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Hi David,
Today I read on a Chinese newspaper that someone called "David" with metal detector in hand had found a British WWII hand grenade in Wong Ngai Chung. The police was called and the grenade detonated. Was that you or anyone who frequents Gwulo?
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I've come across and address that appears to have been in my family and was part of their estate. The funds from the sale of the home were distributed to the heirs in 1937, so the home was likely sold sometime prior to that. I'm not sure when. Strangely, I'm attempting to find out the name of the deceased. You'd thing I would know that, but all I have is "G" which could be refering to grandmother, or could be a name. My mother and her sister each inherited 1/4 of the proceeds.
Some of you may already know from my previous posts that I’ve been researching the life in Hong Kong of my grandfather Charles Edward Warren (1872-1923) and his eponymous company C.E. Warren & Co. (1901-1941). He died of pneumonia quite suddenly at his house, The Towers, Broadwood Road, aged 51, when my father was only 14 and at school in England. An obvious source to look for C.E. Warren’s friends and business contacts is the list of mourners and wreath givers at his funeral.
I am a member of the Hong Kong Public Affairs Society at the University of Sheffield in the UK and we are a group of students who are passionate about Hong Kong history and social issues. Has anyone got any contacts with any former british veteran or civil servants who has previously served in Hong Kong or would you be one of them? It would be great if we could invite them to our society meetings and give us a sharing about their times in Hong Kong.
An update on progress, plus requests for modern drone photos of the tower, and old photos / films of the whole station building.
Here's the latest model (email subscribers, you'll probably need to click here to visit the website and see the model):
Dear all - first time from a long time fan of the page!
I'm wondering if anyone can answer the question of what is the oldest pub in Hong Kong? The best guess I had was jimmys or Ned kellys but I can't find a difinitive answer anywhere. Maybe captains bar in the MO?
HMCS Ontario, Activities in Hong Kong, 1945.
A document accompanying these photos says in part:
David, I found the following birth announcement in a newspaper clipping in the Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 28 February 1910, page 4: "HUTTON POTTS.--On the 3rd Feb., at Errol, Shanghai, the wife of George Hutton Potts, of a son." The 'son' would be Reginald Hutton Potts, middle brother of George (the eldest) and Jack (the youngest). Please note the mention of 'Errol, Shanghai'. I have tried Googling but cannot find any reference to Errol.
Jennifer Lang says this exhibition has lots of old photos and maps of Central, and is well worth a visit. It's on at the Rotunda in Exchange Square.
More information: http://www.hkland.com/data/media_releases/2015/hll_20151005.pdf
And the accompanying e-book (408 pages long!) about HK Land's history: http://www.hkland.com/125_anniversary/index.html
Hi all