Everything tagged: General

Hi all - I'm trying to write up my life as a soldiers' son in the 50's and 60's and in an attempt to make it a more interesting tale of a world that no longer exists, I need to add some photos.  Tricky as mobile phones hadn't been invented!  If anyone has some oictures of Stanley in the early 1960's,  which I remember to be a rather smelly fishing village, I would be most grateful, and more importantly, so will my children, if I could pinch some copies.  If it helps, my email address is: jon.boileau@btinternet.com

A whole range of unusual items found discarded on the slopes of The Peak:

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Two unbroken NAAFI tea cups and a house tile.

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I have a library card.  Happy to help SCMP searches back to 1903. 

Hello, everyone. I am final year student majoring in Urban Studies in CUHK. I am currently conducting my final-year thesis regarding heritage conservation and related online communities. This study titled "Heritage in Everyday Life: An Investigation of Citizens' Perception on Heritage in Online Communities" aims to explore how citizens interpret (built) heritages and their online participation. The survey is divided into 3 parts, and the time estimated to complete the survey is around 5  to 10 minutes.

Hi David,

This is Hanson Chan. I am a creative director of a graphic design firm - Frames. I stumble upon your website gwulo.com, while researching our upcoming design project in the peak - plantation road.

Firstly I can't help but be amazed by the amount of work you've put together as a tribute to the old Hong Kong. It's pretty magnificent!

Hi!

I'm doing research on a book. Can anyone please tell me roughly what it cost to buy a two-bedroom flat in Hong Kong/Kowloon in the late 1950s.

Many thanks, 

Tony Lee.

My father was posted to Hong Kong Naval Base in 1956 to lead the work associated with Gyro Compasses. As a three year old, I travelled with my Mother, Father and seven year old sister on the P&O ship The Chusan, leaving Southampton on 28th December 1956 and returning two years later (instead of three), due to the closure of the dockyard. Given my young age at that time my own memories are very limited, and my parents and sister have now died.

Foreword: On Gwulo we find collections of bar cards posted by several authors, and we have moddsey’s collection of matchbox labels. Now it’s time for new items: sugar cubes!