What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
- In the last New on Gwulo, I wrote that beriberi affected many of the POWs and internees in Hong Kong in WW2. The comments on the beriberi page are a reminder that the people living outside the camps also suffered from malnutrition and the diseases it caused.
- The Catalogue of Gwulo's photos is online again, after a long wait to be rebuilt after the website upgrade. It's an easy way to see my favourite photos in one place, and if you click on any of the thumbnail images you'll see that most of the photos have a story attached.
- Cycling in Hong Kong
- The S.S. Swartenhondt carried passengers from La Réunion to China in 1937
- Selwyn-Clarke's Prison Bible at Bedales School
- Readers ask:
- A couple of the Gin Drinkers Line direction slabs mention a Moffatts Observation Post. Who was Moffatt?
- Would anybody know about a Chinese / Hong Kong organisation centralizing information about casualties of war that occurred between 1937 and 1945.
- Is this the large rock at Sam Shing Hui that is now contained within Ki Lun Kong Public Park in Tuen Mun?
1954 NT-1.jpg, by Peter
- A couple of the Gin Drinkers Line direction slabs mention a Moffatts Observation Post. Who was Moffatt?
- 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. Details to follow.
- 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
- Hillsborough Court [1993- ]
- Hong Kong Flour Mills Ltd [1954-????]
- Mount Davis Position Finding Cell South, Mount Davis [1910- ]
- The Stanley Hotel [????-c.1964]
- Hillsborough Court [1993- ]
- Kowloon
- Building on the southeast corner of the junction of Jordan and Nathan Roads [????-????]
- QE2 Post Box on Cha Kwo Ling Road [????- ]
- QE2 Post Box at Chak On Estate [????- ]
- Gomes Villas, 1-3 Chatham Road [????-????]
- Building on the southeast corner of the junction of Jordan and Nathan Roads [????-????]
- New Territories
- Kang Yung Study Hall, Sheung Wo Hang [????- ]
- Law Uk, Chai Wan [????- ]
- Man Lun-fung Ancestral Hall, San Tin [????- ]
- Ming Yuen Tong Ancestral Hall, San Tin [????- ]
- Kang Yung Study Hall, Sheung Wo Hang [????- ]
- Islands
- European House #18A, Cheung Chau [????- ]
- European House #18A, Cheung Chau [????- ]
People
Lyson Company [1920-1922] was a short-lived organisation selling bathroom fittings.
- Alfred Victor Jorge ALVARES [1910-1992], architect.
- Julio Cecilio Maria de Souza BOTELHO [1886-1929]
- Kaneko BUSH (aka Kane) [????-????], a Japanese woman married to British POW Lewis William BUSH [1907-1987]
- Arthur Ernest CHARMAN [????-????], policeman, highly decorated in WW1
- Alice CHRISTIANSEN (née YOUNG) [c.1884-1929]
- Walter Montgomerie GROVES (aka Tiger) [1901-1977], HKVDC, POW
- Nicholas George IVANCHENKO (aka Nikolai Georgevich Ivanchenko) [1913-1992]
- William LYSON (aka Wong Lai-son or Lai-san or Lai-sang or Lai Sun) [c.1861-1932]. His son Cecil Hynes LYSON [1886-1925] was a solicitor.
- Yvette Irene V H WHITEFIELD [1933-2023], interned at Stanley Camp
- Mercia Maria XAVIER [1913-1929]
- Catherine Margaret YOUNG (née BROWN) [1900-1991]
Photos
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