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Gwulo in 2020

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-02-22 15:00

We'll soon be into March, so before we get any farther into 2020 let's take a quick look back at how Gwulo did in 2019, then ahead to the plans for this year:

 

 

2019 Review

1. How did the website grow in 2019?

You can see the full numbers at the bottom of the page, but I'm very pleased to report that we added over 4,800 pages. Gwulo.com ended 2019 with 38,734 pages, including 23,305 photos.

If you look at the

Shek I or Shekki Junk Wharf

Submitted by patricia on Sat, 2020-02-22 03:32

These may be two completely different places ... but has anyone ideas about where Sheki or Shek I ... near Macao (by implication not in HK) might be - the year is 1900.

And another story I'm working on has a reference to Shekki Junk Wharf.  I  am fairly sure that this is in HK.  The year for this one is 1927.

Any help will be much appreciated!

Patricia 

 

Request for 1962 TV / radio archive

Submitted by markrob on Fri, 2020-02-21 13:34
I am a Hong Kong-based TV producer working on behalf of the British ITV series Long Lost Families. We are currently producing an episode about a Chinese woman who was abandoned as a baby in a shop doorway in Kowloon in 1960. After spending 2 years in various children’s homes she was then adopted by a British family. She was flown together with other adopted ‘HK Foundlings' to the UK in December 1962, where she has now spent the last 60 years.

'Old Misery' in Happy Valley

Submitted by David on Thu, 2020-02-13 12:10
1880s Happy Valley

 

Where: This is an easily recognised view, but in case of any doubt there's a pencil note below the photo - "Racetrack at Hong Kong".

 

What: The circular pond, marked (A) below, first caught my eye as I don't remember ever having seen it before in photos of Happy Valley.

1880s Happy Valley

 

Pond at Happy Valley

 

I did have a faint memory of having seen that shape on a map though, and went looking through the maps I'd photographed on visits to the UK's National Archive. Here's the one I had in mind, a

Halcyon Circle

Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2020-02-09 18:51

Does anyone know anything about an organisation called The Halcyon Circle? It is mentioned a few times in the South China Morning Post, first mention in 1940 and last in 1949. It seems to have been a group of women of different ethnicities who met at each other's homes - for what prupose I don't know. Lady Northcote, the Governor's wife, attended one meeting.

Started 1933, pages 1-37

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2020-02-06 22:06

This is the latest Jurors List we're making searchable - here's how to join in, it'll only take around 30 minutes of your time.

We'll take the previous year's spreadsheet, then work through it page-by-page and edit in any changes so it matches this year's Jurors List.

1932 Jurors List

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2020-02-06 21:51

[The list has been typed up by volunteers: David, Grace, and wingcli2015. Please help us type up the lists from other years - it takes less than 30 minutes to finish a page. Click here for details.]

HKSRA & YMCAI

Submitted by orapiu on Wed, 2020-02-05 11:58

Hi

I have been looking at the few items left by my uncle Robert Sidney Hill after his death last year.

He was born in Shanghai, interred by the Japanese during the war, moved to Hong Kong with his parents (Arthur) Sidney and Marie Florence Hill, was educated in England, and returned to Hong Kong to work for Sidney.

Two items that he held on to were silver tankards 1: H.K.S.R.A. 4th Division Winners 1966-7 and 2: Y.M.C.A.I -  R.S. Hill, A.B. Lawrence, O. Littler, D Maker, M Owen, G Beresford.

New on Gwulo: 2020, week 05

Submitted by David on Sun, 2020-02-02 14:00

Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information.

Gwulo talk on 8th February is postponed

We've postponed my talk to the RAS that was planned for 8th February. We'll announce a new date when the government venues reopen. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and hope to see you at the talk when it is rescheduled.

 

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British Barracks in the 1840s

Submitted by stephenD on Fri, 2020-01-31 16:09

The book Eastern Fortress has the claim of barracks at Tin Wan and Tai Tam (p.10), and Eitel claims that in 1843 Pottinger pushed forward ‘vigorously’ the building of ‘substantial’ barracks in Aberdeen and Stanley (p.185). However, I haven't found any contemporary records of a barracks at Aberdeen. 

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