New on Gwulo: 2022, week 8

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...
 

General
 

• Readers' memories:
   
  • Football in Hong Kong in the 1960's
     
• Readers are looking for any information about:
   
  • When did postcard publisher Sternberg first print their addresses on their postcards?
     
  • Japanese wartime tunnel at Black Point
     
  • These stone tablets along the Ngong Ping Ancient Trail:
    

    Ngong Ping Ancient Trail, by pyktsang
    
    
    

    Ngong Ping Ancient Trail, by pyktsang
    
     
• Men's hairstyles, 1890-1900
   
• Upgrade update: I've spent the last week investigating bugs - the fix for a bug might be a few seconds edit, but finding out which line of code to edit can take several days! e.g. over the weekend I was trying to work out why certain pages don't appear in the search results on the new site. I've tracked it down to some pages having a slightly 'odd' configuration, as a result of coming from the older version of the software. I've worked out the fix, so the next job is to report that back to the project that builds the Drupal software we use to run the website. Much like Gwulo, Drupal is an open-source project, relying on volunteers to share what they know and make the project better for all.
  I'll continue working on the search this week. It already has improvements over the current search, but I hope I can also find ways to add in more of the new features you've asked for.
   

Places
 

Hong Kong island
 

• Storage unit at the old Dairy Farm site in Pokfulam
   
• Heung Hoi Mansion, Wanchai [1964- ]
   
• Magazine Gap Bridge
   
• North Point Ferry Pier (East) [1963- ]
   
• Tai Ping Theatre (1st generation) [1904-1930]
   

Kowloon
 

• Argyle Street Camp for Chinese Interned Soldiers / POW Camp / Barracks [1939-????]
   
• Swindon Bookshop on Nathan Road (second location) [1962-????]
   

Islands & New Territories
 

• Japanese Tunnel (?) Chi Ma Wan [????- ]
   

People
 

• Stanley Camp internees:
   
  • Constance Una BROWN / BURFITT (née MITCHELL) [1914-2009]
     
  • Constance Nora Irene GODFREY (née MELLOR) [1912-1977]
     
  • Eric HIMSWORTH [1905-1991], Hong Kong Cadet
     
  • Mrs Elizabeth Dora Frances THIRLWELL [1898-1997], and her children:
    • Aileen Elizabeth VERIGA (née THIRLWELL) [1924- ]
    • Mavis Frances THIRLWELL [1930-1972]
       
• Other
   
  • Patrick Cumming HUTTON POTTS (aka Pat) [????-1942]
     
  • Amelia Pauline LANDAU (née BANDER) [1885-1950]
     
  • William Derrick ORCHARD [1922-1998], civil servant, HKVDC, POW
     
  • Fr. Augustin PLACZEK [1874-1928], a popular priest
     
  • James Thomas THIRLWELL [1884-1941], husband and father of the family mentioned above. He died at sea in WW2.
     
  • Frank TUERSLEY [1898-1939], clerk in the Royal Naval Dockyard
     
  • Man WAN [c.1908-1939], policeman, died as a result of gun shot wound received while fighting armed robbers.
     
• Organisation
   
  • Long Kee (Tailors), TST [????-????]
     

Photos
 

Shui Hing, Nathan Road, TST 尖沙咀彌敦道瑞興百貨公司 1960s, by simtang

Pottinger Battery Underground Magazine North End, by Freddie

Mr. W.J. Skinner, Hong Kong Sunday Herald
Pictorial Magazine Section, page 16, 11th June 1939

Pokfulam Chinese Christian Cemetery, by tmc1233

D'Aguilar Street 1933, by tmc1233

1950s Construction of Peninsula Court and HSBC, by Moddsey

Gas Cooker, Hong Kong Telegraph, page 7, 12th June 1939,
by Hong Kong Telegraph

St Francis Hotel Dinner, The China Mail, page 6, 12th June 1939, by The China Mail

1950 Luna Park Revisited, by angie-r

The Bishop's House approaching nightfall, by Freddie

1967 Peking Road, by m20wc51

Hong Kong 20 cent tram ticket, by Freddie

1963 Project Concern - Medical Floating Clinic, by m20wc51

1963 Construction of Ferry Point Estate, by m20wc51

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