New on Gwulo: 2019, week 48

A look at what's new on 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.

General

• I saw the printed proofs for the new Gwulo book late last week. I really thought we'd caught all the mistakes and it would just be a case of signing them off. Instead, two more small mistakes surfaced that needed fixing. That held us up for a few days, but the final changes have all been made and approved, and the book is now out of my hands and away with the printer.
  They plan to deliver the finished books on December 16th, so next Wednesday, December 4th, I'll open up pre-orders with the usual special pricing. That will run until December 14th, then we'll have a day to print labels and prepare the envelopes so the books can be mailed out ASAP after they arrive on the 16th.
  
• The comments on the Mo Tat Village thread have several interesting replies about British policy in the New Territories.

Places

• 37A - 46 Connaught Road Central [c.1908-c.1960]
• 47 Conduit Road (1st generation) [????-c.1964] - can anyone tell us anything about this building? It stood on the site of the current Mirror Marina.
• Aberdeen Upper Reservoir [1931- ]
• Canossian Retreat House [????- ]
• China Provident Loan & Mortgage Co. Cold Store [c.1954-c.1975]
• Disused bridge near the Aberdeen Upper Reservoir [????- ] - it used to be part of the road linking Aberdeen to Wanchai Gap.

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People

• John Gerard Heath LANDER [1907-1941] - Olympic gold medallist and rowing captain of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, he was killed in the fighting at Stanley in 1941. He was the only British Olympic gold medallist to die in the second world war.
• The man in the foreground of this photo has been identified by his grandson as Mr Thomas Aubrey Smith. This photo is one I've been looking at a lot recently, as it appears in the new Gwulo book. It's good to know more about the men in the scene.
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    In the stoke-hole of H.M.S. Terrible. Hong Kong, China. 1902., by Admin

• The first Suzie Wong: did you know that filming of The World of Suzie Wong started with one actress, then had to be re-shot when she was replaced with Nancy Kwan. Andrew has found two photos of scenes showing William Holden with France Nuyen, the first actress. [Update: I wrote "Frances Nuyen" originally, but her correct name is France Nuyen, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Nuyen. Thanks to Alan for the correction.]
• Looking for members of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment who served in Sek Kong in the 1950s.
• Robert Kennedy SIMPSON [1892-1969]
• Stanley Camp internees
  • Phyllis Alsager AYRTON [1884-1975]
  • Richard HARRIS [1939- ]
  • Richard Walter MILLS [1910-1974]
  • Ruby Forrest MILLS (née WHYTE, aka Peter) [1914-2001]
  • Dora Lillian SIMPSON [1892-1983]
  • George Gordon STOPANI-THOMSON (aka Stops) [c.1903-1945]
•  POWs
  • Eric Thomas HARRIS or Eric THOMAS?
     

Photos

Grandparents wedding at church near Nathan Road, 1937, by Sweeties.honey.391

1900s Chinese Puppet Show, by Moddsey

Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, by Da Qi

Blake Pier @ Stanley, by tkjho

Tramps_Ball.jpeg, by Patrick Hill

Twisk Times 1st May 1957.jpeg, by Patrick Hill

Aerial of Sai Ying Pun 1950s, by Herostratus

Des Voeux Road West, by chadwick1

Grace McAuliffe aka Harris, by Vicki Rando

APL Container vessel passes Tsing Yi power station 1991, by geography_stuff

Suzie Wong film shoot a., by Andrew Suddaby

Suzie Wong film shoot b., by Andrew Suddaby

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