New on Gwulo: 2021, week 24

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

General

• On Monday 21 June, 錢佩卿 and Dan Ip will talk about Gwulo's website and photo books on RTHK's early-morning show, 清晨爽利. See their video below for a taste of what to expect... (email subscribers may need to visit the website to see the video)
  
   
• Roman Tam and the Four Steps
   
• Questions from readers:
   
  • Looking for information on the Royal Artillery in Hong Kong in the 1860s and 1870s
     
• Answers to previous questions:
   
  • Memories of the 'Hong Kong' British Passport
    

    British Passport-Hong Kong-cover.jpg, by IDJ
     
    

    British Passport-Hong Kong-inside pages, by IDJ
    
     
  • Adding to last week's 1890s View from the Peak, Moddsey has pinned down when the Mount Austin Hotel was extended, and GW has identified the mystery building.
     
  • Several readers are having another go at locating the 1950s photo of the girl on the springboard

Places

• Hong Kong
   
  • Ballindae [c.1890-c.1940]
     
  • Barker Road [1898- ]
     
  • Memories of Belcher's Gardens
     
  • Colvin House, Victoria Barracks [1959-????], home to the WRAC
     
  • Iddesleigh / Commodore's House / 5, Bowen Road [1913- ]
     
  • Meirion [1890-1953]
     
  • Pillbox at the Peak [????- ] - one I haven't seen mentioned before
     
  • Tai Ping Theatre (2nd generation) [1932-1981]
     
• Kowloon
   
  • Thomas found a series of lot markers that are a different style from the usual ones we've seen, e.g.:
    

    KML28_1.jpg, by tngan
    
     
  • Dawn Garden - 4, Ho Man Tin Hill Road [1975- ], and its old neighbour 5, Ho Man Tin Hill Road [????-????]
     
  • R.A.F. OFFICERS' MARRIED QUARTERS, Kowloon [????-????], corner of Lancashire & La Salle Roads
     
• New Territories
   
  • House on Lot 190, Clearwater Bay Rd. [c.1950-c.1971], on the site of today's Pine Villas
     
• Islands
   
  • ADMIRALTY LOT NO.12 NAVAL STATION, Cheung Chau

People

• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • Florence Clara ALLISON (née JONES) [c.1883-1945], who survived internment but died just weeks after liberation
     
  • Lily Carolyn BATEMAN / HOWELL (née KING, aka Carol / Caroline) [1900-1986], more easily recognised as Carol Bateman, the ballet teacher
     
  • Michael Lee BEVAN [1903-1968], Deputy Director of Air Raid Precautions
     
  • Frances Elizabeth DROWN (née LEAPER, aka Betty) [1904-1986], a talented pianist
     
  • Kathleen Louisa MARTIN (née STEWART) [1884-1945]
     
  • Florence Isabel WATSON (née LAMMERT, aka Isa) [1917-????]
     
• Other
   
  • Olga BATEMAN [1901-1963]
     
  • Nancy Rosalie Blechynden BOISSEZON (née MOLLER) [1916-????]
     
  • Ivor GOURGEY [1884-1973]
     
  • Charles Sassoon GUBBAY [1868-1941]
     
  • Beatrice HANDYSIDE (née KINROSS) [????-????] and daughter Doreen HANDYSIDE [1926-2005] who was a headmistress and a keen golfer
     
  • Eleazor Silas KADOORIE (aka Elly) [c.1864-1944] and brother Ellis KADOORIE (aka Kelly) [1865-1922]
     
  • James VOLGIN (aka Jim) [????-????]
     
  • John Charles WHYTE [1824-1871], Second Police Magistrate

Photos

GINGLES-newsprint advert, by IDJ

SCMP Headquarters during the 1906 typhoon, by SCMP

British Passport-Hong Kong-inside pages, by IDJ

Grenville sales advertisment.jpeg, by octa

1864 Advertisment - Stag Hotel, by moddsey

1864 Notice - Tuition in Navigation , by moddsey

Phil & Kathy leaving Stonecutters for Home 1963, by colincam

1864 Hotel D' Europe, by moddsey

1865 Hong Kong & China Gas Co. - Notice to Supply Gas to Residents, by moddsey

General Post Office - c.1912, by Chinarail
( Chinarail scan from The Far East Review Dec. 1912

Steamers built by Taikoo Dockyard - c.1912, by Chinarail
(Chinarail scan from The Far East Review June 1912)

1892 Mount Austin Hotel - Rates for Board & Lodging, by moddsey

KMB Monthly Ticket 1964 May.jpg, by Personal Collection

Ying Wah Terrace, by Raymond Lo

1975 Pedder Street, by Moddsey

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