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Guest author Peter Crush introduces a little-known resource with valuable information about the development of Hong Kong's industry and infrastructure in the early 20th century.
THE FAR EASTERN REVIEW
(Monthly Journal published in Manila & then later Shanghai 1904 - 1941)
I believe I now have the final line-up of the owners/residents of the earliest houses in Broadwood Road for the years 1916-1918. I have added the Gwulo links to their names, so that more of their family stories can be read. It will be apparent that several of the owners were extremely wealthy and that different nationalities and religions are represented. Some families had lived in Hong Kong for several generations and built up their wealth gradually. Whether any of the families would have been entitled to own a house on the Peak, I am not sure.
I was going through some of my map books of Hong Kong when I found some small passages (not much info) inside. Extract sentences below.
At that time the British Hong Kong Government didn't apply the metric system (Year 1977) yet and the MSs' were sprung up all over Castle Peak Road. It was anoymous who and when those were taken away.
Hello,
My grandfather was a photojournalist in the 60's and 70's and worked for Ming Pao. His name is Ip Chiu Ding and he was one of the early employees and worked closely with Jing Yong (Louis Cha). Anyway, he once traveled to China and during the trip took pictures of pandas. It was a set of photos showing the pandas marching in for mealtime and one particular photo shows four of them sitting together looking like they are playing mahjong. This photo made the front page of the newspaper and won some photojournalist award.
I find the boundary plan of Pinewood & High West finally! It spent me almost half year to dig in folder at GRS!
I get it today, [Pinewood & High West] as we guess, it have 30 War deparment boundary stone!
now we get 12 of those WDBS#2, WDBS#3,WDBS#4, WDBS#6, WDBS#7, WDBS#8, WDBS#9, WDBS#10, WDBS#11, WDBS#14, WDBS#18, WDBS#26!
if you can find more of them, May I have your finding of location and Picture share! have fun!
Hi all,
I just realised my account name is a bit too long for this website, and I want to change it to a shorter one. How do I do that?
Thanks.
ROLLITT family time in Hong Kong
I would appreciate anyone’s feedback on how to research my grandfather and my great-grandparents who were based in Hong Kong sometime between 1911 and 1921.
It is this period of their lives that I have particular interest in.
My great grandparents:
• William Henry Rollitt
Hi David,
I have tried to log in and make comments, but this does not seem to be working. I have some corrections to make regarding photos of me, and ones taken by me which my brother Alun Chisholm aka 'Marlowe' has posted on this site.
Firstly, I want to add information about photos taken in the garden at 14 Bowen Road, which feature my father, Alexander Chisholm, my brother Ian, and an image of my father, Ian and myself (not Jane) as Alun has asserted. The latter I think must date to 1957 (I was born in Feb 1956).
Dear all,
A friend of mine went hiking up Fung Mei Path in Diamond Hill where the quarry used to be and noticed these structures. She assumed I'd know their exact purpose - well, I told her I guessed they were ventilation shafts, but no idea why a quarry would have them? Anyone well-versed in granite quarrying techniques from the 1950's that might know what they were for?