New on Gwulo: 2020, week 16
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Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-04-18 18:00
You've been busy!
In the two weeks since the last New on Gwulo you've added over 400 pages, photos, and comments. I've listed some of the highlights below, but you can visit the What's New page at any time to see the latest additions to the site.
General
- Bricks on the beach near Ocean Park reveal the area's past
- Alan has posted a video of the model Spitfire that children could "fly" at HKEC and HKFC Christmas parties in the 1950s
- Thanks to Andrew for identifying the hilltops on the Peak in the recent photo of 1904 Kennedy Town
- Shipbuilding in Hong Kong - The Taikoo Dockyard
- Thomas has found another Inspection Cover from Calcutta
- The "J F Holmes" house sign likely belonged to John Holmes, head of Dodwells in the 1980s
- More information about Forestry Lots in the New Territories
- I've added a new layer to the maps on Gwulo that shows both the hiking trails and contour lines to make it a bit easier to find some of the relics in the hills, and also made the map pages faster to load
- Rhiannon Cohen remembers arriving in Hong Kong in 1947, working as a nurse, and getting married at the Ohel Leah Synagogue
Places
- HK Island
- 120 Wellington Street [????- ]
- F. Blackhead & Co´s Soap and Soda Factory [1890-????]
- The Fairview, 41A Conduit Road (Former Mok Residence, later the FCC) [1911-c.1963]
- Michel has documented the history of the fountain in the Zoological & Botanical Gardens - there have been five generations of fountain in all
- Jade has uploaded photos of the surviving concrete bases of the towers for the old Taikoo cable car, and also of assorted bricks found in that area
- Paget House, Victoria Barracks [1978- ]
- Wanchai House [1959- ]
- The Peak
- Galesend [1909-1986]
- Leigh Tor (2nd generation, 2-storey) / Lysholt [????-c.1941]
- The Eyrie's belvedere, The Peak [????-????]
- Tusculum / Fairyland - RBL 70 [????-????]
- Kennedy Town
- Dead House, Kennedy Town [????-????]
- Bill is looking for old photos of the Lo Baan Temple
- Were the Kerosine Godowns in Kennedy Town built to a Dutch designn?
- Sheep & Pig Depot, Kennedy Town [????-????]
- Kowloon
- Boundary stones around the Kowloon Reservoir
- European House at the New Kowloon City Road [c.1910-????]
- Kai Tak Reclamation 1916-1924, Kowloon Bay
- Kowloon City Roundabout [????- ]
- New Lucky House [1964- ]
- TST
- Chinese Houses on 55-45 Haiphong Road [c.1900-c.1959]
- Kowloon Hotel (1st generation) - Garden Lot 55 - Robinson (later Nathan) Road [1888-1900]
- Kowloon Hotel (3rd generation) [1923-1955]
- Kowloon Star Ferry Bus Terminus [1921- ]
- Tung Ying Building [1966-2006]
- Whitfield junior school, Kowloon [????-????]
- New Territories
- Shatin Heights Hotel [????-c.1979]
- More updates and new photos for military relics in the New Territories:
- Blockhouse 22
- Pillboxes: 3, 115, 207, 214, 217, 221
- GDL direction slabs: Beacon Hill; Clearwater Bay Road (Tai Po Tsai) #1 and #3; Shatin Catchwater area #1, #2, and #3; Shatin Pass area; Shui Chuen O (Sugarloaf Peak);
- Razor Hill AASL Engine Room, Razor Hill [1933- ] and Storeroom
- Tung Lung AASL Storeroom, Tung Lung Island [1933- ]
People
- Helene Victoria DANSKIN (née ZAHAROFF) [1935-1997]
- Anthony Henry GRIFFITHS [1939-1995], National Service in HK c.1960
- Eleazor Silas KADOORIE (aka Elly) [c.1864-1944] and sons Lawrence KADOORIE [1899-1992] and Horace KADOORIE [1902-1995]
- Elizabeth PITCAIRN (née ABRAHAM) [1879-1943]
- Mary Violet POWER [????-1967] wife of John Charles shown below
- John Roskruge WOOD (aka Pa) [1877-1953], Hong Kong Cadet
- Mavis XAVIER [????-1984]
- BAAG:
- John Charles POWER [c.1886-1944]
- POW:
- Cedric BLAKER [1889-1965]
- Osmond Skinner SKINNER [1900-1980]
- Luiz Augusto XAVIER [1906-1966]
- Stanley Camp internees:
- Ida Florence ANDREWS-LEVINGE [1892-1965]
- Joyce McCoan BASSETT (née THORNHILL) [1907-1977]
- Robert Alfred BATES (aka Bob) [1910-1968]
- Charlotte Mabel BIRD (née MAY, aka Charles / Birdie) [1905-1992]
- Andrew Walton BROWN [c.1899-????]
- Mary Constance FAIRBURN (née BONNELL) [1900-????]
- Leslie John MCTAVISH [????-1990]
- Peggy Christine MINNITT (née SHARP) [1917-1973]
- Rachel RAYMOND (née SILAS, aka Richie) [c.1886-1958] and husband Albert RAYMOND [c.1881-1955]
- Carlotta Virginia ROZESKWY (née QUINOLA) [c.1906-1954] with husband Charles Robert ROZESKWY [1893-1956] and children Lucia Carmen O'BRIEN (née ROZESKWY, aka Lucy) [1923-2018] and L Charles Antony ROZESKWY / CRAWFORD [c.1929- ]
- George Ingram SHAW [1896-1964]
- Florence Eva THORNHILL [c.1882-????] and daughter Joyce McCoan BASSETT (née THORNHILL) [1907-1977]
Photos
Leslie Reece is uploading photos from his time in Hong Kong in 1960-61. Here are a some samples, then click here to see the full gallery.
Click to see all recently added photos.
