New on Gwulo: 2021, week 36

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

General
 

• Hong Kong Under Military Government - a 244-page English translation of a document written by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong

Places
 

• Hong Kong
   
  • Tai Tam Tunnel [1887- ], bringing water from the Tai Tam reservoirs to the north side of Hong Kong island
     
  • War Department Boundary Stones around High West and Pinewood Battery:
    

    high west / pinewood WDBS PLAN, by Historical walk Hong Kong
    
     
• Kowloon
   
  • The change of name from Salisbury Avenue to Hau Fook Street
     
  • Golden Valley Theatre / 金茂坪戲院 [1978-1992]
     

Book news
 

Thank you to the new Sycamore Bookshop for carrying my books. The shop is located in Shamshuipo and focuses on books about Hong Kong's history. I'm looking forward to visiting once I've finished quarantine.

People
 

• Looking for Lily Poon, a nurse at Queen Mary Hospital in the 1940s and possibly later.
   
• Maria Rita REED (née DA SILVA, aka Rita) [1871-1948]. Three of her sons were killed in the fighting in 1941, while another died of his wounds shortly afterwards. All were members of the HKVDC:
   
  • Edgar Vincent REED [1905-1941]
     
  • Arthur Augustus REED [1908-1941]
     
  • Stephen Arnold REED [1910-1942]
     
  • Francis Oswald REED [1913-1941]
     
• Other:
   
  • Charles Frederick ANDREWS [????-????]
     
  • John Thomas MANLEY [1852-1911], Chinese Maritime Customs
     
  • RUMJAHN [????- ]
     
  • Norman Leonard SMITH [1923-2001], HKVDC then POW
     
  • Moritz STERNBERG [????-????], the postcard man
    
     

Photos
 

If you'd like a challenge, this photo was uploaded in 2012, but its location still hasn't been identified:

WHERE?, by hfsiu

Though another photo of the same street has recently been added:

HK Street scene.png, by eurasian_david

Here's another photo that was a mystery for many years. It was uploaded in 2015, but has just been located to Castle Peak Road. The comments are a good read to follow the contributors pinning down the location.

Does anyone recognize this 1930s building?, by Seemex

Then back to more recent updates and additions:

Train Kowloon to Tai Po., by Peter Keeley

1930s Tai Lam Camp ???, by moddsey

Cafe Weismann Limited, by christoph

Tau Pass Jeep Track, by Michael Lam

1959 Gascoigne road, by simtang

Ling Yuet Sin Canossian Kindergarten , by Raymond Lo

1970s wanchai pier.png, by simtang

Click to see all recently added photos.