New on Gwulo: 2019, week 26
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A look at what's been added / updated at Gwulo.com. Please click on the photos or the blue links for more information - and please leave a comment if you can add any new details.
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Summer holidays! Sorry for the double dose of newsletters - we're getting ready to head to the UK for our summer holidays, so I wanted to send these out before we leave this evening. While we're away, you can see what contributors are adding to Gwulo by checking the "Recent posts" page. There are also a couple of exhibitions in Hong Kong over the summer that look interesting:
Or if you fancy some holiday reading:
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General
- "THE CROWN COLONY of HONG KONG" was printed in August 1945, and given to the British soldiers, sailors and airmen who were heading to Hong Kong. It aimed to explain what to expect, and what they should & shouldn't do.
- Gwulo book news:
- Volume 1 is now available worldwide from Amazon.com
- John found a typo in Volume 2
- Can you tell us anything about a "Grand Order of the Far East" medal, awarded to a submariner in the 1920s?
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P1040108.JPG, by Jon Glencross
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- Have you seen a HK & Shanghai Hotels "Coolie" badge like this before? Can you tell us more about it?
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HK Shanghai Hotels Coolie Badge, by Roy Delbyck
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Places
- Where in Central was the New Victoria Hotel, 1888-c.1902 ?
- There's a second charcoal kiln, on the path down from Sha Tin Pass. It's in better condition than the one on Jat's Incline.
- The shady origins of Victoria View Terrace
- Request for help to identify buildings in a c.1857 painting of HK
- Hong Kong Golf Club Clubhouse (Deep Water Bay) [1898- ] and Hong Kong Golf Club Clubhouse (Fanling) [1914- ]
- Pioneer Memorial Church of Seventh-day Adventists [1939-c.2019], recently demolished
- When was the first section of Nathan Road built?
- Chik Lo, 70 Tai Hang Road [c.1938-c.1961]
- Shek Pai Wan Estate (1st generation - resettlement estate) [1968-c.2000]
- 2 Chatham Road [c.1900-c.1960]
People
- Josh is hoping to contact family of Ms Shing-ping Lai. His grandfather, Gordon Hutchings, was a young British soldier, stationed in Hong Kong in the early 1950s. Josh believes that his Grandfather and Ms Lai had a son, and he is trying to get in touch with him.
- POW, Laurence KILBEE [1914-????]
- Memories of HK Tramways staff in the 1950s, including the manager, C S JOHNSTON [????-????]
- 1950s bands - Eddie & His Combo
- Stanley Camp internees:
- James Leslie ANDERSON [1913-????]
- Edgar DE CHAFFOY and his wife Katherine
- May GILCHRIST (née TSU) [c.1898-????]
- Rudolf VAN ROSSUM [????-????]
- Herbert William HAMMOND (aka Hammy) [1888-????]
- Florence Agnes ALDER (née NEAVE) [c.1909-????]
- Samuel BARFF [c.1828-1897]
- Jack EDWARDS [1918-2006]
- Victor ORLOFF [c.1912-1959]
- William Hunter PATERSON [1911-????], his wife Elsie [1914-????], and their son William [1947- ]
- Richard suggests these are "Fanlingerers playing for the Taipo Belle Cup". Can anyone add names to the men in the photo?
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William Hunter Paterson b.1911. 1963 Fanling Golf Club.jpg, by Npatz
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Photos
1968 12 HK NT (2) - Rice harvest, by John + Judith Mackay
Churchill ARV Tank-DillsCorner-1958, by Bryan Panter
1931 Kowloon- Hong Kong ferry.jpg, by Kirsty Norman
1968 12 HK from Shatin Heights Hotel, by John + Judith Mackay
Cover of ELVISLAND magazine - August 1978, by Roy Delbyck
1968 12 HK DWB Golf Club (1), by John + Judith Mackay
Small building on Wong Nai Chung Road, by Admin
Wedding group Kiki and Louis HK.jpg, by Kirsty Norman
4 Broadwood Rd., Approx 1949-1950.jpg, by franwall
Sham Shui Po flood of 1957., by Bryan Panter
1934-6-13 in the garden of the Orient Tobacco Factory, Mongkok (3).jpg, by Kirsty Norman
1931-04-26 Promenade Hong Kong.jpg, by Kirsty Norman
1938 Snipe shooting, by Kirsty Norman
1934 Avro Cierva Autogyro, by Moddsey
1953 Sek Kong Runway - Spitfire Landing Accident, by Moddsey
Round Up Room, Miramar Hotel, by Brian Clift
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