Everything tagged: General

Hi There,

A few months ago I spotted a sign at Nam Cheong Street and Yue Chau Street with a QR Code.  If you fancy scanning it, you would be lead to the 'City in Time' site together with a download link at respective App Stores.

The site was down earlier, but it is up and running again now.  Some AR stuff that may worth a look.  You may also browse the main site as the information is also available there.

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Bit of a longshot, but does anyone have any old images of Canton (Guangzhou)? My grandmother was born in Canton in 1940 and lived there until she fled to Hong Kong aged 20. She described her family home and her grandmother's home. The latter in particular sounds amazing! So spacious. Her grandmother (born in the 1880s) had plenty of land and money before the Second Sino-Japanese War, WW2 and communism destroyed their lives. The entire family ended up living in poverty. My Nana watched several family members die of starvation. My Nana was an incredibly sickly child due to starvation.

Thanks to Edward Bunker for sending this over. The Macau section starts at around 42:30, and the HK section at 45:20:

A copy of the original document is available online at HKGRO.

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I have my father's Long Service and Good Conduct medal.

He received it in the late 1960's.

Does anyone know if these awards were announced or mentioned anywhere around that time?

Thank you.

Frank Young

Some years ago I posted a list of the "Ladies" of Caine Road during 1904-1906 from the Ladies Directory. The list doesn't necessarily correspond to the owners listed in the Rate Books. During my trawls of the Rate Books I noted five of the owners of the houses in Caine Road during the same period. I list them below in case the information is useful to someone:

Rt. Rev Piazzoli owned nos. 2-8;

E.R. Belilos owned no. 27;

John Howell May (Shanghai Harbour Master) owned nos. 33 and 35;

Su Yuk Kwan owned no. 39;

As far as I know, the Japanese erected at least 2 Japanese-type letter boxes in Hong Kong.

According to South China Sunday Morning Post (10 April 1956), there was a Japanese letter box at the Junction of Dundas Street and Nathan Road. It was replaced in 1956.

The full report is available here. The 1889 Rainstorm is also listed as an event on Gwulo.

The following part of the report deals with the destruction by the rain in connection with Albany and Gleanealy Nullahs. Several photos were attached to the report which are not available on HKGRO but in the Flickr account of the National Archives UK. [note: photo 2 is missing].

Damage in the Albany or Military Nullah.

Just before this site goes to read-only for a few days, I thought I'd alert readers to an article I've written for SCMP Post Mag which is due out this coming Sunday, 5th June, on the scramble to protect Hong Kong from fires during its first three decades.