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I would really appreciate your help. I'm writing a historical detective novel set in Hong Kong in the '50s. I've done quite a bit of research but there's lots left to do.

World War II Minstrel Shows in HK camps

Does anyone have information about the minstrel shows that were put on by the folks in the Stanley and Sham Shui Po Camps during World War II?

Stanley seems to have held at least two minstrel shows:

The Blarney Stone Shield for rugby sevens

Although the Hong Kong Sevens tournament was first played in 1976, seven-a-side rugby in Hong Kong goes back much further.

After reading about the building called Blarney Stone, Dave Inglis wrote in to ask if the HK Football Club's "Blarney Stone Shield" was connected to it in any way. He's heard that Blarney Stone was a ‘mess’ for young single employees of one or more of the big hongs, and it was the members of the mess who started the sevens competition pre-ww2.

New on Gwulo: 2019, week 20

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

 

Dates for your diary

18th May - London - Barbara Anslow. If you couldn't get a seat at Barbara's sold-out talk to the Hong Kong Society, there's another chance to hear her speak on Saturday. Click for details.

1st June - HK - New Gwulo talk. I've been working my way through my collection, scanning in photos that fit the "people" theme of the new talk. Most of them haven't been shown on the Gwulo website before, so expect plenty of new photos & stories. Click for details.

 

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4.3 Relatives, including siblings

I've updated the Person page to show a list of that person's siblings, eg see the page for Christina SHEWAN

It looks at the current person's parents, compiles a list of all their children, then shows them ordered by their date of birth.

Postcards from 1900s Hong Kong

My grandfather James Steven visited Hong Kong in 1908. He was on a world trip -  part pleasure, part business - for his father's firm, Steven & Struthers, a Glasgow brassfounders, that sold brass and bronze ships' chandlery, propellers, pumps, and lighthouse lanterns, world-wide.

He wrote letters over the course of his whole trip but unfortunately the ones from Hong Kong were missing by the time I transcribed them. Just the tantalising snippet that he was looking forward to the Chinese New Year celebrations when he got to Hong Kong.

4.1 Add a new "Street" page type

If you look in the "Directory" box, you'll see a new section:

New on Gwulo: 2019, week 18

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

 

Dates for your diary

Last week, finishes on 5th May - HK - Steps through time is an exhibition of old Hong Kong photos that I've curated. The exhibition is open to all and free of charge. It is on display in the lobby of The Pottinger Hotel, 74 Queen's Road Central (the entrance is on Stanley Street, next to the junction with Pottinger Street).

8th May - HK - Gwulo lunchtime meetup, all welcome. Click for details.

18th May - London - Barbara Anslow. If you couldn't get a seat at Barbara's sold-out talk to the Hong Kong Society, there's another chance to hear her speak on the 18th of May. Click for details.

1st June - HK - New Gwulo talk. I'll present the new Talk #5 for the first time at the Visual Arts Centre on Kennedy Road. It's on a Saturday morning for a change. Click for details.

 

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