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yesterday, I was browsing your photos and I noticed there was a pic of Buxey Lodge, unfortunately it wasn't tagged as such, it was in your "then and now" section.  I have looked and looked but I cannot find it.

I believe it is the first Buxey Lodge in Caine Road.

I'm attaching photos of the name marker of Buxey Lodge in Conduit Road.  Would be nice if I could find the first Buxey Lodge again!

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Friday 15^th January 1909

Any female members interested in going to go see these historical sites together? 

I'll be visiting Hong Kong from Feb - April and Nov 2010.

Lucinda

Just found this web site:
http://www.hongkongescape.org

It is interesting to note that there is an exhibition at the Museum of Coastal Defence, and that there will be a re-enactment of the escape: http://www.hongkongescape.org/Escape_09.htm

I've had a request from a friend and figured gwulo might be able to help.

I was running up Mount Davis Path the other morning and noticed a hook embedded into the slope on the left hand side. What was striking is that it is very similar to a hook they have in Gibraltar on the mountain which was apparently used to help military weaponary get up the steep slope during WW2.  Anyone have a history about the one here in HK?  Is it also from WW2?

It really works! Invented by Hong Kong Chinese University. Now we can see the details of many old photos.

http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~leojia/projects/upsampling/index.html

I wonder if anybody has information about pubs and hotels in the early days of HK.

My great grandfather, John Olson, arrived in Hk from Sweden around 1860 and was involved in The National Tavern - he held the liquor licence for it - at 292 Queens Road West and was also manager of the Oriental Restaurant. This property seems to have morphed into the National or Nationals Hotel which I think he was the proprietor of.

Google has added a very cool function - allowing you to search scanned newspapers over the past century or so. the best feature is the timeline, showing the frequency of stories about the search terms, plus you can narrow it down to free archives. The number of newspapers seems limited at the moment - but check this for example - the Sydney Morning Herald on the fall of Hong Kong

I went for a tour of the old buildings in Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, and on the corner of Omsley Road and College Street (at the back of No 3, 4 School Street) I saw the object in this photo.  Does anyone know what it is / was for?  

Also, how does one read the marking on these "house" shaped signs?