I'm grateful to Patricia for information about Marian Ramsey. Marian married Alfred Formosa Ramsey, an engineer with the Douglas Steam Company, but was widowed in 1910. She appears in the Ladies Directory in Annelise's post as living at 131 Wanchai Road in 1895-1899. Marian is one of the few women recorded as attending the funeral of my grandfather, Charles Warren, in June 1923. She was two years older than him. <Read more ...>
Chung Wui Mansion is an apartment block with 33 units, the address is 106-114 Wan Chai Road. According to Centadata the date of the first occupation was 01/1964.
Built on the site of the former No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai. <Read more ...>
This photo (dated in 1895) was loaded from Public Library gallery which shows the old Wanchai School, but in small image. This photo was taken at a spot above the dam which formed part of Bowen Road. It clearly shows the Seamen's Hospital at the top of hospital hill. To its south was the old Wanchai School (at the right side of the photo). For those who are familiar with Wanchai District, Wanchai Road and Stone Nullah Street can be identified easily in the photo. The shoreline was Praya East, which was later <Read more ...>
