New on Gwulo: 2018, week 38

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

People

Looking for information about:

• Mary ABLONG (née WONG) [????-????]
• Mary Ann AH KIN (née HIGGINS) [1844-1910]

Memories of:

• Gingles
• George AH KIN [c.1836-1905], including an ongoing investigation into his signature
• More about the Lai / Lay / Knight family
• Phyllis Irene FINCH [1901-1976], and her journey home on the HMS Indomitable in 1945
• Dr Charles FORSYTH [c.1885-1956]
• Arthur Garcia

Places

• Greenville Amuse­ment Park Camp [1949- ], one of the British Army's camps in the New Territories
• Chan Gardens, Argyle Street [????-????]
• Boulder Lodge [1863-1890]
• Information about several Hong Kong temples:
  • Shing Wong Temple [c.1844-1877]
  • Man Mo Temple [1847- ]
  • Hung Shing Temple, Wanchai [c.1847- ]
  • Hung Shing Temple, Ap Lei Chau [1773- ]
  • Pak Tai Temple, Wanchai [1863- ]
• Rangel's Labyrinth [1852-c.1877], the site where Queen's College was built
• Oriental Sugar Refinery [1876-c.1880]
• Richmond Terrace / Park View / Basilea Terrace, Mid-levels - IL 1216 [c.1880-1954]
• North Point Power Station [1919-c.1981]
• Aw Par Hospital / St. John Hospital, Cheung Chau [1934- ], and this rare photo of it when it was still just two storeys high
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    St. John Hospital, Cheung Chau, by 2ik7ns-AW_

Other

• Welcome to Gwulo's online book store
• Video of civilians evacuating Hong Kong in 1940, and memories of leaving Stanley Camp and Hong Kong on board the Empress of Australia in 1945
• After the last newsletter's typhoon photo, details of typhoons in 1900 and 1948/49
• twwong has posted photos of two old lamps at Queen Mary Hospital that will soon be demolished. Can anyone add any information about them?
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    Lamp 1, by twwong

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    Lamp 2, by twwong

Photos

1958 Kowloon Cricket Club, by eternal1966e

1958 Sheung Shui Railway Station, by eternal1966e

1956 Kai Tak Landing, by Eternal1966

1930s TST KCR Terminus, by Eternal1966

1958 Austin Road, by eternal1966e

Nathan Road, on a quiet Sunday morning, 1996, by Noel Dolor

Nathan's Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, by Noel C. Dolor

CX2.jpg, by Noel C. Dolor

Gurkhas disembarking the Nevasa in 1960, by theakston-thomas

1950s Former Tai Koo Dockyard Staff Quarters (Sai Wan Ho), by eternal1966e

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