What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
General
- Graeme shares one of his father Alec Dinnen's experiences in Hong Kong in WW2, and links to another post that describes how a chance meeting before the war saved Alec's life twice over.
- Talk in London on 28 Nov: Governor, Traveller, Scholar, Spy : Sir Cecil Clementi and the making of ‘Modern’ Hong Kong
- Freddie has been exploring the site of the old Tai Koo firing range, and found that a surprising amount of remains still exist. Here's a row of metal target hoisting frames lined up behind the protective stone wall:
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- Freddie has also added modern photos of the Settling Tank and Water Filter Tank at the Japanese WW2 radar site at Tai Mo Shan, shown at top centre in this wartime aerial photo:
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- HKYFCo ferries built by Yarrow & Co.
- Readers ask:
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
- Cafe Adriatico, TST [c.1985-1990]
- Junction of Cox's Road and Austin Road [????- ]
- Junction of Waterloo Road and Boundary Street [????- ]
- Kilowatt Court, Boundary Street [1969-c.2020]
- Kowloon Flour Mills (九龍麵粉廠) [1966- ]
- Po Yuk School, Tai Hang Tung [????-c.1977]
- St Peter's Church, Kowloon Tsai Village [????-????]
- Takshing Terrace [1965- ]
- Waterloo Road Heavy Draw-off Fire Hydrant [????-????]
- Streets
- Sze Shan Street / 四山街 [????- ]
- Cafe Adriatico, TST [c.1985-1990]
- Hong Kong Island
- 60 Blue Pool Road, former HK Jockey Club Mafoo's Quarter complex [????- ]
- Broom Road HKE Substation [????- ]
- Tai Hang Market (1st Generation) [c.1914-c.1926]
- Streets
- Blue Pool Road [????- ]
- Hip Wo Lane [????- ]
- Blue Pool Road [????- ]
- 60 Blue Pool Road, former HK Jockey Club Mafoo's Quarter complex [????- ]
- New Territories
- Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall [????- ]
- Liu Ming Dak Ancestral Hall [c.1823- ]
- Liu Ying Lung Study Hall [c.1838- ]
- Nissen Hut on Mo Tso Lung Road [????- ]
- Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall [????- ]
Organisations & People
(Click a Person's link below to visit their page - you'll see all the photos we have for them, and you can add any memories of the Person or extra information in their comments.)
- Samuel Eugene BOYLE [1905-2002], missionary
- Arthur LEWIS [1901-????], Paymaster Midshipman on HMS Cairo accompanying the Prince of Wales on his visit to Hong Kong in 1922
- WW2 - Civilians
- Interned in Stanley Camp
- Alexander Lundie GORDON [1914-????], policeman
- Eileen GRANT [1925- ]
- Alexander Lundie GORDON [1914-????], policeman
- Neutral civilians, not interned
- Felix and Claire Suter were not interned by the Japanese in WW2 as Felix was Swiss. This photo taken in 1942 Hong Kong is titled 'Nipponese Soldier friends visiting us and sharing a cup of tea.':
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- Felix and Claire Suter were not interned by the Japanese in WW2 as Felix was Swiss. This photo taken in 1942 Hong Kong is titled 'Nipponese Soldier friends visiting us and sharing a cup of tea.':
- Interned in Stanley Camp
- WW2 - Armed Forces
- HKVDC
- Carlos ARNULPHY [????-????]
- William LOWE [????-????]
- Joe G MEYER [????-????]
- Gaston Henry OLIVER [????-????]
- Albert William ROWE (aka Bill) [????-????]
- Carlos ARNULPHY [????-????]
- Middlesex Regiment
- Eric John GREEN [????-????], Chaplain
- Royal Artillery
- Jim NEVILLE [????-????]
- Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)
- Douglas John GOVIER [????-????]
- Royal Navy
- George BAINBOROUGH [????-1988]
- George BAINBOROUGH [????-1988]
- HKVDC
Photos
For this first newsletter after the recent upgrade to the Gwulo website, the feature adding captions to the photos is missing. See how many locations you can recognise, and if you'd like to check your answer just click the photo to visit its page. Captions will be working again in time for the next newsletter.
Click to see all recently added photos.