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1924 Thomas Cook tourist information of Hong Kong & Vicinity

Submitted by albertng on Sun, 2020-11-01 02:09

just uploaded photos of a booklet for tourists from 1924, published by Thomas Cook & Son.

the booklet has some interesting information:

New on Gwulo: 2020, week 44

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-10-31 15:00

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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  • Andrew recalls a visit to Hong Kong in 1987 where after his booked hotel was cancelled, he narrowly avoided staying at one of the Kowloon Tong hourly-rate motels - then ended up with a free five-night stay at The Mandarin!
  • Can you add any information about the Moslem Recreation Club, which was active in the early 20th century?
  • In last week's post about the Pottinger Street photo, I asked what was being advertised here:
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    I thought it was an advert for some type of canned food but it actually shows a

Gate Lodge on the peak

Submitted by danielwettling on Fri, 2020-10-30 13:36

On the plaque outside the gate lodge which leads to the former governor's summer residence on the peak, is written ..... "one of the two former gate lodges"....

I wondering where the second gate lodge was standing. Any replies are most appreciated. Thank you.

Hong Kong visit 1987

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Thu, 2020-10-29 09:23

In 1987, I learned from a friend in Hong Kong that the old R.A.F. camp at Little Sai Wan was about to be demolished.  An old friend from my time in the R.A.F. and I decided to visit it and take photographs.  We booked a flight and hotel accommodation with a B.A. subsidiary to stay for a fortnight in late October, exactly coinciding with the 30th anniversary of our going there in 1957.  It was his first visit to Hong Kong since then.  I had taken my wife for a holiday in 1981 but neither of our wives wanted to go.

1930s Pottinger Street

Submitted by David on Sun, 2020-10-25 16:00
1930s Pottinger Street

 

Where: No doubt about the location, as the original postcard has "Pottinger Street" written at the bottom.

Off in the distance at the bottom of the hill, there's a person whose legs are hidden. They're shown in the centre of this crop.

Steps

 

They are walking down steps, which puts them at the junction of Pottinger Street with Queen's Road Central (QRC). The steps are easier to see in this photo, taken in the opposite direction looking from QRC up Pottinger Street.

1930s Pottinger Street

 

(The steps have been rebuilt at some point since these photos were taken, which is why today's steps are steeper.)

Moving back towards the camera, the next

Shipping Gwulo's books - delays due to COVID-19

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2020-10-25 11:18

Update for 3 Jan 2022. (Airmail services to Canada are suspended again)

Delivery times continue to vary as flights and local delivery are affected by Covid, but here are some recommendations based on recent orders:

1860 Jurors List

Submitted by patricia on Fri, 2020-10-23 12:30

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

Some observations:

Moslem Recreation Club

Submitted by eurasian_david on Fri, 2020-10-23 06:01

I spotted in the league football second division section of the news in November 1909 a team from the M.R.C. (Moslem Recreation Club). There were a number of recreation clubs in the early history of Hong Kong to cater to all sorts of people residing in the Colony, but this was the first time I have heard of the existence of a M.R.C. 

 

Leonard A. Adams in China and Hong Kong 1940's

Submitted by Ken Adams on Mon, 2020-10-19 14:50

I am looking for any memories or information about my father Leonard A. Adams who was the UK Consular Agent for HK Refugees at Kukong during WW 2 where I was born in 1944.  After the war he served as a refugee relief officer for the HK Colonial government from 1945-47 when my mother died and we returned to England and then later moved to the USA. During 1970-72 he served as commander of the Hong Kong Salvation Army until his illness and subsequent death of cancer in January, 1973. 

New on Gwulo: 2020, week 42

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-10-17 17:00

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.

 

General

 

 

Book news

Thanks to Annemarie Evans for inviting me on to her radio show last weekend, for a chat about some of my favourite photos in the recently published book, Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong. The episode of Hong Kong Heritage is now available to listen to online, with our conversation starting at 9 minutes 54 seconds.

Meanwhile, the new Gwulo new book has reached the home stretch. On Friday we finalised the layout for the book's cover and the dreaded map - something I always put off until it can't be put off any more...

That means the layout is almost finished. We've still got ten days to go until it heads off to the printer, so this week will be spent making final tweaks to the photos, and editing the text to incorporate feedback from the people who've kindly read the draft.

Here's how those final layout items look - please let me know if you spot any mistakes!

Gwulo book - Volume 4 - front cover

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