New on Gwulo: 2021, week 2 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

New on Gwulo: 2021, week 2

A look at what's new on the Gwulo website ...

 

General

  • 2021 started with an interview by the Apple Daily newspaper, chatting about running Gwulo, collecting old photos, and whether it's possible to making a living out of it! Here's the video of the interview:

    Than here's the accompanying Chinese article, plus a copy translated into English by Google Translate. The article introduced Gwulo to many new readers - if that includes you, welcome to Gwulo!
     
  • Animal visitors: IDJ has posted newspaper clippings about sightings of tigers, more tigersand whales in Hong Kong in 1936.
     
  • Notes & photos of the 1927 Typhoon
     
  • Klaus found several Pathe films of Hong Kong scenes from 1968.
     
  • Older readers may remember The Railway Tavern in Tai Wai:
    The Railway Tavern, Tai Wai - Exterior
    The Railway Tavern, Tai Wai - Exterior, by Chinarail

    While younger readers may remember riding on this miniature railway:
    Shek-Kong-Airfield-Carnival-Miniature railway
    Shek-Kong-Airfield-Carnival-Miniature railway, by Chinarail

    Peter Crush, a.k.a. Chinarail, was the owner of both, and tells us some of their stories.

 


 

Places

 


 

Book news

The new Volume 4 of Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell is now available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (affiliate links).

 


 

People

 


 

Photos

This photo of the arch shown above comes from an interesting collection taken in 1948-49.

NRP Military Service 1948-49 Page 022
NRP Military Service 1948-49 Page 022, by Jonathan Jones, Nicholas Roy Phillips

 

Click to view the whole album.

 


 

1948 RAF Kai Tak - US Navy Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
1948 RAF Kai Tak - US Navy Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, by g_research

 

1966 Baptist college at Kowloon Tong
1966 Baptist college at Kowloon Tong, by HT Wong

 

Sham Shui Po 1927
Sham Shui Po 1927, by Northampton Museums & Art Gallery

 

RAF Officers' Mess.jpg
RAF Officers' Mess.jpg, by Lai Wah Dewson

 

1959 Nathan Road
1959 Nathan Road, by eternal1966e

 

1968 Cameron Road
1968 Cameron Road, by eternal1966b

 

1977 The Golden Glory Restaurant, 16 Carnarvon Road.jpg
1977 The Golden Glory Restaurant, 16 Carnarvon Road.jpg, by Alain

 

1945 Nov Hong Kong Liberation.jpg
1945 Nov Hong Kong Liberation.jpg, by Nona

 

1940_Ration Card.jpg
1940_Ration Card.jpg, by Richard Ling

 

1945_Resident Certificate.jpg
1945_Resident Certificate.jpg, by Richard Ling

 

1945_Cholera Inoculation.jpg
1945_Cholera Inoculation.jpg, by Richard Ling

 

American_Board_Mission_02.jpg
American_Board_Mission_02.jpg, by TN Kwok

 

Tai_Ping_Shan_c1895.jpg
Tai_Ping_Shan_c1895.jpg, by TN Kwok

 

1930s Peak Hotel
1930s Peak Hotel, by Moddsey

 

1960s Upper Peak Tram Station
1960s Upper Peak Tram Station, by Eternal1966

 

Ying_Wah_1912-17_hpcbristol_2_unidentified.jpg
Ying_Wah_1912-17_hpcbristol_2_unidentified.jpg, by TN Kwok

 

Ying_Wah_1927.png
Ying_Wah_1927.png, by TN Kwok

 

Victoria Harbour and Kowloon 1896-97
Victoria Harbour and Kowloon 1896-97, by cmshun

 

1957 map a.
1957 map a., by Andrew Suddaby

 

Commemorative flag for Scouts Cycle to Canton & Macao 1935
Commemorative flag for Scouts Cycle to
Canton & Macao 1935, by 15th HKG Scout

 

15HKG Scouts with their cross-country bicycles
15HKG Scouts with their cross-country bicycles, by 15th HKG Scout

 

IMG_20210106_063105.jpg
Pillbox 029, by go2shing

 

1974 Haiphong Road Flower Shops
1974 Haiphong Road Flower Shops, by Eternal1966

 

1969 Argyle St & Waterloo Rd.jpg
1969 Argyle St & Waterloo Rd.jpg, by Richard Ling

 

Peak Tram from MacDonnell Road Bridge
Peak Tram from MacDonnell Road Bridge, by Dawn in Phuket, Thailand

 

Mid-1930s TST Signal hill
Mid-1930s TST Signal hill, by eternal1966e

 

1970s Shatin Heights Hotel
1970s Shatin Heights Hotel , by foundin_a_attic

 

1950s photo album.jpg
1950s photo album.jpg, by Lai Wah Dewson

 

1975 Kai Tak Runway
1975 Kai Tak Runway, by foundin_a_attic

 

HK Calendars.jpg
HK Calendars.jpg, by Tim Roberts

 

Ice Works Causeway Bay - Conveyor Belt
Ice Works Causeway Bay - Conveyor Belt, by hkms2.0

 

1973 Roof-top View of Mody Road
1973 Roof-top View of Mody Road , by Eternal1966

 

ARP Network No. 23 Old Main Street, Aberdeen, 11.jpg
ARP Network No. 23 Old Main Street, Aberdeen, 11.jpg, by MikeB

 

Shau Kei Wan Ammunitions Depot Entrance.jpg
Shau Kei Wan Ammunitions Depot Entrance.jpg, by MikeB

 

Far East Motors site Middle Road-later site of Ambassador Hotel etc
Far East Motors site Middle Road-later site of Ambassador Hotel etc, by IDJ

 

 


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