What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
- Beriberi, a vitamin deficiency disease that affected many of the POWs and internees in Hong Kong in WW2
- Portuguese ex-POWS visiting Macau from HK in September 1945
- Milk Diet in the Far East, The China Mail. 23rd April 1888
- Mandarin and Cantonese
- Memories of:
- Readers ask:
- Upcoming talks by David:
- 27 April: A behind-the-scenes look at Gwulo’s historic Hong Kong photos collection, hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch. Details and tickets. The venue is the Visual Arts Centre on Kennedy Road. It has theatre-style seating and a large screen, so that everyone gets a clear view of the photos. (In case you're wondering if you've seen it before, it is a repeat of the talk I gave at Lion's Ink Bookstore last year.)
- 28 May: In, on, under, and around Hong Kong's harbour, hosted by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. Booking details to follow. This talk uses photos from my third book to look at Hong Kong's famous harbour through the eyes of the people that used it - there will be stories of swimmers, fishermen, sailors, and more.
- 27 April: A behind-the-scenes look at Gwulo’s historic Hong Kong photos collection, hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch. Details and tickets. The venue is the Visual Arts Centre on Kennedy Road. It has theatre-style seating and a large screen, so that everyone gets a clear view of the photos. (In case you're wondering if you've seen it before, it is a repeat of the talk I gave at Lion's Ink Bookstore last year.)
Places
- Hong Kong Island
- Kennedy Town Tide Gauge House [1926- ]
- Wanchai Polyclinic [1954- ]
- Kennedy Town Tide Gauge House [1926- ]
- Kowloon
- Cambay Buildings, Nathan Road
- Hung Hom dockyard quarters, Bulkeley Street [c.1895-????]
- King's Park Buildings, Austin Road [????-????]
- King's Terrace, 1-6 Tak Hing Street [????-????]
- Knitting Factory on K.I.L 1388 [1922-c.1950]
- Saifee Terrace, 230-238 Nathan Road [????-????]
- Steam crane at SW corner of Kai Tak airfield [????-????]
- Tsim Sha Tsui
- Armand / Armend Building, Kowloon [????-????]
- 1-3 Canton Villas - K. I. L. No. 610 [1897-????]
- Dunbar Villas, Cameron Road [????-????]
- Glenthorne [1889-????]
- Gomes Villas, 1-3 Chatham Road [????-????]
- Kimberley Villas [????-????]
- Nathan Buildings, 46-52 Nathan Road [????-????]
- Observatory Villas [1902-1954]
- Oldesloe, Austin Avenue [????-????]
- Ormsby Terrace, 21-33 Granville Road [????-????]
- 1-2 Ormsby Villas, 35-41 Granville Road [????-????]
- Punjab Buildings (North of Granville Road btn Nathan & Carnarvon Roads) [????-????]
- Rose Terrace [????-1941]
- Windsor Lodge, Austin Avenue [????-????]
- Armand / Armend Building, Kowloon [????-????]
- Cambay Buildings, Nathan Road
People
- Arratoon Vertannes APCAR [1872-1931], shipping merchant
- Caroline WINIFRED CLIFT (née ASHBY) [1876-1966], missionary
- Antonio Simplicio GOMES [????-1921], Doctor
- John Leitch Colmere PEARCE [1918-2017], BAAG
Photos
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