Submitted by anonymous-01 on Wed, 2013-07-03 05:08
I would appreciate it if anybody has any idea where I might find a picture of Queen's Road in the 1870s at the point or near where number 338 stands today.
It was the siite of the National Tavern which later became the National Hotel and the signs for these businesses may be visible. This was the tavern area at the time.
Everyday we pronounce place names out of our mouth. But what those place names actually mean? So after a little research, here it is - be it for amusement, for discovery, for the love of the place we live.
Hi im new to forum, my grandad was a professional photographer with Cunard during the 1920s an 30 and as a result i have an interest in old photos, I have thsi old negative which I belive it to be of a prk in hong konghowever ive been unable to identify if this may be the case when trying to identify park though the buildings at teh back of teh photo..i was wondering if anyone could help
The land in Shau Kei Wan and Sai Wan Ho (or even more surrounding area) are allocated by using SIL (Shau Kei Wan Inland Lot). It is different from other areas in HK Island i.e. IL (Inland Lot). Anyone know why it comes out especially anyone know the first sale of land of Shau Kei Wan? <Read more ...>
Yesterday I met Rae at her home in England, and delivered her father's diary:
Rae first got in touch two weeks ago [1]. By coincidence I'd already booked a flight to London for last week, so I asked if I could pay her a visit. That was arranged, then on Tuesday she mentioned that <Read more ...>
That in 1900 LegCo noted that the community of Hong Kong had raised some HKD153,000 - as relief for soldiers and sailors engaged in the Boer War. In a demonstration of Imperial largesse the Council voted the sum of HKD50,000 to the same cause.From Public Funds of course. <Read more ...>
Exciting news this week – we’ve heard from Rae, daughter of R E Jones. She has just read her father’s wartime diary [1] for the first time, having always believed it was destroyed in 1945.
