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A century of cinemas in Hong Kong: 1900-2000

Submitted by David on Fri, 2017-04-28 14:00

Photos, maps and memories of Hong Kong's cinema century!

Back to the beginning, here's a map showing Hong Kong's cinemas at the end of the first decade:

1910

9 Places shown

 

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There had been a few cinema shows in Hong Kong before 1900, eg:

The exhibition of the Cinematograph commenced at the City Hall to-day. This wonderful invention is well worth seeing, were it for nothing else but the pictorial representations projected upon the screen by M. Charvet.

Page 2, The China Mail, 1897-04-28

But the first purpose-built cinematographic theatres (ie cinemas) were built in the early 1900s. By 1910, the handful of cinemas shown above were in operation, all concentrated along the north shore of Hong Kong island between Shek Tong Tsui and Central.

 

1910s memories

The newest cinema in 1910 was The Coronet, remembered in

Eurasian burial during Japanese occupation, Nov, 1944

Submitted by seemex on Thu, 2017-04-27 07:05

Ellen Hunter:

Book Launch

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-04-26 18:20

Congratulations to Patricia for a very successful book launch last night.

The launch was hosted by the Irish Consulate here in Hong Kong, and they did a marvellous job. Here's their Consul General, Peter Ryan, giving an introduction:

Historic maps at the Survey & Mapping Office (SMO)

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-04-26 16:16

[2020 update: The notes below were written in 2017. The SMO has since made a lot more of its maps available online. See this tutorial for details of how to access them.]

The SMO is a good source for historic maps of Hong Kong. The SMO kindly spent time to explain their services to me. Here's a summary of my understanding:

1. Finding the map you want

1.1 1:600 scale topographic maps, c.1922-1970s.

Maps & Hong Kong history

Submitted by David on Mon, 2017-04-24 10:55

Notes & resources for a discussion:

Introduction

Gwulo is a community of people building an online record of Hong Kong's history. See Directory for main themes, Gwulo in 2017 for stats.

Old paper maps

We use old maps to answer questions. eg

Mr. Triggs remembers

Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-04-19 14:51

(This article originally appeared in the April 1977 edition of the Peninsula Group magazine, and is reproduced here with their permission.)

He lives in a large house in Kowloon Tong, one of Hong Kong’s fashionable residential districts, watching his plants grow and talking to his parrot who, in-between squawks, utters a civilized “hello”. He’s a big man, hearty despite his 85 years. And he smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. “But I don’t inhale,” he says. “It’s not good for you.”

Clifton James Triggs was, perhaps, The Peninsula’s longest-staying, non-paying resident. As Chief Engineer of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd., he and his family lived “for some 35 years” in The Peninsula. If anyone knows The Pen, its ghosts, its every nook and cranny, and those of The Repulse Bay Hotel and the old Hongkong and Peak Hotels, Mr Triggs does. “My memory is not good,” he apologises, occasionally referring to a list he has made of important events during his career with the company. In fact, his memory is very good.

Mr Triggs

 

He remembers

Advanced: Best practices for quoting source of online image

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2017-04-14 19:24

The trick is to link to the best level - not too broad or too detailed. Let's use a couple of photos from Wellcome Images and Discuss.com.hk as examples.

1. Too broad - the site

You give the website as the source, eg:

Stained glass windows in St John's Cathedal

Submitted by David on Fri, 2017-04-14 13:55

Their appearance c.1908 is described on page 330 of "Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, etc.":

Where were the Relief Hospitals in December 1941?

Submitted by David on Mon, 2017-04-10 17:31

As part of the preparations for war, certain buildings around Hong Kong were designated as Relief Hospitals, to help cope with the increased number of hospital patients expected during fighting. Where were they located?

Here are mentions of "Relief Hospital" on Gwulo, but please let me know of any mistakes, or of more that I've missed:

KOWLOON

1. La Salle College [ANS]

Gibraltar

Submitted by adunn on Mon, 2017-04-10 13:04
I wonder if anybody has any recommendations regarding another rock?

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