A summary of what's new on the Gwulo website:
General
- Readers are looking for any information about:
- This concrete pagoda, found in the undergrowth near Hok Tau reservoir.
A Mysterious Octagonal Pagoda / Tower, by kayw
- This concrete pagoda, found in the undergrowth near Hok Tau reservoir.
- I was very sorry to hear that Alison McEwan died recently. Alison generously typed up the R. E. Jones diary and shared it with us, setting the wartime diaries project in motion.
- Thanks to Patricia for typing up the 1859 Jurors List.
- Memories of blood donation in the 1960s-80s, and sailing in Victoria Harbour in the 1980s.
- Upgrade update
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The "What links here" tab is available again.
You can click it to see a list of the other pages on Gwulo that link to the current page. I use it most often with Person pages, e.g. here's the page for Brian Fay. If you click its 'What links here' tab, you can see a list of diary pages that mention him.
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Places
- Hong Kong
- 36 Repulse Bay Road [????-c.1987]
- #102 Main Street, Ap Lei Chau [????- ]
- C. E. Warren & Co. Ltd Works Department [????-1941], Wanchai
- Heung To (Island) Theatre / 香島戲院 [????-????], cinema in Aberdeen
- Pen Shelters between Hennessy and Wanchai Roads [????-????], wartime shelters
- 36 Repulse Bay Road [????-c.1987]
- Kowloon
- Three short-lived stations along the KCR line:
- Ho Mun Tin Halt Station [1921-????]
- Hung Hom Station (1st generation) [1910-1921]
- Temporary (Preliminary) KCR Terminus [1910-1916]
- 5 Duke Street (pre 1968-9) [????-????]
- Kowloon Godowns [c.1904-c.1920], on the site of today's Space Museum
- Ginger Factory on K.I.L. 1176 [1913-????]
- Pooi To Middle School (Grampian Road) [????-????]
- 1914 Yau Ma Tei Reclamation [1914- ], which formed the land where the Retail Market, Yau Ma Tei [????-1956] was built
- Three short-lived stations along the KCR line:
People
- Stanley Camp internees:
- Albert Roland COX (aka Bert) [1902-1982], electrician
- Brian Cecil FAY [1916-c.1976], policeman
- Ivy Mary Muriel HASSARD [c.1885-1945], matron
- Roy Ernest HEASMAN [2014-1976]
- Mavis Lillian LITTLER (née LUSH) [1914-1998]
- Alexander McGregor MITCHELL [1912-1984], prison officer, together with his wife Amy Matilda Mary Eliza MITCHELL (née HALLIDAY, aka Betty) [1912-1998] and children.
- John Murray PURVIS (aka Johhny) [1902-1958], PWD Inspector
- Mathew Elliott PURVIS [1909-1981]
- Catherine Margaret SHERRY [c.1922-1964]
- Dr Harry TALBOT [c.1904-????]
- Albert Roland COX (aka Bert) [1902-1982], electrician
- POWs
- John Cedric BROWN [1914-2002], HKRNVR. He published a book of amusing stories and poems, written while he was a POW
- Kenneth Struan ROBERTSON [1899-????], Public Works Department Engineer, Captain in the HKVDC
- John Cedric BROWN [1914-2002], HKRNVR. He published a book of amusing stories and poems, written while he was a POW
- Other
- Some owners of Caine Road houses 1904-1907
- Edward George BURKE [1863-????], timekeeper at the Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- Cheuk HO [1892-1925], father of Helen HO [????- ] and Yvonne CUMINE (née HO) [1920-2004]
- Wing-hong KWAN (aka BAAG codename "Domus", nicknames: Hunky / Honky / Hongkie) [1908-????], BAAG agent, architect, and father of the film star Nancy Kwan.
- John Howell MAY [c.1836-1919], Chinese Maritime Customs
- Erik Blyth NELSON [1907-1997], Kai Tak Airports' first manager
- There are several members of the BAAG in this photo:
Clague & Teesdale visited the Tsui's at Shek Lo, by Lawrence Tsui
- Some owners of Caine Road houses 1904-1907
Photos
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