New on Gwulo: 2023, week 08

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
 

General

• Walks and talks by David in London and Hong Kong during the next few weeks:
  • Hong Kong - Walk: A Stroll Through San Po Kong's History - 9 March - Details & booking
     
  • Hong Kong - Talk: The Stories Behind Old Hong Kong Photos - 11 March - Details & booking
     
  • London - Talk: The Stories Behind Old Hong Kong Photos - 1 April - Details & booking - CANCELLED due to there being a national rail strike on that day.
     
  • Hong Kong - Talk: A behind-the-scenes look at Gwulo’s historic Hong Kong photos collection - 27 April - Details to follow
• Further information about the Sam Ka Tsuen pier we looked at in last week's newsletter: evidence of the construction date, and the workers who built it
  

  

• HMS Amethyst's famous cat, Simon
   
• Readers ask:
  • Why was H van Leeuwen who died as a member of the HKVDC listed as being a member of the company called Keller Bryant and Co, when he worked for the Java-China-Japan Lijn?
     
  • 26 February is the anniversary of the terrible fire at the Happy Valley Racecourse in 1918.
     
  • Did the Royal Navy have any property on Bonham Road in the 19th Century? Perhaps the "AH" stone marker was for "Admiralty House"?
     
  • Looking for photos of / info about:
    • Mr Lawrence Gibbs (1865-1943), civil engineer
       
    • the water boat Daisy or her sister ship Heather, built by Whampoa Dock Co. for Hammer & Co. Singapore circa 1937/8. 
       
    • Miss Lila Vincent - a singing teacher, maybe at the DGS?
       
    • the demolished Victoria City Boundary Stone on Magazine Gap Road
       
  • Why does this painting have Kowloon in the title?
    

    

• Memories of:
  • Kotewall Road Landslide - Jules McNeil
• Bookazine are offering 10% off all books that are part of this year's Hong Kong International Literary Festival, including mine! Browse the books online, and remember to enter code 10BOOKAZINEX at checkout to get your discount.
   
• Ladies Directory 1907
   

Places

• Hong Kong Island
  • IL 444, Wanchai
     
  • 538 The Peak [????-????]
     
  • Harford, Coombe Road [????- ]
     
  • Japanese tunnel opposite Parkview [????- ]
     
  • Ping On Wharf [c.1924-c.1958]
     
  • Rockymount … 1st generation - IL 1898 - Chan / Tyson family home [c.1920-1965] and Rockymount - 2nd generation - 39 Conduit Rd [1966-????]
• New Territories
  • Silvermine Bay Waterfall [????- ]
     

People

• Organisations:
  • The Salvation Army, Hong Kong [????- ]
     
  • The Street Sleepers Shelter Society [1933- ]
     
• Stanley Camp internees:
  • Frederick Charles ATKINSON [1880-????], night club operator
     
  • Joan BEGG (née ARMSTRONG) [1918-????]
     
  • Edgert Eugene Richard M H DE CHAFFOY DE COURCELLES (aka Edgar) [1884-????]
     
  • Frances W COOK [????-????]. Philip has written about the Cook family's experiences in WW2 Hong Kong.
     
  • Kenneth David Mackenzie DOW [1907-1979], clergyman
     
  • Florence Roberta JAMES (aka Flossie) [1937-2005]
     
  • Arthur Golden  LANGSTON [1891-1966], electrical engineer
     
• Other
  • Arthur John CLIFFORD (aka John) [1911-1956], barrister, stabbed to death in Hong Kong in 1956
     
  • Vyvyan Henry DONNITHORNE, MC [1886-1968], a CMS missionary who retired to Hong Kong
     
  • Dorothy Mary LANGSTON (née MORRIS) [1902-1990]
     
  • Verent J MILLS [????-????], missionary
     
  • Percy Selbourne CLARKE/SELWYN-CLARKE (aka BAAG No. 13 / Septic / Scamp / Nobby / Sir Percy) [1893-1976], Director of Medical Services, imprisoned and beaten by the Japanese, but survived the war
     
  • Hugh Cameron WATSON [????-????], as the Dairy Farm's veterinary surgeon he wasn't interned in Stanley Camp
     

Photos
 

Edward Schneider has added an interesting series of photos of the interior and exterior of the The Orient Tobacco Manufactory. Some samples...

Does anyone recognise the location of this photo?

Who are we looking at, and when was this photo taken?

Who are these people - possibly colleagues of Bill Bennett at Jardines:

Does this photo show 4 Bluff Path?

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