New on Gwulo: 2025, week 34

Submitted by David on Sun, 08/24/2025 - 01:00

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

A 1941 report about travelling from Hong Kong to Shanghai on a 'blackout boat'.
Keiji Makimura's memories of the Japanese surrender in August 1945: Part one - Part two.
Early 20th-century schools on Cheung Chau
1959 tourist video of Hong Kong: A Million Lights Shall Glow
Quick Links - a collection of useful resources when researching Hong Kong's history.
Readers ask:
- What was the "Gas-House Club" in Stanley Camp?

The Chinese version of Gwulo's book

For subscribers in Taiwan, I can see the Chinese version of Gwulo's book is now listed at several online stores:

Places

Hong Kong Island
- Balgownie, RBL 6, The Peak [c.1913-????]
- China Resources Building, high block [c.1983- ]
- Indian Officers' Quarters, Stanley Prison / "Indian Quarters", Stanley Camp [????- ]
- Kennedy Town Tide Gauge House [1926- ]
Kowloon
- MacDonald's Engineering Works [????-????]
- Tung Tau Estate [c.1962- ]
Outlying islands
- European House #9, Fa Peng, Cheung Chau [c.1912- ]

People & Organisations

Frederick BRAUN? (aka "Fred Brown") [????-????], lived in Ma Hang near Stanley in the 1950s-70s, and possibly longer

1971 - "Fred Brown" outside his Ma Hang bungalow, by essarem
Jacob Blaauw KOOTER [1903-1949], a keen amateur photographer
Charles John Francis LESBIREL [c.1850-1914] worked in several different pubs in late 19th-century Hong Kong. His daughters:
- Celestina SUMMERS (née LESBIREL) [c.1873-1942]
- Alice ??? (née LESBIREL) [1887-1975]
- Annie Lucille MEAD (née LESBIREL) [????-????]
Alexander James S MCFADZEAN [1914-1974], Professor of Medicine at HKU
Arthur Robert THOMPSON [????-????], manager of Gingles (Wanchai) in 1939
HKVDC
- Manuel Gonzaga PRATA [1909-1943], tortured to death by the Japanese
Stanley Camp internees
- Sydney Charles SAUNDERS [1898-????], policeman
- Joan Armstrong later Begg, by marmi011
- Stewart Duncan 'Tootie' Begg, by marmi011
- One of the camp kitchens, by Duncan Robertson

Photos

Star ferry to the mainland 1911 — Star ferry to the mainland 1911, by Aldi

Dairy Farm Aircraft Catering Building at Kai Tak — Dairy Farm Aircraft Catering Building at Kai Tak , by WYIP

1960s Kai Tak Airport — 1960s Kai Tak Airport, by moddsey

1948 3 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon — 1948 3 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, by Robbot27

1948 Corrine in KGV School uniform outside her home in Kowloon — 1948 Corrine in KGV School uniform outside her home in Kowloon, by Robbot27

1948 Pirates Softball Team — 1948 Pirates Softball Team, by Robbot27

March 1949, Prefects and Sub-Prefects of KGV — March 1949, Prefects and Sub-Prefects of KGV, by Robbot27

1971 Zetland Lodge, Freemasons — 1971 Zetland Lodge, Freemasons, by Robbot27

Rooftop classroom, Wong Tai Sin resettlement estate, Hong Kong, 1962 — Rooftop classroom, Wong Tai Sin resettlement estate, Hong Kong, 1962, by Klaus

1965 A view of Tung Tau Resettlement Estate = 東頭新區一景 — 1965 A view of Tung Tau Resettlement Estate = 東頭新區一景, by Klaus

FIVE WAITING FOR A TRAIN? — FIVE WAITING FOR A TRAIN?, by 2ik7ns-AW_

Two gentleman — Two gentleman, by 2ik7ns-AW_

View the inside! — View the inside!, by 2ik7ns-AW_

Dock workers waiting for cargo from cargo junks, Central District, Hong Kong Island. — Dock workers waiting for cargo from cargo junks, Central District, Hong Kong Island., by Klaus

buildings on TST bay — buildings on TST bay, by danielwettling

Signal Hill — Signal Hill, by danielwettling

Old Peak Road 1903 — Old Peak Road 1903, by danielwettling

Queen's Road Central — Queen's Road Central, by danielwettling

Tai O Police Station — Tai O Police Station, by danielwettling

Happy Valley village — Happy Valley village, by danielwettling

train station — train station, by danielwettling

Wellington Street — Wellington Street, by danielwettling

dairy farm pokfulam — dairy farm pokfulam, by danielwettling

Pokfulam village — Pokfulam village, by danielwettling

1930s bungalows on Cheung Chau numbered — 1930s bungalows on Cheung Chau numbered , by Aldi

1924 Cheung Chau Assembly Hall — 1924 Cheung Chau Assembly Hall, by moddsey

European House #9, Cheung Chau 1914 — European House #9, Cheung Chau 1914, by Aldi

'At our bungalow on the island' — 'At our bungalow on the island', by Aldi

LaSalle Road #27 — LaSalle Road #27, by mike

LaSalle Road #27 — LaSalle Road #27, by mike

1965 - Aberdeen waterfront — 1965 - Aberdeen waterfront, by essarem

Kowloon city--Rock of King Sung / Mee Fong Studio — Kowloon city--Rock of King Sung / Mee Fong Studio, by Klaus

Hong Kong Club c.1923 — Hong Kong Club c.1923, by Klaus

1920s Junction of Austin Avenue & Austin Road — 1920s Junction of Austin Avenue & Austin Road, by moddsey

1904 (4 JU) Hong Kong Club Cover - sent to Arthur Leslie Meloillet Esq., D’Isney Place, Eastgate, Lincoln, England — 1904 (4 JU) Hong Kong Club Cover - sent to Arthur Leslie Meloillet Esq., D’Isney Place, Eastgate, Lincoln, England, by HCIIL

1969 (21 AU) Rev. Fr. Balthasar Chang Catholic Mission O.L. Of Assumption Rennie’s Mill Village Post Office Cover - sent to REV. CHARLES R. KOESTER, 2653 Ohio ave., St. Louis Mo.,U.S.A. — 1969 (21 AU) Rev. Fr. Balthasar Chang Catholic Mission O.L. Of Assumption Rennie’s Mill Village Post Office Cover - sent to REV. CHARLES R. KOESTER, 2653 Ohio ave., St. Louis Mo.,U.S.A., by HCIIL

Returning to Canton — Returning to Canton, by HDB

Lantau in the background (2) — Lantau in the background (2), by HDB

1932 Cape D'Aguilar (Hok Tsui Wan) — 1932 Cape D'Aguilar (Hok Tsui Wan), by moddsey

1934 Marriage reception of Rev Gilbert & Margery Hook with Rev Wilfrid Stott — 1934 Marriage reception of Rev Gilbert & Margery Hook with Rev Wilfrid Stott, by Aldi

Charlotte Cobb - South China Boat Mission — Charlotte Cobb - South China Boat Mission, by Aldi

Frederick Henry Foster — Frederick Henry Foster, by Camille. J. 17

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