New on Gwulo: 2022, week 10 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

New on Gwulo: 2022, week 10

A look at the latest additions to Gwulo...
 

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Places
 

Klaus has discovered that the Star Theatre in TST was created by disassembling the old Victoria Theatre on Hong Kong island, transporting it across the harbour, and re-building it in TST. As he notes, once you know the story the similarities between the two buildings are clear to see:

1919 Victoria Theatre
1919 Victoria Theatre, by eternal1966c1

 

1920s Star Theatre
1920s Star Theatre, by Moddsey


Hong Kong island
 

Kowloon
 

 


 

People
 


 

Photos
 

Matchbook covers and other ephemera
Matchbook covers and other ephemera, by S.Ball

 

Marker Stone-Gough Battery, Devil's Peak
Marker Stone-Gough Battery, Devil's Peak, by Freddie

 

Lei Yue Mun Barracks Garrison Church - Front
Lei Yue Mun Barracks Garrison Church - Front, by Freddie

 

A Chinese laundry
A Chinese laundry, by Chris Addison photos

 

1911-6-22 Statue of Queen Victoria
1911-6-22_staue_of_queen_victoria.jpg, by simtang

 

New Method College on Caroline Hill Road and its members of the Road Safety Patrol
New Method College on Caroline Hill Road and its members of the
Road Safety Patrol, by Anonymous

 


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