This is the last "New on Gwulo" roundup for 2020, but I've got one more newsletter to send out before the end of the year. Until then I hope you're enjoying the holiday break, even if so many of the usual Christmas activities are on hold this year.

Best wishes,

David

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• We first heard about this Austin 7 last year, when its current owner was trying to learn more about its time in Hong Kong (the car started life in the UK, spent several years in Hong Kong and then the USA, and is now back in the UK). Here's the full story, which ends with the car looking very smart after its recent restoration:
  

  Austin 7 Car used in Hong Kong (1960's) Restored (1), by Chinarail
  
   
• H Lo has found three old pavilions in the undergrowth on the hillside above the old Tiger Balm Gardens (see the pages for the upper, middle, and lower pavilions). Does anyone remember visiting them and / or have close-up photos of them when they were in better shape?
  

  IMG_20201218_TaiHangPavilion1.jpg, by H.Lo

• Lady robbed - BROADWOOD ROAD INCIDENT
   

• Chinarail introduces the tramway system for Kowloon that was proposed in the 1920s.
   
• And if you're still in the Christmas mood, here are all the photos on Gwulo that have the tag Christmas, spanning over 100 years of Christmas in Hong Kong.

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I've listed some of the recent highlights below, but you can visit the What's New page at any time to see all the latest additions to the site.

General

• Thanks to Annemarie Evans for inviting me on to her weekly radio show, Hong Kong Heritage. We started off walking from Lok Fu to San Po Kong, exploring some of the historic sites we passed along the route. Then we finished up at Bleak House Books, our local English-language bookstore, where we sat and looked at some of the photos and stories in my new book. Here's a link to listen to the recording of the show, and here are some photos and notes that go with it.

• Did these vertical white lines on the wall beneath Signal Hill have any purpose?

  

  1950s Signal Hill, by Admin

• Looking for information about KCR Freight Wagons Post-1949

• Looking for Postal Guides (Post Office Guides) that the Hong Kong Government issued annually, especially from the 1930s and 1940s.

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