New on Gwulo: 2020, week 05

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Submitted by David on Sun, 2020-02-02 14:00

Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information.

Gwulo talk on 8th February is postponed

We've postponed my talk to the RAS that was planned for 8th February. We'll announce a new date when the government venues reopen. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you at the talk when it is rescheduled.

General

Nona remembers life as an "expatriate lady staff", working at HSBC in the 1960s and 70s.
C has added a couple more surviving gas lamp posts to the collection.

Places

A look at British Army barracks in Hong Kong in the 1840s, including Sai Wan Barracks [c.1845-????] and West Point Barracks [????-1843].
If you ate out in TST and Jordan in the 1950s / 60s, how many of these do you recognise:
- Bamboo Restaurant [????-????]
- Bombay (Oriental) Restaurant, Night Club and Bar [????- ]
- Caron Restaurant, Night Club and Bar [????-????]
- Henry's Cafe, Chungking Arcade [????-c.1959]
- Jordan Restaurant [????-????]
- Kimberley Restaurant, Night Club and Bar [????-????]
- The Kowloon Restaurant [????-????]
- Lily's Oriental Restaurant [????-????]
- The Mandarin Restaurant and Bar [????-????]
- May Flower Restaurant and Bar [????-????]
- Ray's Cafe [????-????]
- The Sportsmans Arms [????-????]
- Tommy's Inn [????-????]
- Victoria Bar [????-????]
- Woo Ching Cheong Restaurant [????-????]
- Zig-Zag Bar/King's Bar and Restaurant [????-????]
More Places in TST
- Carnarvon Hotel [????-????]
- Carnarvon Mansion [1959- ]
- Cheong Hing Store [????-????]
- Palm Court Hotel [????-????]
- Prat Avenue [1920- ]
- Rose Mansion [1958- ]
Wanchai
- Garden Theatre / 樂園戲院 [1932-1932]
- Gresson Street [c.1909- ]
- Li Chit Street [1887- ]
Other
- St Teresa's Church [1932- ]
- Perowne Barracks [1963- ]
- Brick Works, Deep Water Bay [c.1889-c.1931]
- Japanese tunnel at Lion Rock [????- ]
- Kai Tak - Japanese Operations Building on a Mound [c.1944-c.1959]
- Whampoa Garden [1991- ]

People

Stanley Camp internees
- Samuel Mitchel BANDER [1886-1948], and daughter Mary Stella BANDER [1913-????]
- John Pierce BARNETT [1901-1978]
- Norman Frank BARRON-SULLIVAN [1919-2003]
- Anna Lilian BLACK (née LANGSTEIN) [1880-1975]
- Dolores Matilda WARE (née BONNER) [c.1933- ]
- Robert CRYAN [1889-1956] and wife Bertha Maud CRYAN (née LUMMIS) [1897-1969]
- William Norman DARKIN [1901-????]
- John Ferguson FISHER [????-????]
- Alys GREAVES [????-????]
- Thomas Alwyn HUGHES [????-????] - Samson has copies of some of Mr Hughes's personal papers, and would like to pass them to family members. Can anyone provide a contact?
- Andrew NICOL [1898-????]
- George William PEARSON [1905-????]
- Eliezer Richard PRICE [1902-1973]
- Alexander Bruce PURVES [1890-1978]
- James RALSTON [????-????]
- Elfrida Maria WARD (née XAVIER) [1915-2008], with husband Reginald, and sons Reginald, Douglas, and Gerald.
Mercia NICHOL (née XAVIER) [????- ] sister of Elfrida Ward mentioned above, her husband John Bell NICHOL [????- ], a POW who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru, and her father Gregorio Maria XAVIER [????-????].
Alice Adeline BALDWIN (née WALSH) [1887-1941]
Graham HEYWOOD [????-????]
Fred ZIMMERN [1909-1977]

Photos

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