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• Peter takes us Shopping in Queen's Road Central in Edwardian Times, using advertisements from the early 1900s to introduce the shops in that area.
  

  M.Mumeya Photographer & Artist - Queen's Road , by Chinarail-enhanced scans from the Hong Kong Directory 1903 & 1905
  
   
• dfc introduces the only known Brough Superior motorbike shipped to Hong Kong
  

  160999203_2795786254023286_7497450255123671744_n.jpg, by dfc
  
   
• James is documenting Hong Kong's War Department Lots, sites that were used by the British Army.
   
• John remembers watching a camphorwood chest wood carver at work in 1951
  

  Camphor Wood Carving in Hong Kong 1951, by John Anton-Smith
  
   
• A new FAQ for Gwulo: How do I find photos of a specific building?
   
• Readers are looking for information about:
   
  • After the British surrender in December 1941, large numbers of Chinese families left Hong Kong and travelled north into China. theprofessor asks if anyone knows what the journey was like.
     
  • Can anyone add information about the New Method School Kowloon in the 1960s
     
  • If anyone has a copy of W.T. Featherstone’s Register of DBS, does it include a year-on-year staff list? 
     
  • What happened to the Arrival Hall Miramar Snack Bar at Kai Tak Airport?
     
  • Does anyone have a list of British military buildings that were in use on Stonecutters in the 1980s?
     
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  • The 'KGV School 1962-1964' page is now up to 60 comments, re-connecting several old friends after many years

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• John reviews Hong Kong Surgeon by Li Shu-Fan, "to try to bring this remarkable book to the attention of visitors to the Gwulo website."
   
• Teachers share more Tips for Teaching Hong Kong History
   
• Notes and photos of the 1966 rainstorm
   
• Memories of KGV School in the 1960s
   
• The 1936 Jurors List is now complete and online. Thanks to the volunteers Dede, Grace, joreed, LizB, SandyHamilton, and wingcli2015 who typed up the pages. If you can spare half an hour, we welcome your help to type up a page of the 1937 list.
   
• Gwulo website news:
   
  • Behind the scenes I'm working away on the upgrade of the website's software to the next version. Progress has been slow while I learn about all the changes, but it is moving forward at last. One side effect is that I'll be visiting the site less frequently for the next few months, so I apologise in advance for my late replies.
     
  • If you're having any trouble logging in to the website, please try this solution.
     
• Readers are looking for information about:
   
  • Royal Marine Commando Brigade in HK - 1949/1950
     
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  • The Nepalese Hindu Temple at the Burma Lines is confirmed as having survived
     
  • Further discussions about this early-20th Century view of the Wanchai seafront

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• What's on: a new exhibition from The Photographic Heritage Foundation, 'Photographs from the 1950s: Marjorie Doggett's Singapore, Lee Fook Chee's Hong Kong'. It runs until 30 May.
   
• HONG KONG, January, 1871 - a copy of a letter written by William Perry Fogg, with his impressions and observations after arriving in Hong Kong in 1871
   
• At the end of last year, local newspaper Apple Daily interviewed me about collecting old Hong Kong photos, and running the Gwulo website. They initially published it in Chinese, but I see they've just released a new version with English subtitles:
  
   
• Readers are looking for information about:
  • Was Frederick P. Franklin the writer "Candidus" in the SCMP in 1946 and 1947, of a column called "Comment"?
     
  • Does anyone have any high-resolution pictures of Cap Badge Hill?
     
  • Graham is writing a biography of Sir Cecil Clementi and would like to hear from "anyone who cares to share information, documentation, photographs, comment or opinion on the subject of Sir Cecil, his life and times."
     
  • Looking for information about this pair of Victorian miniatures, marked "Hong Kong, December 1861".
     
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  • Further discussion about "Did the British military train with live ammo in Hong Kong's country parks?"

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