A summary of what's new on the Gwulo website:
General
- This year marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of Mapping Hong Kong, A Historical Atlas, one of my favourite resources when researching old Hong Kong. Annemarie Evans talked with Jonathan Wattis about his collection of maps that are connected to the book on a recent episode of her Hong Kong Heritage show. You can listen to that episode online.
- Readers ask:
- Where was the Tai Lam Camp Artillery Range?
- Where was Half Hour Pass? It was mentioned in Colin McEwan's diary entry for 9 Dec 1941.
- Where was the Tai Lam Camp Artillery Range?
- Gwulo book news:
- You can get 20% off Gwulo's books at ACO Books in Causeway Bay. Sale ends 24 Dec.
- Readers in Australia, Canada, UK, and USA can now order books direct from Gwulo's online shop
- You can get 20% off Gwulo's books at ACO Books in Causeway Bay. Sale ends 24 Dec.
- Memories of:
- Building the new Kai Tak runway in 1954
- Lok On Pai desalination plant [1975-1991]
- The original Quarry Bay School [1926- ]
- Orphanage near Tai Po, St Christopher's Home [1935-1993]
- Building the new Kai Tak runway in 1954
- So far we have 165 people receiving the daily diary entries from the fighting in December 1941. Here are today's diary entries, and here's the link to subscribe and have them delivered daily to you by email.
Places
- Hong Kong
- No 1 Tank [c.1860-????]
- 2 Connaught Road / New Oriental Building [1898-c.1955]
- Holy Souls Church / Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church [1950-c.1990]
- Spring Garden Lane Pier [c.1870-c.1905]
- TWGHs Lee Sai Chow Memorial Primary School [1959-????]
- Former offices of Wah Kiu Yat Po (華僑日報), Hollywood Road [????-????]
- Wanchai Fire Station [c.1941- ]
- No 1 Tank [c.1860-????]
- Kowloon
- Harting & Rogate, Austin Road [????-????]
- Hoi Bun School, Lei Yue Mun [1946- ]
- King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) [1941- ]
- KGV Postbox, Sam Ka Tsun (Lei Yue Mun) [????- ]
- Kowloon Night Bar & Restaurant, Minden Row [????-????]
- Oriental Brewery / Hongkong Ice Company, Lai Chi Kok [1908-????]
- Harting & Rogate, Austin Road [????-????]
- New Territories
- Shatin floating restaurant (1st location) [????-????]
- Shatin floating restaurant (1st location) [????-????]
People
- Stanley Camp internees:
- Josef / Jozef / Joszef Abraham ABOSH / ABOSCH [1911-1976], medical attendant
- Fred J. CLARKE [c.1900-1960], policeman
- Albert Edward HAYNES [1908-1996], and brother Leonard HAYNES [1909-1949], both policemen
- Joan Mary Chalwin HAYNES [1914-1994], with her twins Diana Sybil TRAINOR (née HAYNES) [1941-c.2002] and John Charles HAYNES [1941- ]
- Mavis Ena LEE (née BUSBRIDGE) [1896-1959], took part in the first Japanese Peace Mission on 13 Dec 1941
- John Cecil MICHELL [1900-1960], policeman
- Ralph Fairburn Craik OLIVIER [c.1898-1949], policeman, his wife Ada Mary OLIVIER (née PEPPERELL) [1904-1975], and daughter Nita OLIVIER [c.1929- ]. Is this a photo of Nita ?
1945 Capt Wilde & Nita Olivier (?), by moddsey
- Josef / Jozef / Joszef Abraham ABOSH / ABOSCH [1911-1976], medical attendant
- Other
- Norman Lee BAUGH [1914-1943], RAF. Escaped from Sham Shui Po POW camp.
- Thomas CASHMAN [1874-1951], policeman
- William DINNEN [????-c.1889], and his son William Horatio DINNEN [c.1887-1966]
- Warrington Kenneth CORNECK (aka Corky) [c.1920-1993], Douglas Grigriy DAY (aka Ginger) [1914-1990], and Walter James F. GARDNER [????-????], members of wartime Z Force
- Michael F. FENWICK [????-1941], Royal Scots
- George HAYNES [1911-????], HKVDC & POW, husband of Joan Haynes listed above in Stanley Camp
- Kayamally Ltd. -- fabric company [????- ]
- Jehu Constant ROSSELET [1850-1923], and son Charles Simon ROSSELET [1902-1951]
- Is this a photo of BAAG member Vincent Wing Sin Young ?
Vincent Wing Sin Young?, by Lewis
- Norman Lee BAUGH [1914-1943], RAF. Escaped from Sham Shui Po POW camp.
Photos
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