New on Gwulo: 2022, week 20

Gwulo's newsletter takes an extended break I don't plan to send out any weekly Gwulo newsletters in June, July, or August, while I'm working on the upgraded Gwulo website (details below), and visiting family in the UK. During that time, the daily Wartime Diaries emails will continue to be sent, so if you'd like to keep hearing from Gwulo you're welcome to subscribe to the 77 years ago series. You'll receive emails from Jun-Aug 1945 that cover the liberation of Hong Kong after the Japanese occupation, so it's an exciting period to follow. You also have the option to visit the What's new page at any time, and see all the latest posts and photos from contributors. Otherwise, I'll be back in your mailbox in September. By then I expect the upgrade will be finished, and I can get back to writing about old Hong Kong photos at long last.

 

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...
 

General
 

• Regular readers will recognise Stephen Davies, as he has helped answer many nautical-themed questions here on Gwulo. His new book was published earlier this month: Transport to Another World: HMS Tamar and the Sinews of Empire
   
• Readers are looking for any information about:
   
  • Charles WILKINSON [1906-????], Principal or Head Master of St. Patrick's School in Quarry Bay
     
  • The location of this 1949-50 photo, and any information about the 40th Infantry Signals Regiment in Hong Kong:
    

    

   

• Upgrade update:
   
  • I've re-run the whole upgrade from scratch, fixing the last few bugs that appeared along the way. The real upgrade is ready to begin!

    Tomorrow, Tuesday 31 May, I'll set the gwulo.com website to be read-only. You'll still be able to view all its pages, but won't be able to add or edit anything.

    After the old server is set to read-only, I'll make a copy of it, run the upgrade again, and then upload the upgraded site to the new server at the hosting company. Once the new server is ready (hopefully before the end of this week), I'll post a message here on Gwulo.com to give you details of how to access it.

    I plan to run this old server and the new upgraded server in parallel for several months. The old server will continue to be a read-only snapshot of the site from 31 May, and the new server is where we'll add new content. Once the new server is running smoothly and all major bugs have been fixed, the old server can be retired.

   

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Places
 

• Hong Kong
   
  • Broadwood Terrace [????- ]
     
  • Line-of-Gaps / Kennedy Town PB 4 / LPB 19, Kennedy Town [c.1941-????], another pillbox has been discovered!
     
  • Rope Works, Kennedy Town [1884-????]
     
  • Shelter at Peel Rise Rest Garden [c.1919- ]
    

    

     

• Kowloon
   
  • Chater Bungalow [????-????]
     
  • Hung Hom Ferry Pier for Hung Hom / North Point service (2nd generation) [1963-c.1979]
     
  • Lei Cheng Uk Swimming Pool [1971- ]
     
  • Steam Laundry, Yau Ma Tei [c.1905-????]
     
  • Wuhu Street children's playground [????- ]
     
  • "Yau Ma Tei Wells" Road [1899-????]
     
• New Territories & Islands
   
  • Chung Shan Terrace [????- ]
     
  • Coast Watching Station "Yellow", Cheung Chau [????-????]
     
  • Nan Fung Cotton Mill, Tsuen Wan [c.1954- ]
     
  • Tsuen Wan police station (previous version) [1959-c.1991]
     

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People
 

• Stanley Camp internees:
   
  • Mary Hope GOODBAN (née SIMPSON) [1912-2002]
     
• Other
   
  • Katharine Baillie FLEMING (née STRONG, aka Kitty) [1894-1952]
     
  • Henry James HOLMES [c.1840-1899], solicitor and long-term resident of Hong Kong.
     
  • Donald Crawford MCKENZIE (MACKENZIE) [1899-1918]
     
  • Kathleen Sophie MOXON [1899-1983]
     
  • Arthur Harry Aeroux PENN [1898-1972], HKVDC, POW, and his wife Irene McPherson PENN (née FISHER) [1899-1982]
     
  • George John Budds SAYER [1856-1915], civil engineer, and a prominent Freemason
     
  • Emil WIEWELS [1871-1899]
     
  • Catherine Margaret YOUNG (née BROWN) [1900-1991], was stuck in Canada for 18 months during WW2, with her children and the Mrs Fleming and Mrs Penn shown above.
     

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