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Gwulo in London: Talk on 20th February, 2016

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-01-18 14:01

The Friends of the RASHKB have kindly invited me back to present again, and welcome non-members to attend. To reserve your place(s), please send the booking form below to Mary Painter, mlpainter@btinternet.com, then either post a cheque with the form to Mary in advance or pay cash at the door.

I look forward to seeing you next month,

Regards, David

Talk details:  

Photographs of old Hong Kong and the tales they tell:
In, on, under and around Hong Kong harbour

HONG KONG STANLEY REUNION‐GATHERING REPORT – DECEMBER 2015

Submitted by emerson on Fri, 2016-01-15 17:58

HONG KONG STANLEY REUNION‐GATHERING REPORT – DECEMBER 2015

By Geoff Emerson

c.1928 Praya East Reclamation

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-01-11 22:00
c.1928 Praya East Reclamation

Where: We're looking out over Wanchai, with Kellett Island and North Point in the distance:

Kellett Island

The main roads in the photo are the two parallel lines shown here:

A. Mapping enhancements - Gwulo in 2016

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-01-04 16:45

Here are my plans for this work. Ideas and feedback welcome. Also if you see a feature that you don't use because you're not sure how it works, let me know and I'll explain more about how and why I use it.

1. Current features that work well

These are the maps I use regularly, and expect to have available after the upgrade.

1.1 Map of all Places. I use this a lot. Its problem is that as the number of Places has grown, it has got very slow to load.

Gwulo in 2016

Submitted by David on Fri, 2016-01-01 00:00

Happy New Year!

We reached a new milestone in 2015 - Gwulo now has over 20,000 pages about old Hong Kong, including over 10,000 photos!

I'll go into the numbers in more detail below, and also talk about the plans for the year ahead. But first, a big thank you to everyone who contributed over the year, and helped us reach that milestone. I hope you've all had a good break over Christmas, and are looking forward to the New Year.

Best regards, David

2015 Review

How did the plans for 2015 turn out?

Plane built in Hong Kong

Submitted by flyrcm on Sun, 2015-12-27 11:50

I remembered reading an article some 30 years ago that a Chinese attempted to build and fly a bamboo aeroplane in the pre 1950 era, at Kai Tak.  I tried to search for that article and found the Gwulo.com.  This site has many old Hong Kong photos not found in anywhere else. 

Does anyone remember or know about the attempt of flying a bamboo aeroplan at Kai Tak in the pre 1950 era?

A Red Brick Angled Wall atop a hillside South of Victoria Island.

Submitted by PETERBN on Tue, 2015-12-15 03:46

This is an incredible long-shot, but as the years go on, it is one of the last gaps of knowledge about my Hong Kong. Which was the period 1955-1957. When the Royal Navy Hong Kong Flotilla with it's heavily armed wooden Motor Launches patrolled "South" , I remember looking high up, from the sea below, near Stanley, and seeing a red-brick built angled wall, with a large open cement like shute/drain down to the sea. In the folk-lore of the times, and as a teenager sailor, I was told that it was a wall against which the Japanese executed persons during the occupation by firing squad.

A.G. Parker, Director of Marine, Hong Kong (1950's)

Submitted by navybean on Mon, 2015-12-14 15:01

Does anyone have any records or photos of Mr. A.G. Parker, Director of Marine, Hong Kong? This man made a decision that helped my grandfather escape poverty and to start a new life half way around the world which he, his children and grandchildren will forever be grateful for.

Cool-weather walk #2: High West

Submitted by David on Sun, 2015-12-13 12:00

This walk has three tunnels, great views, and lots of steps. One to keep for Boxing Day in case you need to walk off the effects of too much Christmas pudding!

Here's the map we'll use. It's part of the Hong Kong island map from the government's Countryside Series:

Map of High West

Pokfield Road Bus Terminus

We'll start off at the Pokfield Road Bus Terminus (marked "A" on the map). Ready for steps?

Steps

You'll come to what looks like a flat path with stone slabs.

Pokfulam Conduit

It is actually the old

The Hongkong Guerillas

Submitted by emride on Fri, 2015-12-11 17:17

I put these two documents together in Chapter 16, "The Hongkong Guerillas", in Volume III of my BAAG Series.The Holmes paper is from the BAAG papers in the Australian War Memorial and the shorter paper that follows is from my father's private papers in my possession (I usually refer to them as Ride Private Papers). Together they gave a good picture of the communist guerillas, known by the BAAG as the 'Reds'.

By:  Major D.R. Holmes, BAAG

12th July 1944.

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