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Old Hong Kong Photos ... Vol. 1 : Q & A

Submitted by David on Sat, 2017-12-02 11:37

If you have a question about anything in Volume 1, please let us know in the comments below.

Old Hong Kong Photos ... Vol. 1 : Resources

Submitted by David on Sat, 2017-12-02 11:34

I hope you enjoyed the photos and stories in Volume 1. Here are some additional resources for you:

Old houses of the Kowloon Tong Garden Estate

Submitted by LizB on Tue, 2017-11-28 05:20

In this week’s guest post, Liz Brandon takes us on a walk through Kowloon Tong to show us what remains of Hong Kong’s original Garden Estate.

If you start at the Kowloon Tong MTR station and begin climbing the gentle rise of Kent Road, you will glimpse 4 Kent Road above a high wall on your right.  Note the pitched roof, symmetrical façade and curved footing of an upper balcony, all of which reflect the old style of Kowloon Tong homes. This one, like many others in the area, been significantly altered, but retains the same basic ‘footprint’ and structural outline as the original house. [29 December 2017 update - I have just learned that 4 Kent Rd has recently been demolished, sadly.]

4 Kent Road Kowloon Tong 2016
4 Kent Road Kowloon Tong 2016, by LizB
4 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong (2018)
4 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong (2018), by Philk

Continuing up the hill to the top of Kent Road, your efforts will be rewarded with a view of one of the few remaining gems of the old estate – 27 Kent Road.

Pre-order the Gwulo book for special price & free shipping

Submitted by David on Sat, 2017-11-25 09:00

[5th Dec 2017 Update: The pre-launch offer has finished, so normal book pricing now applies. But you can still download the free sample pages from the book, and overseas readers can still order two or more copies delivered to the same address to get free shipping. Click for details.]

 

Pre-order offers as we get close to the launch: special price, free shipping, and a free sample.

Special price

The book's list price will be HK$168, but regular readers can pre-order copies before the 4th December at HK$150. (Printing has finished ahead of schedule, so I'm now expecting to receive the books on Monday, 4th December.)

Please click a "Pre-order ..." link below to pre-order your book(s). Payment can be made online using a Paypal account or a credit card. Readers with a Hong Kong bank account also have the option to pay by bank transfer, or HK$ cheque.

 

Free shipping

All deliveries to Hong Kong addresses are shipped free of charge.

Overseas orders are very welcome. If you live overseas, you can also get free shipping if you order two or more copies of the book. So if you can combine an order with a friend, or buy an extra copy to give as a gift, shipping is free.

Overseas orders for a single book pay the airmail postage. The cost of airmail varies by country, and will be shown to you before you confirm payment for your order.

 

Signed copy?

If you'd like your copy to be signed, that's easy to arrange. When you've placed your order you'll receive an order confirmation email. Please reply to that with a message "Request signed copy", and I'll take care of it.

The standard signature is "With best wishes, David", but if you'd like to add a message please also include that in your reply.

 

Gwulo book's front cover

Free sample

You'e seen the cover, but if you'd like a look inside please click here to download a PDF sample of pages from the book.

 

Delivery

As soon as the books arrive, I'll start licking stamps, sticking labels, and sending them on their way! 

Gwulo book's back cover

 

If anything isn't clear, or if you have any questions, please let me know in the comments below.

Regards,

David

19th-century Hong Kong in engravings

Submitted by David on Tue, 2017-11-21 16:00

Engravings in the illustrated newspapers were the first view most British people had of Hong Kong in the 1800s. Here is a small set I bought last year, starting with one from the weekly "Illustrated London News" (ILN).

Dec 27, 1856 - The Illustrated London News

Victoria Harbour & Murray House

THE HARBOUR OF HONG KONG - FROM AN ORIGINAL SKETCH

 

It's quite random whether or not we get to see the text that originally accompanied the illustration. In many cases the engraving was cut out of the newspaper without any of the text, but sometimes you get the whole page, text and all. In this case we're lucky as although the text was on a separate page, whoever cut out the engraving also cut out the text and kept them together:

HONG-KONG.

We have to thank a Correspondent for the clever sketch of this new Colony, engraved in Supplement, page 662. The view shows

Started 1925, pg 11-59

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2017-11-14 21:16

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.

1924 Jurors List

Submitted by David on Tue, 2017-11-14 20:47

[The list has been typed up by volunteers: David, Grace, siweiluozi, Stephen Rapley 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.]

1920s Hong Kong photo album

Submitted by David on Sun, 2017-11-12 22:30

Thanks to Jan Schultheiss, who has been uploading photos that his grandfather, P. Marks, took in the 1920s. Mr Marks worked in the Hong Kong branch of a Dutch bank, the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank, but in his free time he was a keen amateur photographer.

Many of his photos show views that are new to me. So, although I've often seen this old gun near the upper entrance to the HKU campus:

Gun at University Lodge

 

... his is the first photo I've seen of the gun in its original condition, when it was installed in the Victoria Battery:

Old gun, November 1925


 

As another example, we already have photo with a distant view of this building, but this is the first close-up I've seen of Friston Cottage. It looks as though it belongs in the English countryside, but instead it stood at the western end of May Road.

Friston Cottage

 

He also captured a couple of the major events of the 1920s. This photo shows the fire that destroyed the North wing of the Hongkong Hotel:

Marker Stone

Submitted by bob on Sat, 2017-11-11 19:15

Found this down a hillside in Aberdeen country park.  Can anyone tell me what it is and what it says.  Thanks for your help.

HSBC Retired Foreign Staff

Submitted by Patrick John Go... on Thu, 2017-11-09 13:03

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