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Dear All,

A book of coloured photographs by W Brewer & Co, dated late 1898 or early 1899, from the construction of the Queens Building and the buildings on Connaught Street near the Hong Kong Club. I have included the pictures of Macao and Canton for completeness. The titles of the photographs are how they were captioned in the book. Click on the picture to zoom in. 

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A small Guide Book published by the Hong Kong Government in 1953:

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100 years ago on Monday five policemen, at least 2 members of the public and two bandits lost their lives in a shoot out that quickly became known as the Gresson Street Affray.  A month before the catastrophic Race Course fire, Hong Kong had been receiving daily news of the fighting in Europe for the past four years.  This unprecedented massacre of policemen in the course of their very ordinary duty shocked Hong Kong.  Two days later it was said that half the colony - some 250,000 people - were on the streets to see the funeral procession that resulted.  

A book of photographs by J Arnold, published in 1916 in Middlesbrough by the printers Hood & Co Ltd. Most of the pictures seem to have been taken 1900-1910

The J Arnold photographs were published in at least one other book, Picturesque Hong Kong (1910), which can be seen in the HKU Library here. Many of the photographs were used in both books

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Rob recently supplied me with maps of this area which showed approximate locations of 30 Japanese tunnel portals in the area mentioned above. I spent a full field day out in the area while I was back in winter and I wanted to share some of my exploits.

Does any one remember this school?  I understood it was closed and we all moved to a newly built Peak School which I attended for one term?

Where is the elephant statue that Steve McQueen sits under?

I see there are two spellings and I'm interested in the changeover or any stories. A relative of mine, Ellen HJ King, is listed as the license holder in 1914 with the spelling of "Cafe Weismann" I think it was locate at Queens Road Central. Before her was Reichert, and further back, the original Hans Weismann who operated as a bakery and caterer. He sold out and returned to Germany in about 1908 I think after some over enhtusiastic expansions had left him short of funds. Apparently it was taken over by Lane Crawford and the spelling was changed to "Wiseman".

Howard Elias has kindly offered to take us on a tour of the Jewish Cemetery in Happy Valley. It's hidden away so many people don't know about it, even those who live in Happy Valley!

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

I look forward to seeing you on the 28th,

David