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My only memory with Kai Tak

Submitted by gary.c on Mon, 2020-10-12 20:02

Hi guys. I am new to gwulo.com. Nice to meet you all and learn the history about Hong Kong from all of you.

I took the pictures below last year from Kai Tak Airport Photo Exhibition at Mikiki, San Po Kong. Before the Airport’s closure, I was still very little living in Sham Shui Po. Even though I had never been to the Airport, I was amazed by aeroplanes and engine noise flying over my head. The rest of my impression about Kai Tak is from TV dramas and movies.

Do you have special memories or nostalgia with Kai Tak?

1930s "Carring firewoods"

Submitted by David on Sun, 2020-10-11 15:00
1930s "Carring firewoods"

 

What: As the postcard's misspelled title says, we're looking at firewood.

Bundles of firewood

 

This was destined for Hong Kong's kitchens, as most people in 1930s Hong Kong cooked over a wood fire. A 1938 newspaper article said that firewood was the principal fuel for over

Looking for my old friend

Submitted by Caron65 on Thu, 2020-10-08 16:53

Hi Gwulo Community,

I found this site a few days ago through another old Hong Kong friend and I was so excited to see it and all the wonderful photos.

Frank Bowden, the man Raleigh Bicycles

Submitted by ACH on Tue, 2020-10-06 17:20

I watched a documentary about Raleigh Bicycles last night and its founder, Frank Bowden, later to be known as Sir Frank Bowden, 1st Baronet, apparently 'made a fortune in property delelopment in Hong Kong in the 1870's':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Frank_Bowden,_1st_Baronet

He presumably must have been quite a well-known figure in Hong Kong at the time - has any Gwulo researcher come across him?

 

 

Portraits of pre-war cadets

Submitted by yolocor on Tue, 2020-10-06 09:34

Hello everyone, I would like to find the source of these portraits of cadets. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Search my family

Submitted by NG THUNE on Mon, 2020-10-05 18:11

Hello,

I apologize for going through this channel, you are a site well frequented. I know that my father went through Hong Kong in April 1934 for Reunion Island (French overseas department). I am looking for my father's family, he was born in Canton Suntack (see photos attached).
He was born around 1911.

Paresian Grill French Restaurant.

Submitted by bruin75 on Sun, 2020-10-04 06:45

Does any one remember the Paresian Grill Restaurant. Situated in a small allyway next to the Bank of China, I believe on Queens Road Central? It was my favorite restaurant when in port. Albert Bodt, M.D., U.S.S. Coral Sea, CVA 43, 1967 through 1970.

New on Gwulo: 2020, week 40

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-10-03 14:00

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

 

 

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Wah Yan College (Kowloon) Scouts Jamboree/Rally 1957/58

Submitted by pepepeterleo on Wed, 2020-09-30 23:14

I wonder if anyone can help with any information relating  to a major Scouting event held in the football ground of Wah Yan College (Kowloon) in either 1957 or 1958.

Love Motels in Kowloon Tong

Submitted by monday.hana on Wed, 2020-09-30 21:53

Hi all

I am a Master's student of journalsim at the University of Hong Kong.

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