I would be very interested in seeing any photographs or receiving any other information regarding the location of HQ 3 Commando Brigade in HK between 1949 and 1950. I am researching a biography of General Sir George Lea, who (despite being an Army Lt Col) was DAA & QMG of 3 Commando Brigade between June 1949 and January 1951. He was responsible for moving the Brigade from Malta to HK in 1949 and then from HK to Malaya in 1950. <Read more ...>
According to family records my grandmother was born in Shanghai in 1902. Her name at birth was either Isabel Enid Brown or Isabel Enid van Eps. I have been told (by my uncle) that her father's name was William Edgar van Eps Bruin. However, I doubt these two surnames go together. <Read more ...>
HONG KONG, January, 1871 - a copy of a letter written by William Perry Fogg, with his impressions and observations after arriving in Hong Kong in 1871
At the end of last year, local newspaper Apple Daily interviewed me about collecting old Hong Kong photos, and running the Gwulo website. They initially published it in Chinese, but I see they've just released a new version with English subtitles:
Graham is writing a biography of Sir Cecil Clementi and would like to hear from "anyone who cares to share information, documentation, photographs, comment or opinion on the subject of Sir Cecil, his life and times."
The Hong Kong retail silversmith WAI KEE 惠記 [in Mandarin: HUI JI] is one of the few retailers that truly spans three centuries; founded in 1885, the firm is still operating in almost the same location by Pedder Street with the same specialities of pearls, jewellery and silver wares. As opposed to other similar firms operating today in Hong Kong that lay claim to longevities in trading, Wai Kee is the oldest retail jeweller and silversmith in Hong Kong. <Read more ...>
What: This lady is surrounded by coal, with mounds of loose coal behind her, large baskets of coal on the left of the photo, and smaller baskets in the foreground. She is using a <Read more ...>
Gwulo readers may be interested in a new exhibition from The Photographic Heritage Foundation: 'Photographs from the 1950s: Marjorie Doggett's Singapore, Lee Fook Chee's Hong Kong'.<Read more ...>
An interesting discussion was hosted an hour or so ago by OxHKForum - between Dr Vivian Kong of Bristol, Haidee Or and Prof John D Wong HKU on this topic - a lot on the interaction between history online via social media, blogs and other site and academia. Gwulo recieved a very honourable mention, naturally! I think its still possible to register and log on to catch the talk over this weekend. https://www.oxhkforum.com/history.html<Read more ...>
