New on Gwulo: 2018-04

As an experiment I'll split the newsletter and "New on Gwulo" into two separate posts / emails, with the newsletter sent at the weekend and the "New on Gwulo" sent mid-week. I'll use this new format until the end of February, then ask for feedback on whether it is an improvement or not.

People

Looking for information about:

• Frederick Patrick Daly, born 3 Oct 1879 in Hong Kong the son of Septimus Daly.
• Several photos of Boris Georgievich / Boris George MILENKO (aka Bob) [1917-1984] and friends have been posted. Can anyone identify the other people in the photos?
• John ARNOLD [????-????], who worked for the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao steam boat company, and published several books of photos of the area.
• Marjorie Mary Moore Smith, one of the nurses killed at Stanley by the Japanese.
• Jim VOLGIN [????-????]
• Harry STAINFIELD [1875-1945], and any other members of the Stainfield family in Hong Kong
• Can identify the people in these photos of soldiers in Hong Kong, c.1937-8

Memories of:

• Chief Detective Inspector Albert COLLETT [????-????]
• William Alfred STEWART [1900-????] and his house on the Peak
• Victor Vander NEEDA [1903-????] a jockey and businessman
• John Thomas COTTON [????-????], a long-term resident of Hong Kong from 1880s til 1930s
• Peter HUTTON POTTS [1929-1993]
• Cedric James JULYAN (aka Sonny, Jim) [1923-1959]

Places

• Photos added of Red Hill 1 & 2, 358-359 The Peak [c.1898-????] and Brockhurst [1880-????].
• National Hotel [????-????], one of John Olson's properties.
• London Missionary Society compound - IL 98 [????-????]
• Shing Mun Reservoir Japanese Tunnels (below redoubt) [c.1943- ]
• Japanese Tunnels in the Tates Cairn -One Rise more- Fei Ngo Shan Area
• What type of books were held at the Nixon Library in Yuen Long?
• Photos & notes from a visit to Lyon Light #24
• The short railway spur at Hung Hom that ran into the Cable & Wireless site.
• Daibutsu, the Japanese store in Wanchai

Other

• The location of the 1950s photo of children playing is narrowed down.
• Herostratus has posted full scans of a couple of interesting books:
  • Through Hong Kong with a Camera - a collection of photos taken c.1900-1910
  • Hong Kong - a small Guide Book published by the Hong Kong Government in 1953
• It is 100 years since the Gresson Street Affray, when several policemen were shot dead while investigating a gang of robbers. Hear and read about it.
• Ngaire Atkinson is interested to hear from anyone with memories of the following from when she lived in 1950s Hong Kong as a child:
  • Cameron House (1st generation) [????-????]
  • The school for British children on Kennedy Road, used before the move to the new Peak school
  • Corin Crozier
  • Anyone who worked in the Moller Line
  • Richard and Jennifer Stock, children of Professor Stock at HKU
• Further updates on the list of men from Hong Kong who died in WW1
• Sir Lindsay Ride's diary of his brief time as a POW, and his escape.
• A rare view of the railway line connecting Kowloon Wharf and the KCR in use.
  

  Star ferry bus terminus & Kowloon wharf entrance interloper, by IDJ
• What is this curious pillar with a cross at Stanley?
  

  Pillar with cross, by gw

Photos

1906 North Point tram, by Joseph

harbour crossing on landing craft, by k worthington

King's Theatre, by uwm

Illustrated London News-bombing of Hong Kong, by IDJ

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