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I believe that the Hop Yat Church building was not completed until the year of 1929. The caption on one of the church building photos with Chinese caption on the bottom, jokily mentioned by saying that: The reason that there is such a photo was to capture the contruction workers, on strike! From the photos with a group of gentlemen, some Euroasian and two caucasian consultants on the bottom row....great grandfather Mr. Jan, Con-sang was on the top left corner of this 1921, 1921 planning committee photo...posted on 1929, after the campus was complete, I guess.
I've been doing research on the Hong Kong Cemetery and the whereabouts of my great grandfather's remains. Samuel Osborne Pickthorne died in Hong Kong Habour while on the ship he was the Chief Steward, on March 25, 1900 and records show he was buried in Section 4 of the cemetery.
However, records show that when his gravesite was exhumed (because there wasn't a grave marker for his site), no remains were found.
Apologies for the self-promotional nature of this post, but, as David mentioned last week, I'm now finally back in HK after three long years. And I'm loving it.
Hello, I am hoping some of you may be able to help me with some dissertation research or guide me to sources that may be of use, perhaps a similar website to Gwulo. My Historical research is on 'Scots in Shanghai', until 1945.
I am aware that this topic is not directly related to Hong Kong entirely. Still, as was the case with my family, I know some of you will have either moved yourself from Shanghai to Hong Kong, or had previous generations of your family living in the international settlement.
I have found it almost impossible to find information about probable sea routes to Hong Kong from London in 1867 for a middle class woman travelling alone, going out to marry.
Then.... when her husband died in 1879 she travelled back to London with her 3 children.
I know that Suez was not an option in 1867.
Does anyone know the preferred routes for the average traveller in both these years or the most common routes and ports of call and how long the journey would take in 1867 and then in 1879?
28 Dec 2022 UPDATE: We've got a full house, so reservations are now closed. Thanks to everyone who has signed up - see you tomorrow!
If you're free next Thursday evening, 29 December, I'll be giving a talk at the Lion's Ink Bookstore in Wanchai.
I'm trying something new, talking about some of the hidden work that goes into preparing the photos for my books: where & how I buy them, scanning and editing them to make them look their best, and a look at the new AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools I used to enhance images in the latest reprint.
Hong Kong Telegraph 1 March 1930
The successful negotiation of Lugard and Harlech Roads, recently accomplished by Mons. Lecor, (the husband of Mlle Odette Darthys, Prima Donna of the Opera Comique, Paris) in a Delage car which was claimed as a feat in an article sent in to the SCMP by an interested party, had an unexpected sequel today, when the Frenchman was summoned by the Traffic Department for driving on prohibited roads (namely Lugard Road and Harlech Road) without written permission of the Inspector-General of Police.