New on Gwulo: 2020, week 14

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.

General

• In the last newsletter I asked what the BP Marker Stones were for. A couple more have been added to the map, and there's a suggestion they were military trig points.
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    BP16 Custom Hill , by Simon
• Can anyone tell us more about what Forestry Lots were used for?
• Sharon asks where were the British Army houses on Redhill in the mid-1960s, and hopes to hear from anyone who lived there at the time.
• Film footage of the 1937 Typhoon (only viewable in the UK).
• Affects of the Coronavirus on Gwulo's book orders & deliveries:
  • Hong Kong - No major delays, with books arriving 1-3 working days after an order is placed. We have all the Gwulo books (Volumes 1 / 2 / 3) in stock, as well as Patricia O'Sullivan's Policing Hong Kong - An Irish History and Barbara Anslow's Tin Hats & Rice.
  • USA - Amazon.com still has stock of all three Gwulo books, so that's currently the best way for American readers to order.
  • North America and Europe - HK Post has suspended the airmail services I usually use to send orders to North America and Europe. You're still welcome to order on the Gwulo website, and let me know if you'd like me to send your order via surface mail or hold it until airmail services resume.

Places

• HK Island
  • Chung Hom Kok Battery buildings [c.1940- ]
  • Hong Kong Electric Co. quarters [????-c.1959], a semi-detached building on land bounded by Electric Rd / Tin Chong St / King's Road
  • Hong Kong Electric Co. Recreation Club, North Point [c.1926-c.1958]
  • Kapok Bakery and Confectionery Co. Ltd - Wanchai Store [????-????]
  • May Wah Building [1963- ]
  • Mount Caroline Cemetery - removal of unauthorised graves in 1914.
  • 15 Robinson Road [c.1936- ]
• Kowloon
  • TST
    • Austin Mansion [1958- ]
    • Carnival Mansion [1958- ]
    • Companion Court [1959- ]
    • Kimberley Mansion [1958- ]
    • Kowloon Star Ferry Bus Terminus [????- ]
    • Majestic House [1963- ]
    • Moulin Rouge Night Club [????-????]
    • Railway from KCR terminus to Kowloon Wharves [????-c.1950]
    • Universal Playboy Club [????-????]
  • New Kowloon City Road (Ma Tau Wai Road and Pak Tai Street) [1899- ]
  • Several fascinating photos from the 1920s of the reclamation at Kai Tak, including the temporary steam railway that was built to deliver the earth & rock.
    

    Kai Tak Reclamation 1916-1924- Kowloon Bay , by Chinarail (Enhanced photograph reproduced from the Feb.1920 edition of ‘The Far Eastern Review’
• New Territories
  • Several of the pages for pillboxes in the New Territories have been updated with new photos and more accurate locations: PB's 202, 203, 205, 206, 309 and 310.
  • Hiram's Highway Stone Marker [1945- ]

People

• BAAG:
  • Edmund Brinsley TEESDALE [1915-1997]
  • Alexander URQUHART [1899-1971]
  • King Hung WU (aka BAAG No. 67.i) [????- ]
• POW:
  • Charles Alexander ALLEN (aka Charlie) [1916-1986]
  • Henry Jemson TEBBUTT [1893-????]
• Stanley Camp internees:
  • Edward AITKEN (aka Eddie) [c.1931- ]
  • Frederick George APPLETON [1913-3002]
  • Raquel BONNER / WORRAL [c.1912-1980] and husband William Roy WORRALL (aka Bill) [1913-1985]
  • Albert Victor FRAIN [1897-1945]
  • Hollis Powers GALE [1888-1962]
  • Leslie John MCTAVISH [????-1990]
  • Nina Emily NICHOLSON / VALENTINE (née WILLIAMS) [1895-c.1966], husband Douglas James VALENTINE [1892-1980], and son John VALENTINE [1930- ]
  • Rose SPRY [1890-1978]
  • Thomas Stodart WHYTE-SMITH [1883-1950]
• Claude Burgess
• George GREEN [????-????]
• James Gray MARSHALL [????-1919] and son with the same name, James Gray MARSHALL [????-1958]
• Does anyone know a J F Holmes who lived at 3, Mount Austin Road? Bob has found the sign from his house!
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    Mount Austin house sign, by bob

Photos

Kai Tak Amusement Park-Monorail, by IDJ

Model of Taikoo Dockyard made for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition, by Chinarail (Photograph scanned from the May, 1924 edition of ‘The Far Eastern Review’)

S.S “Nanning”, by Chinarail (Photograph scanned from the May, 1924 edition of ‘The Far Eastern Review’)

Kowloon Wharfs-trolley track's multiple turntables, by IDJ

kowloon city 1910 (九龍城1910), by cheung_samfung

Flats on Cassia Rd Yau Yat Chuen 1970.jpg, by John Timermanis

Kowloon Docks - Roofs of Blacksmith’s Shop, Engine Shop & Stores, by Chinarail (Photograph scanned from the May, 1924 edition of ‘The Far Eastern Review’)

Kowloon Docks - Head Office, by Chinarail (Photograph scanned from the May, 1924 edition of ‘The Far Eastern Review’)

1916 Pinewood Battery Detachment, by Moddsey

1958 Kapok Bakery and Confectionery Co. Ltd, by Eternal1966

Suzie Wong - Johnston Road, by philk

TKACHENKO's Russian Restaurant advert, by IDJ

1910s Chinese Funeral, by Moddsey

Codd bottle from the Royal Navy canteen, by bob

Green island DEL 1, by Derek Lo

Green island DEL 2, by Derek Lo

Holt's Wharf-liberation aircraft carrier HMS Striker moored-1945, by IDJ

1945, HMS STRIKER being tied up at Holt's Wharf, by IDJ

Aerial view of North Point Power Stations A & B, by Unknown

North Point Power Stations A & B, by Unknown

Generator hall North Point Power Station, by Unknown

Rowing past North Point Power Station 1, by Raymond Smith

HMS EAGLE-Fairey Gannets on deck-1966, by IDJ

Holy Trinity Church 聖三一堂, by richardwonghkbook3

Purple Onion Discotheque, by Moddsey

1955 Winner House Hotel, by Moddsey

Chequer board hill with radar unit on top, by IDJ

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