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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 50

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-12-12 19:00

I've listed some of the recent highlights below, but you can visit the What's New page at any time to see all the latest additions to the site.

 

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1863 Jurors List

Submitted by patricia on Sat, 2020-12-12 12:42

A copy of the original document is available online at HKGRO.

Some oddities of spelling in this one - I’ve not tried to ‘correct’ anything, but I wonder if the original transcription in the Sheriff’s office was a bit rushed!  Almost 200 more names than 1860 - from 270 to 455 - but of the earlier number, about 130 disappeared. More representation from the Portuguese community this time, and also a notable number of German/Nordic names. 

 

2020-12 RTHK's Hong Kong Heritage - San Po Kong and the new Gwulo book

Submitted by David on Tue, 2020-12-08 13:04

Thanks to Annemarie Evans for inviting me on to her weekly radio show, Hong Kong Heritage. We started off walking from Lok Fu to San Po Kong, exploring some of the historic sites we passed along the route. Then we finished up at Bleak House Books, our local English-language bookstore, where we sat and looked at some of the photos and stories in my new book.

You can listen to the recording of the show at:

The Mountains and Hills of Hong Kong

Submitted by Vespasian on Sun, 2020-12-06 21:19

Dear all,

I'm very keen to source information on the peaks of Hong Kong, and I'm finding it very difficult to do so accurately. I'd be very grateful for any pointers histoic or otherwise which might provide informtaion (including just accurate altitudes!). I am aslo keen to unearth information about the names of the peaks, both English and Cantonese.

Many thanks for any help given,

Vespasian

Former Tram Track on Arsenal Street

Submitted by danielwettling on Sat, 2020-12-05 18:22

I have a bit difficulties to figure out, why the tram before had to make a sharp turn into Arsenal street. Johnston road was at the waterfront at that time. I always read from a sharp left turn and a sharp right turn into Arsenal street. How long on Arsenal street were the track leading. Perhaps someone has clear map to follow the former tram track please ,which leads with a sharp left turn into Arsenal street, and back into Johnston road again with a sharp right turn.?

China Sugar Refinery

Submitted by JDRodger on Sat, 2020-12-05 13:52

China Sugar Refinery Co.

Involvement of the extended Rodger Family from Greenock, Scotland.

Improvements to the search function

Submitted by hongkonger on Sat, 2020-12-05 13:15

I find it confusing and hard to search for all topics/images/places etc. on or about a particular event or place. I mainly concern myself with researching the Battle of Hong Kong, and I find it hard to search, for example, of all photos of soldiers in combat on Gwulo. It would be greatly beneficial if we added an option to search by date (e.g. search only photos taken in Dec 1941 instead of having to view the gallery of all photos of the 1940s), or standardizing the tag function so that e.g. "Pillbox" and "Pill Box" don't appear as seperate tags.

79 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-12-05 12:47

December, 1941.

79 years ago tensions were high as war with Japan seemed inevitable. On December 8th, those fears were confirmed when Japanese planes attacked Kai Tak, and Japanese soldiers crossed the border into the New Territories. The fighting continued until the British surrendered on Christmas Day.

The end of the fighting marked the beginning of the Japanese occupation, a time of great hardship for Hong Kong's residents. They would have to endure for three years and eight months, until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, and Hong Kong was liberated shortly afterwards.

 

What was it like?

Let the people who lived through these times tell you themselves.

We've collected several wartime diaries, and split them into their day-by-day accounts. Each day we send out an email message containing all the diary entries written on that day, 79 years ago.

 

How to sign up to receive the daily messages?

Please click here to subscribe.

You'll see another screen that asks for your email address. Enter your details, hit the "Subscribe" button, then each day you'll receive an email message with today's diary entries.

It's free of charge, your details stay private, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

 

What do the daily messages look like?

Here are sample extracts from the messages you'll receive:

  • 30 Nov 1941: "Topper says we are as near war now as we have ever been, that Japan with her militarist Govt. can't very well back down now."
     
  • 1 Dec 1941: "Government advising further evacuation.  Only hope seems to be that Japs now say they will keep on talks with USA in hope that USA will change viewpoint - that isn't thought likely."
     
  • 7 Dec 1941: "There must be something in the wind, G.H.Q. staff are preparing to move into Battle HQ, a huge underground structure just behind the Garrison Sgts. Mess."
Extract from Barbara Anslow's Diary

Extract from Barbara Anslow's Diary: "war had been declared"

  • 8 Dec 1941: "I started my birthday with a war. Kowloon bombed about 8AM."
     
  • 10 Dec 1941: "Sid has been wounded.  Bullet through shoulder.  He told Hospital to phone Mum at the Jockey Club and she went to see him."
     
  • 13 Dec 1941: "We hear rumours that

Subscribe to "79 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries"

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-12-05 12:19

Enter your email address below and click "Subscribe", then each day you'll receive an email with the wartime diary entries from today's date, 79 years ago.

It's free, your details stay private, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

KCR BS Freight Wagons Post-1949

Submitted by Yuenmatthew415 on Wed, 2020-12-02 23:12

In 1949, the KCR obtained new wagons from BRC&W in England, which consisted of 45t covered vans, high and low-sided wagons, brake vans, flat wagons and oil tankers in order to make up for a loss in wagon after WWII.

The numbering system for these post-1949 wagons would have been a 6 digit number

First 2 digits: Unsure, might be carrying capacity in tonnes

Third digit: type of wagon (1-Flat Wagon, 2-Low-sided Wagon, 3-High-sided Wagon, 4/5-Van)

Fourth to sixth digit: Wagon number

 

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