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SEDAN CHAIRS

Submitted by mxmmxm on Thu, 2019-09-05 10:52

Hello everyone, I am currently working on a project about sedan chairs. Would like to interview people who have experience taking sedan chairs/used to take sedan chairs in the past/ have good knowledge in sedan chairs. If you have info / photos about sedan chairs, please feel free to drop me a comment also.

Zillion thanks! xxxx

Bread, Bricks, and Balls

Submitted by David on Sat, 2019-08-31 19:00
1920s Deep Water Bay

 

Where: You probably recognise this view, but if you're struggling then imagine a line of cable cars running along the distant hillside at top-left. We're looking out over

1871-72 The electric telegraph reaches Hong Kong

Submitted by David on Fri, 2019-08-30 16:15

When the British first arrived in Hong Kong at the start of the 1840s, it took months to send a message to London and then receive a reply - messages only travelled as fast as the quickest sailing ship.

Just 30 years later, the electric telegraph reached Hong Kong: a message could be sent and the reply received on the same day. It must have had a huge impact on how business and government was run.

1889 Public Works Department Annual Report

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2019-08-25 00:37

Copy of original available online at HKGRO

Royal Yacht Britannia - Visits to Hong Kong

Submitted by Les Bird on Sat, 2019-08-24 23:07

I recall seeing Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia in Hong Kong in the early 90s or, possibly, 1989. I think Prince Charles was in Hong Kong on a private trip, and they spent most of the visit up in Double Haven. Does anyone remember this visit, and remember the approximate date? Thank you.

1896 Public Works Department Annual Report

Submitted by Herostratus on Sat, 2019-08-24 00:39

Copy of original available online at HKGRO.(from p53) You may need to click the link twice to see the document.

New on Gwulo: 2019, week 34

Submitted by David on Wed, 2019-08-21 13:00

A look at what's been added / updated at Gwulo.com over the summer. Please click on the photos or the blue links for more information - and please leave a comment if you can add any new details.

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Warrens at sea - searching for voyages

Submitted by jill on Wed, 2019-08-21 03:15

I’m still stuck on finding the sea voyages of several members of my family, who sneak out of Hong Kong and sneak back again on wily routes, it seems.  If I were able to check every single arrival and departures list in the newspapers, I would find them, but apart from the passenger lists on Ancestry.com I’m several voyages short and wonder if I can once more ask for help, in case anyone is better at newspaper searches than me (surely!), or can access websites that I can’t. I think the route via Kobe was sometimes used.

Among those I’m missing:

1909.184 Government Gazette

Submitted by David on Sun, 2019-08-18 13:17

No. 184.—It is hereby notified that in order to prevent confusion arising from the existence of duplicate names of streets in Hongkong and Kowloon, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the streets in the subjoined list be re-named as shewn therein.

STREETS IN HONGKONG.

Old Names | New Names.

Imperial Airways

Submitted by Paula R on Sun, 2019-08-18 04:52

I'm trying to get hold of a copy of a book......

The Vital Link Hong Kong's First Airline Imperial Airways (Far East) Ltd. 1935 - 1940.

English edition. Author: Ian D. Johnson. Published in 2007 by SoftRepublic Limited, Hong Kong.

ISBN: 978-988-99449-9-5

Can't find it for sale on the internet. Have asked Flow Bookshop in Hong Kong and Mary Martin Books in Singapore but have had no response.

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