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A visit to Aladdin's Cave

Submitted by David on Sun, 2015-05-31 12:00

Here are a few gems from a recent visit to Roy Delbyck's collection of ephemera.

Guide-books

1957 Map of Central

Originally meant to be used and thrown away, these old tourist guides are now a valuable snapshot of old Hong Kong. Roy's 1957 copy of Hong Kong Guide includes this indexed map of the buildings in Central, always handy when we're trying to identify buildings in old photos.

Press photos

Anti-spam and content approval

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-05-30 17:02

You've probably noticed that the spammers have been busy on Gwulo lately. I've just made a few changes that I hope will cut down the amount of spam you get to see. One side effect is that when you next post to the website, you may see a message:

Your new post is awaiting approval from the administrator. Once approved it will be published to the website.

I'll get an email alert and will publish the post as soon as possible. Once I've published, you shouldn't see the message on future posts.

Early Plastic Industry in Hong Kong

Submitted by C Young on Wed, 2015-05-27 00:42

My late father, YOUNG Sze Kuen,( also known as Anthony Norman ) joined ICI Hong Kong in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Then he, and my late mother Annie Lam Young ,started a company named Yuen Hing Hong & Co. Ltd. (YHH) in the 1940s.

In the stoke-hole of H.M.S. Terrible. Hong Kong, China. 1902.

Submitted by David on Mon, 2015-05-25 18:00
In the stoke-hole of H.M.S. Terrible. Hong Kong, China. 1902.

Where: As the title says, we're inside the "stoke-hole"* in the Royal Navy's HMS Terrible, a Powerful class of protected cruiser [1]. The men are feeding coal to the fire that heats the boilers, generating the steam that powered the ship's engines. (* - This photo describes it as a "stoke-hole", but the Navy book quoted below calls it a "stokehold".)

When: The copyright date on the photo is 1902.

A book about the ship, The commission of H.M.S. "Terrible," 1898-1902 [2], says the Terrible first arrived in Hong Kong on

Bremar Terrace, Quarry Bay

Submitted by gordon on Sat, 2015-05-23 10:40

I was born at 7 Braemar Terrace North Point in 1931. The house was the terraced type, grey in colour and situated on a hill. Has any reader got an old photograh of the buildings. I presume they have been replaced with mansions?

Hongkong Bank directors' remuneration

Submitted by Compradore on Sat, 2015-05-23 00:19

I searched through some old Hongkong Bank annual accounts from the 1960s and 1970s.  Does anyone know if the bank published its entire annual accounts in the South China Morning Post? 

Annual accounts were not that long back then, but from the newspaper publications that I have seen, the bank did not include all the notes to the accounts.  However, there were a few years where the bank did publish a note (in the newspaper) regarding their directors' remuneration.

Looking for help to type these Chinese names

Submitted by David on Tue, 2015-05-19 18:27

The names below are members of the BAAG that Elizabeth Ride has provided information on. One of the difficulties in tracking mentions of these individuals is that their names aren't always spelled the same way in English.

The Chinese characters stay the same though, so if you can type Chinese, please could you help type a few of the names below that Elizabeth has sent? Then I'll cut and paste the characters onto their page on Gwulo.

Thanks & regards, David

'European' salaries in pre-war Hong Kong?

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2015-05-17 22:18

I wonder if anyone can give me some information on salary increases in pre-war Hong Kong?

Will people copy my photos, and how can I stop them?

Submitted by David on Wed, 2015-05-13 15:51

Q. Will people copy my photos if I upload them to Gwulo?

A. Yes, if they are interesting photos, and you upload them to Gwulo (or any other public website on the internet), there is a good chance someone will want to copy them. There are several options for what happens next:

1. The person leaves a comment or sends me an email, asking if they can use the photos.

I ask them to contact you to request permission.

Notes on Rob’s Military sites and list of terms used

Submitted by Rob on Tue, 2015-05-12 17:26

Background to this research.

These lists are my own compilation, based on studies over 20 years. They may disagree with other sources, as documents on the same subject from different offices sometimes contradict each other. 

References given in the timelines are from the National Archives at Kew, London, unless otherwise marked. Names of batteries are those used at the time and names of localities, in particular, may vary from those now in use. Current names are shown in brackets.

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