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The Diocesan Boys School and Orphanage, Hongkong: The History and Records, 1869 to 1929.

With References to an Earlier Institution, Called the Diocesan Native Female Training School, Founded in 1867

by W. T. Featherstone

The School Register. List of Boys' Names from 1870 to December 1929

Hello, I am wondering if anybody can help me track down the location of the English-speaking kindergarten that I went to in the mid-late 1970s. I'm pretty sure it was called Sandlin, and I lived in the mid-levels but it may have been closer to the harbour or a bit further east. The only thing I really remember about it is the steep staircase which led down to it - which probably doesn't narrow it down much in this area!

I am putting together a list of past industrial sites (and some present ones) in Hong Kong, with links to the relevant Gwulo pages (or if there is no dedicated Gwulo page for them yet, Public Works Department Annual Reports). There is already a very comprehensive list on the Industrial History of Hong Kong website - my list is just trying to group together relevant Gwulo pages and PWD sources.  For now, I have not included sites such as godowns, wharves, piers, electricity substations, etc as they are so numerous that it would be a time-consuming task.

By popular demand, I (Howard Elias) am organising another tour of the Jewish Cemetery in Happy Valley.

You'll find full details and how to register below, but if you have any questions, please let me know in the comments.

When: Sunday afternoon, March 17th, starting at 2 pm. The tour should take about 90 minutes, and there will be time afterwards to walk around the grounds and take pictures.

Time permitting, I will be adding matchbox covers/labels of hotels, bars, restaurants, places of entertainment, airlines, etc that have been collected from the 1960s. The collection captures the establishments that were around at the time, the Wanchai and Tsim Sha Tsui bar scene and more importantly provides an insight into a long lost era. Former hotel, nightclub and bar scene as mentioned here Enjoy! 

Dear reader,

While compiling information for my book "Charles in Shanghai", many photos were shared with me, including photos from Hong Kong of the 1900s-1930s. You can find these at my page at Flickr.com.

https://www.flickr.com/people/161392673@N02/

Your help is requested to identify photos made in various places during a voyage from Europe to Hong Kong in the 1930s. Please have a look at:

Interested in any information relating to my great-great grandfather, Andrew Johnston, as above.  He served his apprenticeship in Govan, Scotland, moved to China to work in 1867, subsequently moving to Hong Kong in 1875.  From 1875 - 1881 he was Manager of the West Point Foundry and Superintendent Engineer of the Cosmopolitan Dock Company.  From 1881 to 1886 he was Manager of the Lee Yuen Sugar Refinery (he is mentioned in Kaori Abe's book "Chinese Middlemen..", Routledge 2017).

Yee Clun 余 坤 羨(1881-1967), Chinese settler in Canada who challenged an unjust law in court. Please visit the following sites for the story about Yee Clun as told by the Canadian researchers and recalled by his daughters.

1. http://www.shfs.ca/loststories

2. http://activehistory.ca/2018/05/the-yees-return-to-regina/ 

I'll present talk #4 to the Friends of the RASHKB in London at the end of March. Non-members are very welcome to attend.

I'll use the projector to show a selection of old Hong Kong photos from my collection onscreen, and tell their stories. The photos have been scanned at high-resolution so I can zoom in to them during the talk and show you their hidden details.

This talk's photos and stories are grouped around four themes: