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Looking for the marriage of Henry Humphreys (1867-1944) to Alice - surname unknown - in Hong Kong about 1889. The couple had 3 children before Alice died in 1895. Henry remarried in St John's Cathedral in 1896. His second wife, Eva Humphreys was, I believe, a cousin.
A letter from June 1977 describes the Mandarin Hotel Marqee (sic) restaurant. Does the writer mean the Marquee Coffee Shop? Assuming it's been updated since then, do any Gwulo members have photos from that time, or a description of the interior or famous menu items? Is that coffee shop now today's cake shop? Was the hotel then simply called The Mandarin, or The Mandarin Hong Kong (and not the Mandarin Oriental until the 1980s)? Many thanks.
For UK readers, Christine Thomas is giving a talk at the UK National Archive in September. Details:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/events/hong-kong-copper.htm
Replying to a post from 2012 with regards to John Joseph osborne. He was my grandfather and he died in stanley internment camp from scurvy and berri berri. His son Albert Cyril osborne worked on the docks. My grandfather worked as the post master general. His wife Mary bridgett and younger children - Margaret, Roy, Gerald and Joyce were evacuated to the Philippines where they stayed for six months before being evacuated to Brisbane Australia. My grandfather had to stay in Hong Kong as only women and children were evacuated.
This should test the Gwulo regulars.
An extra from my book the History of HMS Queen. The event took place in mid July 1946.
Once again John Clayburn brings out the more extraordinary memories. “In Hong Kong a few of us went swimming in the indoor pool at Kowloon. This was the only bath that I ever encountered where they insisted that we swam naked. Apparently they were afraid of contamination from swimming trunks in case you had been in water by the harbour.”
Who can identify the swimming pool?
Dave W
it seems the girl guides used the Helena May Institute as their headquarters when it was open in 1916. i wonder if there was any official documentations related to this.
Brian Coak's website has been re-vamped and is now online:
Lots to see and read, with a special interest in Masonic history of HK & China.
Regards, David
I've made an improvement to Places, adding a tab that shows all the photos we have of the Place. eg here are all the photos we have of St. John's Cathedral:
http://gwulo.com/node/2542/photos
The main page for a Place already shows thumbnails of the photos, but the new page shows larger photos, and shows all photos on a single page.
Regards, David