New on Gwulo: 2023, week 06

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
 

General

• Further discussions on the subject: Where are the horses in old Hong Kong photos?
   
• Saturday's copy of the Hong Kong Economic Journal printed an interview with David about Gwulo:
   
  

   

• Thanks to wingcli2015 for typing up several more Jurors Lists from 1862, 1864, and 1865
   
• After the RAF Little Sai Wan site was decommissioned, one of its buildings was blown up in Jackie Chan's film, Police Story Two.
   
• Hotels and Taverns in Old Hong Kong in 1864 and 1868
   
• UK readers: I'll be giving a talk in London on April 1st (no joke!), details to follow in a future newsletter. I'm looking forward to seeing you again, as this will be my first talk in the UK since before Covid.
   
• Memories of:
  • Armed forces helping out at the Fanling Babies Home in the 1940s and 50s
     
  • Mrs Nina Smirnoff and The Peninsula Hotel in 1970
     
  • Quarry Bay School, 1958-1961
     
• Readers are looking for:
  • Maritime museums and other possible sources of photos of a chief steward on a Blue Funnel Line ship in 1900.
     
  • Information on a refugee program organised by Irene HoTung, bringing orphans from the mainland to Hong Kong in about 1940.
     
  • We're still looking for the identity of the jockey called "Mr Blank"
     
  • Where in Kowloon was the Armand / Armend Building?
     
  • If we have any readers who were interned in Stanley Camp, do you remember fellow internee Robert Tatz?
     
  • What twin-engine, propeller-type aircraft flew in Hong Kong in the late 1950s / early 60s?
     
  • Where was the Emmanuel Church located on Nathan Road?
     
  • Any new information about the house 'Tanderagee' at the Peak.
     
• Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 Hong Kong International Literary Festival:
  • David's talk on 11 March: The Stories Behind Old Hong Kong Photos
     
  • David's guided walk on 9 March: A Stroll Through San Po Kong's History
     
  • Several other events with a history theme will be of interest to Gwulo's readers:
    • HK URBEX: Exploring Hong Kong’s Hidden History & Unknown Realms
       
    • Les Bird & Caroline Wu with Annemarie Evans: The Vietnamese Boat People in Hong Kong: A Survivor
       
    • Lindsay Varty's guided walk: Sunset Survivors Walking Tour in Yau Ma Tei
       
    • Paul French's workshop: Tools for Researching Family Histories and More in China
  • There are over 100 events in all, so it's well worth browsing through the full list.
     
• A correction to the photo below. I incorrectly labelled it "Sandy Bay" in the last What's New newsletter, but it is actually a view of Telegraph Bay. Thanks to WYIP for the correction.
  
  

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Places

• Hong Kong Island
  • 8 Broadwood Road [????-????]
     
  • 24 Broadwood Road [????-????]
     
  • Colonial Hotel [????-????] on Jubilee Street
     
  • The Four Crowns Restaurant & Reading Room [????-????] on Cochrane Street in the 1880s
     
  • Kow Hoo Shoe Company Ltd (19-21 Hennessy Road branch) [????-????]
     
  • Oriental Bank Corporation [????-????] on Queen's Road Central
     
  • The Oriental Hotel, 4 Wellington Street [????-????] in 1870s
     
  • Sheung On Building, 80-82 Gloucester Road [1964-c.1984]
     
  • 537 The Peak [????- ]
     
• Kowloon
  • Hoi Bun School [1946- ]. Formerly a school in Lei Yue Mun, the building is now home to the HKJC's Lei Yue Mun Plus
     
  • 1-4 Minden Row [1913-????]
     
  • 1-5 Minden Villas, Mody Road [1913-????]
     
  • Saltash, King's Park [????-????]
     
  • 1-9 Torres Buildings, Kimberley Road [1913-????]
     
• New Territories
  • Chi Lok Villa (志樂別墅) [1955-c.2006] on Castle Peak Road near Tuen Mun
     
  • Home of Loving Faithfulness [????- ], a home for children and adults with special needs in Kwu Tung.
     
  • Lek Yuen Estate [1975- ], Shatin
     
  • White Cottage / White House, Tai Po [1906- ]
     

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People

• Stanley Camp internees:
  • Charlotte Mabel BIRD (née MAY, aka Charles / Birdie) [1905-1992], teacher
     
  • Achilles George DANDRIA / DANN [1888-1944], commercial traveller
     
  • Percy Hobson HOLYOAK [1874-1926], freemason and well-connected businessman
     
  • Edith Mary VAN LEEUWEN (aka Peggy) [1919-????], Dutch. Her husband was a member of the HKVDC and was killed in the fighting.
     
• Other
  • Gladys May AYLWARD [1902-1970], missionary
     
  • Stewart Duncan BEGG [1900-1967], merchant, HKVDC
     
  • Norman Hoole FRANCE [c.1904-1941], professor, HKVDC
     
  • Margaret Aileen JENNINGS [1884-1984], missionary
     
  • Sisters Irina / Irene SMIRNOFF GARFINKLE [1934- ] and Nina SMIRNOFF (aka Lyalya) [????-????]
     
  • Toc H - Talbot House [????- ], a Christian charity.

 

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