New on Gwulo: 2018, week 49

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

People

Memories of:

• Roy has added lots of photos and notes about the GARDNER family.
• Stanley Camp internees:
  • Joseph Frederick CHANNING [c.1914-????]
  • Lydia Elizabeth VERIGA [1944- ]
  • Vivian Arthur GARTON [????-????]
  • George William Calder CRAIG [1909-1987]
  • Elizabeth TEBBUTT (aka Betty) [1910-????]
  • George HARRIS [????-????]
• Timothy MURPHY (aka Tim) [1882-????]
• Cecil Jesse Austen GRAY [1908-1968]
• Elias Davies SYKES [????-????]
• Charles Boreham

Gwulo book news

The new Volume 2 books were delivered on Tuesday last week, and I'm happy to see they've turned out well. At first glance this looks like last year's photo:

5 x 4 boxes of 50 books = 1,000 books. But then ...

Looking at them end-on you can see we've doubled the size of the print run to 2,000 copies. Last year we had to reprint after just a few months, so it seemed a good idea to print more. Fingers crossed we don't end up with a flat full of unsold books!

We set straight to work on packing and mailing out the books.

I don't know what the postman had for breakfast last week, but several of the books we mailed on Tuesday arrived at customers in England on Friday - that must be a record!

The next job was to get the books to the bookstores, starting with our local bookstore, Bleak House Books. I guarantee you'll never stumble upon their shop by accident - they're on the 27th floor of an office building in San Po Kong - but they're well worth the effort to pay a visit. It's a cosy place to be, and packed full of new and second-hand books! Here I am signing books to go on their shelves. Now they have both volumes in stock:

We've also made deliveries to Bookazine and Commercial Press, so the new book will be on their shelves soon as well.

Places

• Tai Tam Police Station (?) [c.1919- ]
• Bluff Head Battery DEL 2, Stanley [1940- ]
• Questions about Queen's Road Central in the 1860s and 1870s

Other

• There's a free exhibition of old Hong Kong photos on at the CUHK library that is worth a visit.
• An ex oil-painter-for-export describes their experience making the paintings that now hang on the walls of many people who've visited Hong Kong.
• A key part of the wartime diaries is Brian Edgar's Chronology, where he summarises key events, and adds his analysis. He writes "I've completely re-written the sections of the Stanley Camp Chronology that deal with Franklin Gimson's actions after the Japanese surrender - from August 18th to September 1st 1945. Further research has persuaded me that the usual account of these events, which I had previously accepted, is based on unreliable sources...". Brian paints a picture that is quite different from the usual simplistic "Gimson leaves camp and re-establishes British control". Well worth reading.
• Barbara Anslow's Tin Hats & Rice is back in stock again, ready for delivery worldwide.

Photos

1905 Ah-King Slipway Advert, by Moddsey

building.jpg, by schultie

Kowloon_Feb_1926.jpg, by schultie

Lyemun camp Driver Crocker arrives b., by Brian Burch

Kai Tak Nissens in the wet., by Brian Burch

policeman on traffic duty Ice House Street., by David Bridgeman

police parade., by David Bridgeman

Sister Rita with Orphans, by rudanenberg

Weddding couple 2.jpeg, by brianwindsoredgar

Circular Blockhouse, by HT Wong on flickr

HMTS Empire Halladale Singapore to Hong Kong 1951, by Boyd, Chris (1951-52)

Street 4.3, by Bodel, (Paddy) Geoff (1958-59)

Shek O a., by Bodel, (Paddy) Geoff (1958-59)

Windsor House, by uwm

1956 Riots - Garden Bakery, by Moddsey

People hauling cart, by john.brewer

Tai Po Market 1956., by Ball, Ted (1953-57)

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