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How do I change my account name?

Hi all,

I just realised my account name is a bit too long for this website, and I want to change it to a shorter one. How do I do that?

Thanks.

Rollitt family in Hong Kong, sometime between 1911 to 1921

ROLLITT family time in Hong Kong

I would appreciate anyone’s feedback on how to research my grandfather and my great-grandparents who were based in Hong Kong sometime between 1911 and 1921.  

It is this period of their lives that I have particular interest in.

My great grandparents:

•    William Henry Rollitt

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14 Bowen Road

Hi David,

I have tried to log in and make comments, but this does not seem to be working. I have some corrections to make regarding photos of me, and ones taken by me which my brother Alun Chisholm aka 'Marlowe' has posted on this site.

 

Firstly, I want to add information about photos taken in the garden at 14 Bowen Road, which feature my father, Alexander Chisholm, my brother Ian, and an image of my father, Ian and myself (not Jane) as Alun has asserted. The latter I think must date to 1957 (I was born in Feb 1956).

 

Diamond Hill Quarry Structures

Dear all,

A friend of mine went hiking up Fung Mei Path in Diamond Hill where the quarry used to be and noticed these structures. She assumed I'd know their exact purpose - well, I told her I guessed they were ventilation shafts, but no idea why a quarry would have them? Anyone well-versed in granite quarrying techniques from the 1950's that might know what they were for?

A Silver Trowel and St Paul’s History

Guest author Geoffrey Charles Emerson unearths the history of a small, silver trowel:


In January 2021, I received an email from Michael Stewart in England. Michael is the son of former St Paul’s Headmaster (1930 – 1958) Evan G. Stewart. Michael was born in Hong Kong in 1931, so 90 this year, and he is now retired in southern England near to his two daughters, Frances and Isobel. Ever since 2008, when Michael visited Hong Kong for Speech Day and for the Stewart Dinner in the school hall, in honour of Michael’s father and his father’s older brother, Michael’s uncle, Rev. A.D. Stewart, Headmaster of St Paul’s before E.G., Michael and I have kept up an active correspondence.

Michael wrote to me because recently he and his daughters have been going through family records and mementos, and they were puzzled by a silver trowel with a Chinese inscription on it, but no English. Longman’s dictionary defines a trowel as “a tool with a flat blade for spreading cement”, and trowels are often used for laying foundation stones. They are usually presented as a souvenir to the person, always a VIP, laying the stone. Michael sent me a photo and asked if I could provide a translation of the Chinese.

The silver trowel

 

A friend of mine, Sylvia Fok Midgett, was happy to assist, and not only did she provide a good translation, but she also found

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Dolphins

I was very disappointed to find that the childrens book about the Dolphins does not ship to Europe (other than UK).  This is a message that needs spreading.  

I wanted 3 copies.  If anyone knows of a way round this - or a link to the relevant Bookazine page, I'd be glad to know.

Reginald Charles Spencer & Geoffrey William Spencer

The above named people are my maternal uncle & his cousin respectively. Both served in the Royal Engineers in Hong Kong, to where my Uncle Reg was posted on 16th October 1937. Both died on the Lisbon Maru when it was sunk on 1st/2nd October 1942. In researching my family tree, I have gained lots of knowledge about their deaths and broad information about their military service. The gaps in my knowledge concerns their lives in Hong Kong before it fell to the Japanese. I do have some newspaper cuttings about Reginald winning a boxing tournament during that period (30th March 1938).

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