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The Calico Ball held by the Scottish Masonic Quadrille Association on 3^rd April 1907 was the final of the Association’s monthly dances and was reported in all the newspapers. Miss Olson, (Nellie), the youngest and only unmarried daughter of my great-grandfather, John Olson, took part dressed as a “Spanish dancer”. I imagine this interestingly named Association was linked to the Lodge of St.

https://youtu.be/D62TzU1X2jk

Old 8mm movies shot in the 1930s by Douglas Chun Wai Yee (1906-1983). https://www.geni.com/people/Douglas-Wai-Yee/6000000009196913617

Captain Gerald Blakey RE (Now Brigadier Retired!)

Any information? Anyone here served in Kota Belud North Borneo?

Thanks,

Muhd.

Hello all,

Along with the Japanese dog tag pictured below, I also dug up two more items.  All found in the hills below Jardine's Lookout, Wong Nai Chong area.  Can anyone enlighten me as to what they are/what they were used for.  Thank you.

Hi everyone,

My name is Ryan Sun. The Hong Kong Studies Initiative at UBC will be hosting a webinar given by Amelia Allsop titled "Recording Hong Kong: The Oral History Collection of the Hong Kong Heritage Project" on March 5 @ 12-1:30pm PST. I've included a short description and link to the event. It'll certainly be of interest to many vistors here at Gwulo. Make sure to register and I hope to see you there!

This is a forum for the unknown Japanese war crimes during the Battle of Hong Kong.

Next Wednesday, 3rd March, I will be speaking for the Royal Asiatic Society on Women, Crime and the Courts-Hong Kong 1841-1941, which was recently published in HK by Blacksmith Books. The talk will be on zoom and is free to attend - you don't have to be a member of the RAS.  I'll be telling some of the stories from the book and a few additional ones, with some of the background and context of women's lives in this period.

From the IWM: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060042560

Their notes:

Object description