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This is very much trivia of the fifties. But does anyone remember the lemonade or fruit drinks called " Brierly" or "Watson". As still yet a schoolboy in many ways, I was conscripted in 1955 into the Senior Service, the Royal Navy, and sent to Hong Kong.

Each year's Blue Book lists the Governor's staff. The entries for 1918 begin:

• Governor and Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral
• Private Secretary
• Aide-de-Camp
• Custodian
• ...

(See page J24 in http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/b1918/51918016.pdf)

Does anyone know what the Custodian's duties were?

In 1918, John Deakin was the Custodian, though a footnote says he was "Seconded for Military Service on 17th May".

Regards, David

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I`m looking for any photos here or elsewhere of the leftist  unrest in HK between May and November 1967.Please can anyone point me in the right (pun not intended!) direction?

 

 

Reply from: IDJ on Fri, 2015-01-30 16:58.

Try here-- Life magazine images plus other related photographs alongside by the same photographer

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/a7da9b18e502c2d9.html

Greetings from Canada,

Hi Everyone 

I have written the biography of Hong Kong Land Officer Philip Jacks (1877-1941). My book is to be published in late February by Australian Scholarly Publishing. I have two photos of Philip Jacks but would very much appreciate a picture of his wife Edith (nee Edith Elliot Kirkpatrick Picard) or any of the Jacks children--Harold, Mary or Audrey. 

If you know of any photos please get in contact with me: rohan.price@utas.edu.au

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Read dongfang today and saw some guy discovered some world war 2 bullets. His name was David.

My friend is doing a project and is looking for textual evidence of the area (or boundary of the area) that a place name refers to.  For example, what area does the place name "Wan Chai" include or describe?

For now, he is working on three place names -- Wan Chai, Pok Fu Lam and Ngau Tau Kok.  The evidence can be historical or current, but cannot be graphic or based on maps.  If you come across such pieces of evidence, please post them here.  Thank you!

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In Sydney there are periodic lunches convened under the name of the "Fragrant Harbour" lunch group. They are very informal and usually occur the third Wednesday of the month.The next lunch will be January 21. If there are any old HK hands interested in joining this lunch please let me know. The only requirement is that you have lived and worked in HK during the past few decades.