Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2022
Here is a second photo of the mystery plate found in the effects of Cicely Warren and perhaps a leaving gift when she left Hong Kong in 1938. <Read more ...>
Leslie Warren temporarily moved the showroom of C.E. Warren & Co. to 31d Wyndham Street after the death of his father, Charles Warren, the 30-32 Des Voeux Road premises having being sold in 1921. This is reported in the HK Telegraph and SCMP of 6 June 1924. The address is described as being opposite the Dairy Farm. Please could someone confirm if I have placed the pin in the right place.
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1920
I think Crescent Bathrooms may still be going as a company. Going through the advertisements of my grandfather's company, C.E. Warren & Co. Ltd., I found several household products which have long since disappeared. Some have a status as antiques and command high prices from collectors. Look-alikes of the water heater pictured here still survive in many countries, however. <Read more ...>
I’d be interested to know more about the identity of Kan Hung Chiu, purchaser of 30-32 Des Voeux Road from C. E. Warren & Co. Ltd. for the sum of $125,000 on 2 July 1921 and what the building then became. The funeral of his widow in the following China Mail report of 16 September, 1927 cited by Carl Smith indicates a man of some wealth: Mrs Kan Hung-chui, wife of prominent businessman – one of largest funeral processions in HK stretched from Central Market to Arsenal St. 3,000 people (employees of Nanyang Tobacco Co. and 2,000 coolies.)<Read more ...>
I'm interested to find out more about William Anderson who was the Managing Director of Anderson Music Company and who was one of the first residents of Broadwood Road and close neighbour of my grandfather, Charles Warren. The Rate Book of 1918-1919 has William Anderson at "Gilstead", 18 Broadwood Road, which I believe was one of the houses built by my grandfather's company. (The Jury List recording Anderson at 19 Broadwood Road must be a typo). <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
2017
This is the headed writing paper of C.E. Warren & Co. Ltd., referred to in my post below, from a personal letter of my uncle Leslie Beal Warren, written on 2nd May 1941, two days after moving from his company's office in the St George's Building back down to Wanchai. The company would be finally wound up on 31st July 1941. <Read more ...>
