New on Gwulo: 2026, week 19

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• Argyle Street POW Association Directory (1968)
   
• Argyle Street POW Association Directory (1977)
   
• Connections of Botanic Gardens with the world, 1884
   
• In the previous newsletter I asked for your help to let friends know about my talk in London on 25 April. I'm happy to report we had a full house, so a big thank you to everyone who helped spread the word. Thanks also to the Friends of East Asia for hosting us. (Their next event in June looks at another aspect of Hong Kong's history - see their Forthcoming Events page for details.)
• Photos from the 25 April talk:
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• Several people have asked if I could give a talk in North England, somewhere in the Manchester - York area. Is that something any other readers would be interested to attend?
   
• Readers ask:
  • When was the war crimes investigative / interviewing team set up in Hong Kong after WW2?

 

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Places

• Kowloon
  • 17-21 Ferry Street [????- ]
• Hong Kong
  • Four-Storey Building at 187-191 Connaught Road West [c.1900-c.1981]
     
  • Hang Lung Centre [c.1975- ]
     
  • Peak Gardens [1972- ]
     
  • Tai Hang Market (2 Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang) [????-????]
     
  • 455 The Peak, R.B.L. 150 [c.1923-c.1948]
• New Territories
  • 30 Ma Wo Road, Tai Po [????- ]
     
  • Pine Hill (松山小築), Castle Peak Road [????-c.1992]
     
  • Silverstrand Bay (銀線灣)
• Outlying Islands
  • Peng Chau Government Building [1960- ]
     
  • Peng Chau Pier (Old/Public), First version [c.1955-c.2002], and Peng Chau Public Pier, current version [c.2004- ]
     
  • Peng Chau Police Post [1965- ]
     
  • Peng Chau Public Toilet and Bath Room, Wing On Side Street [????- ]
     

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People & Organisations

(To see other pages on Gwulo that mention them, first click their name below to visit their page, then click their 'What links here' tab.)

• Ellen PETERSEN [1840-1878]
   
• Missionaries
  • George Washington GREENE [1852-1911]
     
  • Robert Alexander JAFFRAY (aka Zhai Fumin, 翟輔民) [1873-1945]
     
  • Winifred Mary KIRK (née STUBBS, aka Winnie) [1885-1957]
     
  • Albert Henry VAN ETTEN [c.1900-1940] and wife Florence Kathleen VAN ETTEN (née KING) [1899-1988]
• WW2: Armed forces
  • Roger Dyrck LAMBLE [1921-????], HKRNVR
• WW2: Stanley Camp internees:
  • George Leslie ANDREW [1912-2000], banker, and wife Gladys Esther C. ANDREW (née COLLARD) [1917-????], nurse
     
  • Harry Albert GREENWOOD [c.1916-????], ship's officer
     
  • Alice Lauretta HALL [c.1881-????] and husband Charles Mylius HALL [c.1881-????], proprietors of an oriental goods, art and curios shop called "The Caravan" in the Peninsula and Gloucester Hotels
     
  • Malcolm Leuchars HARDIE [1909-1948], seaman
     
  • Sarah Smith LOGAN (née VIRTUE) [1879-1944], housekeeper of the Repulse Bay Hotel
     

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