger candy
Upgrade update:
- The move to the new server is all finished - apologies that it took several days rather than the several hours I'd originally expected. As far as I can tell everything is working properly, but please let me know if you find anything is broken.
- The new server gives us additional RAM and disk storage, so we'll be able to run the old and new versions of the website at the same time during the upgrade.
- I've spent the last week getting the Diaries working on the new site, and also made some improvements that make it easier to navigate a diary's pages. Next on the to-do list are Timelines and Events.

Places

Kowloon

More of Kowloon's industrial sites:

Cattle depot and slaughterhouse, Hung Hom [c.1892-c.1908]
Ginger factories on K.I.L. 629 and K.I.L. 631, Yau Ma Tei [????-????]
Ginger factory, Kowloon [c.1894- ]
Glass works, Hung Hom Bay [????-????]
Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Factory, To Kwa Wan/Ma Tau Kok [c.1914-c.1999]
Tannery, Ma Tau Kok [c.1920-c.1958]
Tien Chu chemicals factory, Ma Tau Kok [????-????]

New Territories

15c/22 Milestone at Castle Peak Road, Tai Lam Section [????- ], one with an unusual design

People

Stanley Camp internees:
- Virginia BEAUMONT [c.1918-????], VAD
- Max BICKERTON [1901-1966]. Fluent in Japanese, he helped as a translator in Stanley Camp.
- Harold Denison BIDWELL [1914-2010], his wife Elsie Jean BIDWELL (née LAMMERT) [1914-1969], and her father Lionel Eugene LAMMERT [1880-1971]
Other
- Theodore Leslie BELL [1908-1941], shot by the Japanese
- George Robert BICKLEY [1915-1977], RAMC, POW
- Robert MORRISON [1884-1983], boilermaker working at H.K.& Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Fought with HKVDC, then became a POW. His wife Margaret MORRISON (née MCCOLM, aka Maggie) [1896-1981] and daughter Elsy COLMANS (née MORRISON) [1926-2017] were evacuated to Australia. Elsy later married Louis COLMANS (aka Johnny) [1918-2002].