New on Gwulo: 2021, week 30

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

General
 

• Readers are looking for information about:
   
  • A travel agency in the Peninsula Hotel whose proprietor was a lady surnamed Odner. Timeline 1950s+
     
  • What was the life of a soldier with the Royal Engineers in Hong Kong like in the late 1930s
     
  • Where was the "Block House, Victoria Peak" in 1860?
     
  • What are were these large stone & concrete structures in the old Diamond Hill Quarry used for?
     
  • The original Godown nightclub had a mural of the early Hong Kong waterfront. Was it painted by Douglas Bland?

Places
 

• Hong Kong
   
  • Can anyone identify the house at the left of this photo?
    

    Help with locating this area in Hong Kong, by william00179
    
     
• Kowloon
   
  • Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb & Museum [????- ]
    

    Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb crypt 1, by tkjho
    
     
  • Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Ngau Chi Wan [????- ]
     
  • SKH St Thomas' Church [????- ]
     
  • St. Thomas Primary School (original location) [1952- ]
     
  • Three buildings completed in 1928:
     
    • Majestic Theatre / 大華戲院 [1928-1988]
       
    • Wah Yan College, Kowloon (2nd location) / Tak Yan School [1928-1977]
       
    • Ying Wah College, Bute Street [1928-????]
       
• New Territories
   
  • Kan Leng Siu Chuk / 近嶺小築 [????- ], a villa in Chung Hau, Mui Wo.
    

    Kan Leng Siu Chuk (近嶺小築), by simonho
    
     
  • Trenches near Fu Yung Pei: trench 1, trench 2

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees
   
  • William Vincent AHERN (aka Bill) [1901-????]
     
  • John Smith DINNEN [1893-1966]
     
  • Edward Spencer DOUGHTY [1881-1958], awarded DSO in WW1
     
  • Elizabeth Esther PRITCHARD / MISKIN (née BAINES) [1894-1986]
     
• Jill has been gathering details of the owners of the first houses along Broadwood Road, including:
   
  • William ANDERSON [????-????], Managing Director of Anderson Music Company
     
  • Frederick Howard KEW (aka Fred) [1874-1952]
     
  • Edulji Rustomji MOGRA [c.1873-1935]
     
• Other
   
  • Herbert John GROSE [1911-1980], architect with the PWD
     
  • Rubabu Binte MOHAMEDALLY [????-????], an early owner of 3, Jordan Road
     
  • E G OGURA [????-1945], Japanese, a newspaper editor during the Japanese occupation

Photos
 

My childhood Rattan school bag c.1968, by annelisec

Military Sanitarium at the Peak, by WO78/2371

yacht_club, by dorothy-thomas

near_the_royal_hong_kong_yacht_club, by dorothy-thomas

Junction_of_kennedy_road_and_garden_road, by dorothy-thomas

Entrance to Murray Barracks, by dorothy-thomas

1950s SS Taiping, MV Eastern, MV Nellore at Taikoo, by agwellstead@gmail.com

Tcitp_d174_hong_kong_peak_tram_station, by Arnold Wright

No_06_Hong_Kong_Hotel_by_Lai_Afong, by Lai Afong

HMB Flamer stranded during 1874 typhoon, by eternal1966e

Sr St Jean with school kids, by rudanenberg

Shophouse at 141 Pei Ho Street, by Admin

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