New on Gwulo: 2021, week 43
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Submitted by David on Sun, 2021-10-31 10:00
A look at what's new on the Gwulo website...
General
- The link for a question in the last newsletter didn't work. Here's the correct link:
- Looking for pre-WWII history and details of the Police Station at Sai Kung
- Looking for pre-WWII history and details of the Police Station at Sai Kung
- Memories of the 1956 riots
- Kowloon Golf Club
- Motor Torpedo Boat / "Wind Thunder Boat"
- The early days of HKU Engineering
- The Peninsula Hotel's old fountain still exists, and now lives at the True Light Middle School on Tai Hang Road
- Local Iron works factory still producing manhole covers
- Book news: Volume 4 of my Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell is now available in public libraries around Hong Kong. View their catalogue to find a copy near you.
- Who lived at No. 1 Broadwood Road in the 1970s?
- Looking for memories of football in Hong Kong 1960s and 70s
- Are there any events scheduled for the 80th anniversary of the battle of HK?
- Where was the Hunter's Arms located? It was east of Fanling, and used by the Fanling Hunt, but can anyone pinpoint its location?
Places
- Kowloon - several historic sites around the Jao Tsung-I Academy at Lai Chi Kok:
- Lai Chi Kok old stone pier [c.1904- ]
- Sham Shui Po Customs Sub-station [c.1895- ]
- Stone boundary wall [c.1908- ]
- Lai Chi Kok old stone pier [c.1904- ]
- Hong Kong
- City Centre Building 城市大廈 [1966- ] on Gloucester Road
- Harbour Hotel [1965-c.2005] on Gloucester Road
- Hong Kong Funeral Home [c.1930-c.1967] in Wanchai
- Morrison Hall (1st generation) / Morrison House [1913-c.1981], students' accommodation at HKU
- Seamen's Institute / Mission to Seamen building, Wanchai [1910-1962]
- Stanley Mosque [1937- ]
- Terra Verte / Terra Verde - IL 946 [1887-????] on Upper Richmond Road, which later became Robinson Road
- City Centre Building 城市大廈 [1966- ] on Gloucester Road
- New Territories
- Buildings at No. 19E Po Tung Road, Sai Kung (Li Shui Sang Houses) [c.1940- ]
- Castle Peak Lodge [????-????] near Castle Peak Beach, was built in the style of a castle, with battlements and a spire
- Chi Lok Villa (志樂別墅) [1955-c.2006] near Kadoorie Beach
- Green Jade - Tsing Bik Villa (青碧別墅) [????-1986] near Kadoorie Beach
- Former Sheung Shui / Fu Ti Au Police Station [1902- ]
- Buildings at No. 19E Po Tung Road, Sai Kung (Li Shui Sang Houses) [c.1940- ]
People
- Stanley Camp internees
- William Alan JOHNSON [1913-????]
- Alexander Charles MEREDITH [1895-1985], banker
- George MERRIMAN [1901-1969], MI6
- Isabella Joan WOOD (née SEATH, aka Joan) [1919-2018] and her mother Ernestine SEATH (née HEARL) [1898-1992]
- William Alan JOHNSON [1913-????]
- Other:
- Miss BLAKE, daughter of J J Blake
- Herbert CANTON [1856-1903], Staff-surgeon H.M.S. Tamar, Hong Kong
- Violet Helen CAPELL [1904-1980], the first full time ballet teacher in Hong Kong
- Jack CATER [1922-2006], first Commissioner of the ICAC
- Kam-Shing HON [c.1878-1941], worked for HK Government for over 30 years and was a founder of the Chinese Civil Service Club and the Fukien Chamber of Commerce
- Marchientje OTTEN [1920-2005]
- Otto KONG SING [1871-1917], a well-known solicitor, and his wife Eileen Mary Maud JORDAN / KONG SING (née CHUNYAT) [c.1881-1925]
- Lionel Ernest LAMMERT (aka Ernie) [1915-1941], believed to have been killed for refusing to bow to a Japanese officer
- Harriet LIVESEY (née GOTT) [c.1855-1890]
- Amaro John REED [1865-1936]
- William Henry ROLLITT [1883-1929], member of the Royal Army Pay Corps
- William Joseph WEBBER (aka Billy) [1887-1969], ship's draughtsman
- Miss BLAKE, daughter of J J Blake
Photos
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