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Caine Road re-numbering

Submitted by David on Wed, 2013-01-23 22:52

From time to time we struggle to work out a building's location on Caine Road, because the houses were re-numbered several times. eg look at the thread about Buxey Lodge. It quotes a piece of PRO research that says street numbers changed in 1903, and again "around 1934". Looking at some of the maps we have, we can check the numbers as follows:

34 Caine Road

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2013-01-22 09:59

Found these passages about 34 Caine Road, but not sure where they go.

1919

"Observations in the Orient : the account of a journey to Catholic mission fields in Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Indo-China, and the Philippines"

 

The next morning, Monday, as we docked at the foot of
the beautiful hill city of Hongkong I had the pleasure of meeting
for the first time a priest whom I had long known by correspon
dence, Pere Robert of the Paris Foreign Missions. One of his
assistants, Father Ouillon, was with him and soon we were

Sat 9th Feb: Boulder Trackway walk in Sai Kung

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2013-01-20 18:32

Guy Shirra is leading a walk along one of the traditional 'Boulder Trackway' paths that pre-date the arrival of the British. Unfortunately I'll be out of Hong Kong that weekend, but it should be a good walk.

More about the boulder trackways: http://gwulo.com/node/4077

Details of the walk from Guy:

I will be doing a walk over Walk No 1 on Saturday 9 February:

Ferry Routes

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2013-01-11 03:32

The recent discussion on the locations of the Hung Hom ferry piers here http://gwulo.com/node/14541#comment-23088, here http://gwulo.com/node/14541#comment-23090 and here  http://gwulo.com/node/14541#comment-23091 highlight an apparent lack of consolidated maps or information showing the changes to ferry pier locations and routes over the years.

About Bazaar in Central

Submitted by ypso on Wed, 2013-01-09 11:28

Hi Guys,

I am now doing a research and looking for pictures/ Historical Info. about the Canton Bazaar/ Chinese Market in Central.

This research is actually mainly about the evolution of HK markets/ vernacular livings in different generations.  

However, I find fews terms are quite confusing and I can't really tell the historical/ topographical differences among them, they are , 1. Upper Bazaar 2.Middle Bazaar, 3. Lower Bazaar/ Market. 4. Canton Market/ Bazaar.

Does anyone know any books/ references can help answering this? 

With many thanks 

historical relics & unexploded ordanance

Submitted by gary john liddell on Tue, 2013-01-08 23:19

Hello David your comments regarding live ordanance & the historical recording of relics is

appreciated.Back in the 60s we were taught that the best way to handle unexplodedn

 

 

 

 

 

 

grenades was dont.Wong nei chong gap& stanley in particular were awash with all sorts of relics&we kept the then bomb squad prety busy.If you have time for acold beer& a chat whe 

 

way to handle unexploded

 

grenades was dont.in those days wong nei chong gap w

 

1979: Aerial views of TST

Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-01-08 17:00

Thanks to regular contributor IDJ for uploading these aerial views of Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), taken in 1979. Anyone living in TST at the time must have felt they were surrounded by construction projects!

Australian/NZer/Canadian/American working for the British Administration in Hong Kong before WW2

Submitted by ckwong on Tue, 2013-01-08 12:29

Hi, I am working on a project looking at Australian/NZer/Canadian/American within the British administration in Hong Kong before WW2 (except those in LegCo and ExeCo). If anyone can suggest any names please let me know, thanks very much!

Many thanks in advance

Caleb 

Eurasian working for British government in Hong Kong before WW2

Submitted by ckwong on Tue, 2013-01-08 12:23

Hi, I am working on a project looking at Eurasians within the British administration in Hong Kong before WW2 (except those in LegCo and ExeCo). If anyone can suggest any names please let me know, thanks very much!  

Many thanks,

Caleb

 

battle relics

Submitted by gary john liddell on Mon, 2013-01-07 17:29

happy new year David.I will be in HK from 22/2/13 to7/3/13 & will be metal detecting all the old battle sites on the island.I would enjoy meeting up & hopefully attract some of your readers to join me on a daily g relic hunt regards.Gary Liddell Australia anyone can contact me

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