Could anyone tell me which road used to be Jubilee Road? It linked Victoria with Aberdeen, but was more windy than the Pokfulam Road. My guess is that its the road that comes out into Wanchai Gap Road (see 1909 overlay map) ... but is it the (modern) Aberdeen Reservoire Road or Mount Cameron Road? Anyone know? Many thanks, Patricia <Read more ...>
Looking for the marriage of Henry Humphreys (1867-1944) to Alice - surname unknown - in Hong Kong about 1889. The couple had 3 children before Alice died in 1895. Henry remarried in St John's Cathedral in 1896. His second wife, Eva Humphreys was, I believe, a cousin. <Read more ...>
A letter from June 1977 describes the Mandarin Hotel Marqee (sic) restaurant. Does the writer mean the Marquee Coffee Shop? Assuming it's been updated since then, do any Gwulo members have photos from that time, or a description of the interior or famous menu items? Is that coffee shop now today's cake shop? Was the hotel then simply called The Mandarin, or The Mandarin Hong Kong (and not the Mandarin Oriental until the 1980s)? Many thanks. <Read more ...>
Replying to a post from 2012 with regards to John Joseph osborne. He was my grandfather and he died in stanley internment camp from scurvy and berri berri. His son Albert Cyril osborne worked on the docks. My grandfather worked as the post master general. His wife Mary bridgett and younger children - Margaret, Roy, Gerald and Joyce were evacuated to the Philippines where they stayed for six months before being evacuated to Brisbane Australia. My grandfather had to stay in Hong Kong as only women and children were evacuated. <Read more ...>
Looking for indentification of this location as well as any other leads that may help. The photo is from a group that was taken near Hong Kong in the 1915 era. <Read more ...>
