What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
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Stanley Internment Camp was a happy place on 9 Nov 1942, when a shipment of Red Cross parcels was distributed to the internees: "A prize giving wasn’t anywhere near it, and when we opened our parcels in our room we were like a lot of little kids at Christmas!" Read the diary entries for 9 Nov 1942.
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Last Monday was the centenary of the first aerial photography of Hong Kong by the RAF.
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Stephen has some ideas about the ship at the right edge of last week's 1909 Panorama video, and would welcome other readers' input.
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Memories of Honiton Road and Westbourne Villas in the sixties
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Memories of chanting at the Ammar Mosque in Happy Valley
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American pilot Donald Kerr was shot down over Hong Kong in 1944. Here is the Missing Air Crew Report that was created for him.
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Thank you to everyone who came along to my talk on Wednesday, held at the local library here in Wales. Special thanks to Tom who joined us from Bridgend, and Rod who'd come all the way from Scotland! Finally, thank you to Tracy for organising the event, and Sam for his help on the day.
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Readers are looking for any information about:
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Who owned "Sammy", a luxury goods store located on the ground floor of the Union Building on the corner of Connaught Road and Pedder Street.
- Is that Dr Sydenham on the right of the photo?
Nethersole Hospital Nurses, by tkjho
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Organisations & People
- Arthur Winbolt BREWIN [1867-1946], HK Cadet, then civil servant
Places & Streets
- Hong Kong Island
- 40 Island Road [c.1940-c.2000]
- Healthy Gardens [1979- ]
- Former mosques in Happy Valley:
- Ammar Mosque (1st Generation) [1870-1954]
- Ammar Mosque (2nd Generation) [1955-1978]
- Several old military buildings out on the hills:
- Two of the old Military Toilet Buildings, one above Tai Tam, and one below Stanley Gap Road
- Military shelter by Tze Kong Bridge
- Minden Plaza [????-????]
- 舍宿司公車電 - Tramways Staff Quarters [????-c.1978]
- 40 Island Road [c.1940-c.2000]
- New Territories & Outlying Islands
- Tsat Sing Kong [????- ], village north of Shek Kong
- Tsat Sing Kong [????- ], village north of Shek Kong
Photos
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