New on Gwulo: 2026, week 32

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• Gwulo talks in York and Edinburgh. The venues are booked, and look perfect for viewing old photos - York has a large screen & projector that is used for a community cinema, and Edinburgh has tiered seating and is one of the venues for Edinburgh Fringe. Links to details & booking below (please let any friends know you think might be interested!):
  • York on Saturday 5 September 2026
     
  • Edinburgh on Wednesday 9 September 2026
     
• Thanks to philk, moddsey, and Jimmy for identifying the location of these slides in last week's video:
  • Shatin Valley

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  • Victoria Park Swimming Pool

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• But the location of these two is still unknown:

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• First football matches after WWII
   
• Early History and Migrations of Saiyingpun School (1850s–1891)
   
• Time to Remember (audio; radio series 1960-70s)
   
• Readers ask:
  • Looking for a photo of 1 Queen's Road West with red facade signage
     
  • Who were ASECO (Asiatic European Corporation Ltd.) and A.J. van der Weiden, in Hong Kong in the mid-1960s
     
  • What was the name of the disco in Bank of America Tower in the 1990s?
     
  • Is there any documentation that lists Shipping movements in / out of HK in the period of my interest (1843-1845); Port Authority documents, Newspapers, being 2 that immediately come to mind?
     
  • Can you identify any of the people in these caricatures drawn in the 1930s?
    • There are two sketches of the first man

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    • But only one of this man, labelled 'Red Blouse' in Russian

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    • And no clues for this one

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Places

(Click a Place's link below to visit its page - you'll see all the photos we have for it, and can add your memories of the Place to its comments.)

• Kowloon
  • Kai Tak Runway 13 / 31 [1958- ]
     
  • Tai Hang Sai Estate [c.1965- ]
• Hong Kong Island
  • Aberdeen Main Road Public Toilet [????- ]
     
  • Factory of Hong Kong Rubber Manufactory Ltd on New Praya, Kennedy Town [1936-????]
     
  • Godowns on M.L. 182 - 177, Shek Tong Tsui [????-????]
     
  • 14 Queen's Road Central [????-c.1928]
     
  • Rock Lane, Wanchai [c.1889-c.1992]
     
  • Saiyingpun School from 1878 to 1891 (Actually classrooms) [????-????]
     
  • School Quarter from 1878 to 1890 (where Fung Fu and his family lived) [????-????]
     
  • Wing Fat Printing Co.'s printing works, Causeway Bay [????-????]
• New Territories
  • Li Yuan / Li Garden Folly [????-????]
     
  • Old Tsung Kyam Church 崇謙堂 [c.1927- ]
     

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Organisations & People

(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.)

• Elsie ELLIOTT (aka Mrs Elsie Tu, 杜葉錫恩, CBE GBM) [1913-2015]
   
• WW2
  • Po Tin CHAK (aka 翟寶田醫生) [1922-2021], St John Ambulance / RAMC
     
  • Interned in Stanley Camp
    • Albert Edward CAREY [1901-1944], HK Police
       
    • Frank EDWARDS [1886-????], Engineer Superintendent
       
    • Timothy MCCARTHY (aka Tim) [1912-2001], HK Police from 1934-1949
       
    • John Ferguson MCGOWAN (aka Jack) [1899-1948]
  • HKVDC
    • Adam BONE [1910-1942]
       
    • Herbert BURSON [c.1904-1941]
       
    • James Joseph HIGGINS [????-1943]
       
    • Wing Ching KWOK (aka Gunner #4317 郭永澄) [1941-1941]
  • Other armed forces
    • George William BOWDEN [1905-1941], Leading Seaman, HMS Tamar
       
    • Peter CHOI (aka Royal Artillery Gunner (5153) 蔡炳堯) [1922-2020]
       
    • John MONRO (aka Lieutenant Colonel, MC, RA) [1914-1981]
       
    • Stanley Arthur MUSTO [????-1942], HKSRA
       

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