Everything tagged: Butterfield and Swire

Visit 1960 Hong Kong via twenty colour slides. As always, lots of clues to explore, plus a mystery with the Furama Hotel I hope you'll be able to explain.

(If the video doesn’t appear below, please click here to watch it on Youtube). 

Here are links to more information about the various topics mentioned, listed by the time they appear in the video:

• 00:14 Helena May
• 00:22 St Joseph's College
• 00:29 Murray Barracks
• 00:42 1909 Panoramas
• 00:48 Harcourt Road
• 01:04 Butterfield & Swire's Offices
• 01:24 Queen's Building
• 02:09 Volume 1 of Gwulo's books
• 02:34 Elephants being unloaded
• 02:41 Canton Road Police Married Quarters
• 04:32 Li Po Chun Chambers
• 04:57 Central Market
• 05:34 Aberdeen Harbour
• 06:04 Floating Restaurants
• 07:23 Repulse Bay
• 07:28 Eucliffe
• 09:04 Hoover Theatre
• 09:10 Roxy Theatre
• 09:21 New York Theatre
• 09:50 Neon Signs
• 10:43 Daimaru
• 11:00 Craigengower Cricket Club
• 11:03 HK Football Club
• 11:15 Happy Valley Racecourse
• 11:35 Cemeteries
• 11:47 St Paul's School
• 12:00 Broadwood Road
• 12:17 Botanical Gardens
• 12:50 Traffic Pagodas
• 13:00 Peak Tram
• 13:31 Peak Cafe
• 14:17 Blurring & long exposure
• 15:05 The talk in London on 5 April 2025