What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
- Readers ask:
- Looking for information about the French steamship Paul Beau
- Looking for early copies of Queen's College 'Yellow Dragon' magazine
- Were Hirokatu Ogura (1940) and Gord Ogura (1941) the same person? They were both Japanese journalists in Hong Kong.
- Looking for information about the French steamship Paul Beau
- New guide for contributors: How to add pages and photos to the Gwulo website
- Lion's Ink Bookstore have a physical store again, with Volumes 1-4 of Gwulo's books in stock. You can find them at 'A Book Club', Cockloft, 203 Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po.
People
- Organisations
- A On & Co. (華安) [????-????], photographer
- Interned in Stanley Camp
- Herbert de Vere Campbell BOOTEN [1890-1963], merchant
- Richard CLOAKE (aka Dick) [????-????], journalist with SCMP
- Charles William TRESISE [1913-1993], accountant
- Herbert de Vere Campbell BOOTEN [1890-1963], merchant
- Other
- Daphne ARDILLEY (née COOK) [1934- ] and cousin Sally Aspinell NOAD (née GABY) [1935-????]
- Robert Leslie BAULD (aka Les) [1926-1985] worked for Hongkong Air Terminal Services (HATS).
- Lionel Arthur DABELSTEIN [1902-1982], HKVDC, POW
- Hilda Beatrix HILLE (née KOMOR) [1901-????]
- Johannes Coenraad KLAUSZ [1912-1943], worked in Holland-China Trading Co., Ld.
- Erwin William RAETZ [1898-1975] and Florence Grace RAETZ (née MEEKER) [1905-2003], missionaries
- Daphne ARDILLEY (née COOK) [1934- ] and cousin Sally Aspinell NOAD (née GABY) [1935-????]
Places
- Hong Kong Island
- Junction of Connaught Road Central and Cleverly Street [????- ]
- Junction of Connaught Road Central and Hillier Street [????- ]
- National Building (Kok Man Building 國民大廈) [1961-c.2009]
- Sai Wan War Memorial [1955- ]
- 23-25 South Bay Road [1950- ]
- Wellington College, 39-49 Bridges Street [c.1953-c.1983]
- Junction of Connaught Road Central and Cleverly Street [????- ]
- Kowloon
- Ambassador Hotel [1960-1994]
- Kings Park Cottage Resettlement Area 平房區 [1952-1972]
- Kowloon Tsai Park [1964- ]
- Lock Tao Maternity Home & Clinic / Nursing Home [c.1957- ]
- Valtorta Memorial Chapel / Diocesan Pastoral Centre For The Disabled [1952- ]
- Ambassador Hotel [1960-1994]
- New Territories & Islands
- Muk Min Ha Tsuen (1st location) [????-????]. One of the old villages that was relocated to Muk Min Ha Tsuen (2nd location) [????- ] when the area was redeveloped to create the Tsuen Wan new town.
- Sam Shing Temple (三聖廟) [1921- ], near Tuen Mun
- Sha Chau [????- ]
- Soko Islands [????- ]
- Muk Min Ha Tsuen (1st location) [????-????]. One of the old villages that was relocated to Muk Min Ha Tsuen (2nd location) [????- ] when the area was redeveloped to create the Tsuen Wan new town.
Photos
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