according to the maritime memorial website, there was a wooden memorial on tong koo island:
'Sacred to the memory of Mr. B.L. Adams (Mate) Mr. W.H. Daniel (Mate) Mr. E.J. Kingswell (Carpenter) George Smith and Thomas Needham (Marines) and John Tesdell (Seaman) Late belonging to His Britannic Majesty's Ship Imogene Who fell a sacrifice to a malignant fever contracted at Whampoa in September 1834. This monument is erected to their memory by their sorrowing shipmates. May they rest in peace.' <Read more ...>
I'm a film maker who lived in Hong Kong for 12 years. Now back in Australia, I'm researching a film script about the tumultuous year of 1894 when bubonic plague struck Hong Kong and Yersin/Kitasato isolated the bacillus. Just managed to get a copy of "The Whitewash Brigade" which is a mine of detailed information. I'm particularly interested in any photographs of this period. I'll be back in town in October to spend time in the medical Museum. Other suggestions welcome. <Read more ...>
More than 130 video clips can be found on old Hong Kong by searching YouTube with: "michael rogge" + "hong kong". A book of Michael Rogge's photo's of the fifties has been published by Tao Galleries, Hong Kong and available in local bookshops. His photo's may also be found on Flickr. His 13 films of old Hong Kong are now being stored in digitalized form by the major HK museums, Film Archive, University etc. Scenes from the films have also been shown on television. <Read more ...>
What is the origin of the street name Reclaimation Street. Was it part of the harbour 100 years ago? Judging from an old map, Nathan Road was only two streets from the harbour. If you look at the north-south streets between Gascoigne Road and Jordan Road in Yau Ma Tei on a modern map, you will see the layouts of those streets are different from the streets to the north and south. It appeared that the land between Gascoigne Road, Jordan Road, and Nathan Road was there before the reclaimation started. <Read more ...>
Yesterday saw the start of a new exhibition in the lobby of the Museum of History. It focuses on the history of Hong Kong's shipbuilding and ship repair yards, and includes photographs from the HUD collection which I believe have not been seen in public before.
There are also film clips and panels explaining the development of the industry.
Well worth a visit, the exhibition runs until October 17th. <Read more ...>
I need help again for my research. I've gone as far as I think I could up to now with the Shusters and now something is puzzling me - Fritz Edward Shuster (the POW) was married to Emma Legg(e). All I know from the Legg(e) is what I got in the Carl Smith Collection Card and, what my granmother told me - That Emma's father was Henry Thomas Legg, married to Anne Muey, she had a sister (at least) she was very fond of and that got married and moved to England. According to my grandmother she had a lot of property and was quite well off and all her business were dealt by Ruttonjee... <Read more ...>
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