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Hong Kong Golf Club [c.1891-????]

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2016-11-21 13:29
Date Place completed: 
c.1891-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

The Club originally had quarters in a dark and cavernous place under the Grandstand which was kindly lent them by the Jockey Club Later the Club had a matshed and in 1894 the Golf club applied to Government for a site for a permanent Club House Which was erected next year.

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Happy Valley Racecourse
The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire Disaster

Racecourse_Enquiry_Day_5.jpg

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2015-03-31 06:56
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014

The China Mail report  on 12 March 1918 of the fifth day of the Inquiry into the Happy Valley Racecourse Fire Disaster includes the testimonies of the Unity Stand holders, John Johnston Blake and my grandmother, Hannah Warren's half brother, John Olson jnr., who were present at the collapse of the sheds. John Olson, in the midst of the collapse, helped to shepherd people out. The Unity Stand consisted of matsheds 4, 5 and 6, part-owned by my grandfather C.E. Warren in conjunction with Blake and Olson.

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