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In a comment to the Ap Lei Chau power station, David wrote: It looks as though we can follow the progress from 1 to 5 generating units by the number of chimneys in the photos.
Yes, that's true:
Note: The dates given refer to the year when the photos were taken, not when the chimneys were built.
Zero (June 1967):
Any information about Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Murphy, known to have ben resident in HK in 1929?
Gwulo readers will be very welcome at a talk at the Maritime Museum, Pier 8, this Saturday (24th February) at 4pm. Free, but the $30 Museum entrance fee applies. I've been researching this Lesser-Spotted-Police-Force some years now, and will be talking mainly about its workings til 1920s but with reference to later times too.
Oh, I thought i'd attached the flyer, but it seems to be beyond me.
I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the hat worn by the gentleman on the left in the photo below. This photo is a crop from a larger image of the Taikoo Cable Car from the sugar refinery up to the Sanitarium (sic) between Mount Butler and Mount Parker. We're wondering if it is some form of sartorial addition to further improve the protective qualities of the pith helmet? Has anyone seen anything similar?
Hello,
I'm researching my father in laws family and I've hit a wall early on. His father was Ronald Edward Tucker, born 1932 and he lived with his family in Hong Kong for a while. We don't know much about them; my father in law knew that Ronald thought for years that his grandmother was his mother, and biological mother his sister.
What I have found so far is this:
One of my mother's cousins (then aged between 13 and 17, and now deceased) was interned in Hong Kong during the war, but she (and her own mother, who was also interned with her) are not mentioned in the lists of internees on this web site, nor in a couple of other lists that I've managed to find in archives in the U.K.
She was repatriated at the end of 1945, but in later life told her own children little about her experiences. They have no recollection of her mentioning the name or location of the camp, only that it was #13.
From records of the Naval Dockyard Police Provident Association comes this list of the Europeans working in this Force in 1948. Two names in some cases - these men appear on a separate list of officers of the Association The terms of the Association allowed all ranks to join but there are no indications of rank on the 1948 list. I have marked with a asterix and given the rank of men listed in Tony Banham's War Diary site as Naval Dockyard Police.
Does anyone have information on what, if anything, is happening to commemorate the huge loss of life at the Race Course fire a hundred years ago this month? Thanks, Patricia
I'll be in London for a few days later this month, and Mike Cussans has kindly arranged a dimsum lunch at Joy King Lau restaurant on the 21st Feb.
Several of Gwulo's regular readers and contributors will be there, so if you'd like to join please leave a comment below or send me an email so I can put you in touch with Mike.
Regards, David