New on Gwulo: 2018, week 14

A summary of what's new and updated on Gwulo:

People

Looking for information about:

• Manley and Madar families in Shanghai and Hong Kong
• What did policeman William Stirton MCHARDY [1906-????] receive the Colonial Police Medal for?
•  Douglas Ward (son of Elfrida Maria WARD (née XAVIER) [1915-2008] and Reginald Gwynne WARD [1905-1957]) has identified himself in the photo of children at Stanley Camp, but asks if anyone can spot his brother Reginald:
  

Memories of:

• New photos of Margaret Wheeldon PUGH (née WHEELDON) [1926-2017], one of Cathay Pacific's first air hostesses.
• John Alexander Robertson SELBY [1900-1951]
• Ann has added information to several of the Stanley internees' pages:
  •  Amy Alice BANDER [1871-1950]
  • Bernard Joseph MURRAY [1897-????]
  • William Arthur PEPPERELL [1878-????]
  • William Frank CULVER [1894-????]
  • Eric William SHARP [1890-????]
  • Aleitha Ada HIRST [c.1907-????]
  • Walter Henry NOLLOTH [1901-1968]
  • Herbert Louis N ASCOUGH [1897-????]
  • Brian Charles Keith HAWKINS [1900-1962]
  • Arthur William BLISS [c.1876-????]
  • Ruby Eileen HALL (née BLISS) [1908-2001]
  • Bertram Walter BRADBURY [1885-????]
  • P CULVER [????- ]

Places

• Ashley has identified buildings I've wondered about for several years. They were the Hong Kong Electric Company's staff quarters, Causeway Hill [c.1926-c.1964]
• Edmond has created a video compilation showing how the Wanchai school and its surroundings changed over the years.
• Was the tadpole pond at Mount Austin built by the Japanese?
• New photos of Rikki's Restaurant in TST
• Klaus has mapped out the 1850/60's Praya Reclamation
• Ko Shing Theatre (1st generation) [c.1875-1927]
• Grandview Mansion [1955- ]
• Buildings below the hairpin bend on Tai Hang Road
• Abandoned school in Wo Tin, Lantau [1962- ]
• Ming Ying School on Third Street
• What was the house at the 11 1/2 milestone?
• Does anyone know where "Oliver's Mount" was in Hong Kong, or where Betty Church lived?
• John has lots of questions about St Joseph's Building and other buildings nearby.

Other

• Q&A about Mollers Line
• Looking for when Hop Tuck the carpenter was in business and could have made this:
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    Miniature chest of drawers, by Chris Hall

     

Photos

Yee Wo Street/Jardine's Bazaar, by Eternal1966

Hong Kong...that is all I know, by Miranda Watkins

Dairy Farm, Pokfulam, by 1950s Peill Family Photos

1956 Hong Kong Repulse Bay, by stokerbob

Hong Kong Island, 1968 (Kennedy Town Godowns), by east med wanderer

Queens birthday parade 1957, by Bryan Panter

Garden of Remembrance - Opening Ceremony 30 August 1962, by Peter

1920s Cheung Chau, by Tony Banham

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