New on Gwulo: 2024, week 12

Submitted by David on

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

 

Gwulo's talks

  • On Tuesday next week (26 Mar) I'll give a new talk, using old photos to investigate Hong Kong's military history. The venue is a perfect fit for the topic, as we'll be at the United Services Recreation Club (USRC) in Jordan - the club opened in 1911 to offer recreational facilities to the British armed services. The talk is hosted by the local branch of the Orders & Medals Research Society: you'll find full details of the talk on their website.

    If you'd like to attend please click here to contact their Hon. Secretary, Martin Heyes, by e-mail <martin.heyes@gmail.com> and make your reservation (and also to make sure that seats are still available).

     

  • Last week's talk, Who in these 1880s-1950s photos called Hong Kong 'home'?, was recorded and can be viewed online at Youtube or Facebook (skip ahead to 1:05 to go to the start of the talk).



    Thank you to Gary at the Vibe book and music shop in Silvermine Bay for hosting the event, and to Phil Whelan for managing the multiple microphones and video streams to produce the recording shown above.



    I'd also given that talk a few days earlier, to members and guests of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong. The last few attendees arrived soon after I took this photo, so we had a full house:



     

  • Looking further ahead, I'll be giving another new talk in May, first on the 8th, then again on the 22nd. It'll take us through the last 18 years of running a Hong Kong history website, showing some of my favourite photos and finds, and also sharing my favourite stories - both stories of Hong Kong's history, and some of the moving personal stories we've heard. 

    The talks in May will be a bit different as we've booked the venues ourselves for the first time. Both venues have large screens and theatre-style seating, perfect for showing high-resolution photos at their best!

    Booking details will follow in early April, but please keep the dates free as I'd love to see you there.

     


 

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Photos

 

Disrupted families after WW2, by IDJ

 

Quen Elizabeth 2 passengers gathered for the ship's berthing-June 1997, by IDJ

 

Queen Elizabeth 2 about to berth-officer monitors mooring ropes handling-June 1997 , by IDJ

 

Cattaneo family, by -claracattaneo-

 

31 May 1939 cover sent from the Salesian Procuration of China (St. Louis Industrial School) 179 Third Street - West Point to the USA, by HCIIL

 

1950 - Billy Tingle, tour operator & guide book writer, by essarem

 

1970 - 'Weatherite' sightseeing ferry departing & arriving Ocean Terminal, by essarem

 

1970 - Hydrofoil - "Flying Albatross", by essarem

 

Major Charles Boxer, Author Emily Hahn and their Child Carola, by Alan Ho

 

C. R. BOXER, Letter to RAF Escaping Society, by Alan Ho

 

My Aunt Virginia Carmelita Leitao on the left, by leitao66@gmail.com

 

Macsim Cafe- China Mail 19-01-1938, by IDJ

 

1970 - Hongkong Hilton Coffee Shop, by essarem

 

1970 - Gun Bar, Hongkong Hotel, by essarem

 

1932 a walk behind Kowloon, by Kirsty Norman

 

1933 02 vue de la montagne , by Kirsty Norman

 

olson brothers, by jill

 

c. 1891 HK Praya showing vacant site for the new Central Market, by Admin

 

Bird's eye view of Hong Kong c.1892, by Admin

 

happy retreat club, by danielwettling

 

oriental brewery 1915, by danielwettling

 

oriental brewery, by danielwettling

 

1920s thomas neave family photos, by edwardalder

 

Dock No 1 Widening Works , by Chinarail

 

empress of india c1901, by Paulo

 

Postcard of Hong Kong Hilton Hotel's Wan Fu, by HCIIL

 


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