What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
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How several thousand old gramophone needles kept the City Hall opening date on schedule (scroll down to the bottom of that page for the needles story)
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Percy Chittenden thought he'd lost his wartime diary during the fighting in Hong Kong in 1941, but after surviving the years as a POW he was surprised to find his diary waiting for him when he arrived back in the UK, sent to him by a Mrs B Reed. Percy's nephew got in touch with Mrs Reed's daughter to pass on the family's thanks.
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All five volumes of Gwulo's books are back in stock at Amazon UK (this is an affiliate link - it doesn't affect the price you pay but Gwulo earns a small commission from Amazon if you buy via this link)
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There is an ongoing discussion about the early buildings along Broadwood Road - see them on a map, or on a list. In a related thread, the hunt for information about 24 Broadwood Road continues.
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Stuart Braga has posted a biography of Anthony Manuel BRAGA (aka Tony) [1907-1994]
Dr Solomon Bard and Tony Braga with two guides on a cultural visit to China 29 April 1978, by Stuart Braga -
Eurasian_david introduces the big family that is the issue of Omar Abdool (Razak) Madar (22nd Jul 1871-14th Dec 1923) b. Hong Kong. d. Hong Kong, and his wife Sarah Shirazee (6th Jan 1874-12th Jun 1947) b. Hong Kong d. Shanghai.
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Thank you to Bookazine for interviewing me about Gwulo, my books, and the recent award
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The first horse carriages and the first motor cars in Hong Kong
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HCIIL has posted several stereoviews of Hong Kong from the 1920s, e.g.:
Traffic Control, Hong Kong, by HCIIL -
blueheron has posted a selection of photos of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club boats and events in the 1970s. Here's an example:
Boats racing in the crowded Hong Kong Harbor, by blueheron -
Readers are looking for any information about ...
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Looking for Renee Ballerand
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Looking for Arthur Lo, from Hong Kong - he worked in the Peking Restaurant in Wendover, UK, in the late eighties
Organisations & People
- Mahomed Arab, one of the original four Trustees of the mosque in Hong Kong in 1850
- Olga ARCHANGELSKY [????- ], ANS nurse
- Robert George BROADWOOD [1862-1917]. General Broadwood is the man that Broadwood Road is named after.
- Emelia Rose DECKER (née ROSSELET) [1907-1994]
- Frederick Adolph Von KAUFFMANN [1872-????]
- John Charles LANG [1899-1942], and his daughter Phyllis Katherine ROLLINS (née LANG) [1922-2015]
- Carlota Angela MACHADO [1872-c.1873]
- Marina MACKECHNIE [????- ]
- YAU LEUNG (邱良) (aka "Bresson of Hong Kong") [1941-1997], photographer
- Internees in Stanley Camp:
- Robina Hughina Rostron ANDRESS [c.1888-1950], teacher
- Agnes Isabella FLEMING (née MCBRIDE) [????-????]
- William Nicholson FLEMING [c.1885-????], marine engineer
- Gertrude Mary GODDARD [????-????], stenographer
- Kenneth Roderick MACASKILL [1880-1963], clerk
- Alan MACKENZIE [1917-????], health inspector
- Andrew Neilson MACKENZIE [????-????], engineer
- Janet McLean MORREN [c.1897-????], nurse
- Frances Gordon OGILVIE [1895-1993], missionary teacher
- Edith Margaret RAWLINGS [1911-????], missionary
- Emily May Rostron TYE (née ANDRESS) [c.1899-????]
- May WHITE [c.1910-????]
- Robina Hughina Rostron ANDRESS [c.1888-1950], teacher
- Men who fought in WW2 Hong Kong
- Valentin Gabriel BORINEVITCH / BOURNE [1910-1980], signalman in the HKVDC
- John COLLINGWOOD [????-????], captain of MTB 11 in the Christmas day escape group
- Fred FLIPPANCE [????-????], Major in HKVDC
- Edward W. De V. HUNT (aka Ted) [????-1941], Major in the Royal Artillery
- John PREST (aka Jix / Jixer) [????-????], Royal Navy, part of the Christmas day escape group
- William John WHITE [1903-1943], lighthouse keeper pre-war, executed by the Japanese for his work with the BAAG
- Valentin Gabriel BORINEVITCH / BOURNE [1910-1980], signalman in the HKVDC
Places & Streets
- Hong Kong Island
- Architectural Office, PWD [1925-c.1945]
- Government Offices, Lower Albert Road [c.1946-c.1952], short-lived structures replaced by the current buildings
- Architectural Office, PWD [1925-c.1945]
- Kowloon
- 30-38 Haiphong Road [c.1900-c.1972]
- Junction of Reclamation Street and Tung Kun Street [????- ]
- 30-38 Haiphong Road [c.1900-c.1972]
- New Territories & Outlying Islands
- Luk Yuen Hotel [????-????], Tuen Mun
Photos
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