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"How a Hong Kong wartime diary sparked an unlikely friendship that spanned decades and continents."
Many thanks to writer Maggie Hiufu Wong for the careful research and great storytelling, photographer Noemi Cassanelli for the lovely photos, and Barbara's daughters Kerry and Maureen for sharing their family photos and memories.
Dear All
I am part of a project at RAFCommands to fully document all Commonwealth Airman deaths 1939 to 1947 on CWGC
the CWGC has brief details name age ,unit date etc but not cause we are filling that a gap and as of June 2023 we have over 98.5% coverage
I am very interested in researching the Buildings Ordinance Office, which was created in 1889 and was upgraded from an 'office' to a 'department' on 1st August 1993 - a span of 104 years.
A W Samson
Looking at the map of Japanese tunnels on gwulo, I can see that the Japanese built a line of tunnels on the hills of HK. The line is quite strong, except for a break in the line, starting from the govenor's walk tunnel ending at the tunnel system at Mansfield Road. I was thinking that there should be tunnels located on the North side below Barker Road.
I have a few photos connected with the large edifice at the end of the road in this picture. I would have taken it in 1955,somewher in the New Territories, probably not too far from Sek Kong. I remember going to see a Chinese opera at Kam Tin at one time but it seems to be rather large for that. Does the religious figure in the second photo have any significance?
I am looking for the owner or whereabout of the collection of pictures made by Jim Watkins. I want to obtain higher resolution scans of the following two photos that showed the shoreline and the bulk of Central not long after Japan's surrender:
2. https://gwulo.com/media/20992
Any help or lead is appreciated.
The school turns 75 this year. Anyone know anyone who took ballet lessons here ? (I did)
Hi there,
I'm currently researching PUBLIC TOILETS/LATRINES of HK. I know the first public bath house was in Pound Lane in 1904, but does anybody know of older public toilets that are still around today? I know the Ice House Public toilets were built around 1902 and a latrine in Belcher's ST in 1901 but are there any Victorian ones still around? I've heard there used to be cast iron latrines dotted around the city, one on Battery Path, not sure if theres any sign of it now. Any helpful information would be much appreciated.
Granite setts (a sett is a square or rectangular block) were a popular choice for paving Hong Kong's roads in the 1910s and 1920s, especially for roads that had heavy traffic.
The postcard below shows a section of Connaught Road. The road surface has a clear grid pattern that I believe shows it was paved with granite setts.