does anyone know about a medal called <the Grand Order of the Far East> given to people in Submarines of the IV Flotilla 1927-1929.......Defense of Chefoo 1927, Japanese Patrol 1927-1928, Bias Patrol 1927-1928 ??????
my GrandFather (Capt John Buller Glencross) has this and i can find no info<Read more ...>
I wonder if the description of Murray House near the Peak Trame Station is correct. It has been a long time but to me it lookes very much like the AIA Building at the junction of Stubbs and Queens Road which ws built in the late 1960 while we lived in Jardine Lookout. Forgive me if I am wrong. It has been a long, long time,
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This Thursday, 20th June - Gwulo talk #1. I'll show photos from my first book and tell their stories at the JC Cube theatre in Tai Kwun. Click for details and booking.
Has anybody got photos of Edinburgh Mansions, army quarters from late 1970s. My daughter was born at the British Military Hospital and we are going to Hong Kong in September so I would like to take her to the area. I will also try and find distant relatives. Thank you. June <Read more ...>
Here are a few highlights from the 1,000+ photos of 1950s Hong Kong that have recently been added to Gwulo. You can find out more about where they came from at the bottom of the page.
City scenes
Fire., by Albert Hunt (1958-59)
Case Shop and family, by Gordon Bell (1953-54)
Rickshaw fully loaded., by David Green (1960-61)
Cheero Club., by Ted Ball (1953-57)
e Chow Stalls Alan Parr., by Alan Parr (1960-61)
Wan Chai. Gloucester Road quay, China Fleet Club.JPG, by Andrew Suddaby (1957-58)
Five rickshaws in rain., by Malcolm Trousdale (1951-53)
It used to be possible to sort the Jurors Lists by their columns (eg by Title).
At some point that had stopped working, but it's fixed now and working again.
If you have any large tables you want to make sortable, you just need to make a small edit to the HTML. Click "Switch to plain text editor", and look for the HTML tag that starts the table
I just thought I'd put this here because it seems to me that on this site there is an assumption that "the French Hospital" refers solely to St Paul's in Causeway Bay. But I just realised that in Cantonese St Teresa's Hospital on Prince Edward Road is also known by that name. They were both founded by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres.
Just something to be aware of when reading old documents referring to the "French Hospital" <Read more ...>
