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How big is the photo?

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2011-09-12 12:10

The size of the printed photo is shown under each catalogue entry.

eg If you look at this "View over Aberdeen Harbour" photo, you'll see "Size: 10 x 6.3 inches.". So the printed photo is 10 inches wide by 6.3 inches tall.

Each photo is surrounded by a half-inch white border. So in the above example, the size of the card you'll receive is 11 x 7.3 inches.

Baptisms / Marriages St. John's Cathedral - Apr 1929-Apr 1931

Submitted by annelisec on Sun, 2011-09-11 14:29

Transcription from the St. John's Review Church magazine. These are from the first three annual volumes kept in the St. John's Cathedral Library.

The St. John's Review replaced the Cathedral Notes, copies of which are kept in the Public Records Office.

 

The Gwulo Shop

Submitted by David on Fri, 2011-09-09 13:00

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Naming of Warren Street, Tai Hang

Submitted by lolau on Wed, 2011-09-07 15:34

Anybody know the naming of Warren Street? Would it refer to Capt Willian Lewis Warren who became the personal secretaary to the HK Governor in Sept 1901?

History Ho Mun Tin Catholic Cemetery

Submitted by lolau on Mon, 2011-09-05 13:59

Anybody know the history and photos of Ho Mun Tin Catholic Cemetery (Kowloon I.L. No. 2148) which I found it from the Gov't Gazette of 27.6.1930? Is "Ho Mun Tin" the same as Ho Man Tin ?

Kwok family mansion at 24 MacDonnell Rd (Mid-Levels)

Submitted by paul stephens on Mon, 2011-09-05 09:12

Sept 4, 2011

Does anyone have any photos and/or stories about the Kwok family mansion formerly at 24 MacDonnell Road (Mid-Levels) near the botanical garden & YWCA? The four-story house was torn down and replaced by a 23-story apt bldg (The Silvercrest) which opened in 1984.

Also, did this same family once own a large parcel of land in the Mid-Levels once called The Kwok Family Compound? Any stories on that?

Thanks.

Pablito.

Amos William Dawe and Mosbert

Submitted by namussi on Wed, 2011-08-31 11:40

I'm intrigued by the story of a Singaporean, Amos William Dawe, and his company, Mosbert, which listed on the Kowloon stock exchage went bust in the 1970s. I think it would make a good book.

Dawe tried to buy several banks in the US, which he later said was a KGB plot. Dawe was jailed in Hong Kong for five years for fraud in the 1980s, but was released after serving just half of his sentence.

Does anyone know if he's still alive, or know anything about him, or know of any good sources of information, please?

Best wishes

Andrew

 

Reminiscing about Hong Kong, 1902 - 1952 (An original essay by Chan Sing-U)

Submitted by David on Mon, 2011-08-29 12:00

It was in the early part of 1902 that I, fresh from my native village Ngoi Hoi near Kongmoon, the 3rd port of Kwaongtung, China, first set foot on the terra firma of this British Outpost called Hongkong. Acting under my eldest brother's instruction, I came for an education in English. Let me recount some items of interest in those gone-by days in the following paragraphs.

Josephine Bracken (Wife of Jose Rizal) - born in Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong

Submitted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on Mon, 2011-08-29 05:23

A friend, an historian of the Phillipine Revolution and the events leading up to it, would very much like to be able to locate Josephine Bracken's birth certificate and indeed if possible her grave. Her baptismal certificate is extant but that's that. There must surely have been a birth certificate too.

Josephine Bracken is significant because she was the wife of Dr Jose Rizal, the hero of the Philippines struggle against Spain. Her nationality is usually given as "Irish" but that is more correctly a descripotion of her ethnicity; she would have been a British citizen. 

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