Gwulo's books and photos are on display at the Michelin-listed What To Eat restaurant on Wyndham Street for the next few months. Sample copies of the books are available to enjoy while you're waiting for your food to arrive.

It's all very tasty food, but I recommend your order includes the raw bamboo shoots dish - it reminds me of a potato salad but extra fresh and crunchy!

You could combine lunch or dinner with a visit to Tai Kwun, which is directly opposite, and Wattis Fine Art which is just a few steps away on Old Bailey Street. (Wattis are running their 31st annual Mapping of Asia Exhibition from 6th September - 5th October 2019).

What To Eat

Meeting the chefs

Photos & books on display

Michelin

Hi everyone!

I'm working on a PhD thesis on consumption culture in the New Town public housing estates, and while I've found out rather a lot about hawkers and markets, I'm missing quite a lot of information and images of the commercial complex 'malls' inside the housing estates. The only images I've seen are of the interiors of Lek Yuen Estate's 'Swing Department Store' and the new Wellcome supermarket opened between 1975-77, but I've struggled to find any further information about Swing Department Store - what did it sell? What were the prices? Who worked there? Was it popular? When was it closed in the end? Other aspects are the restaurants and cafes - It's clear there was at least one large Chinese restaurant in every estate but I'm yet to find any images or stories of people using them.

Here are the list of malls I'm interested in:

In Sha Tin - Lek Yuen, Wo Che and Sha Kok Estate commercial complexes

In Tuen Mun - Tai Hing, On Ting, Sam Shing, Yau Oi Estate commercial complexes

In Tsuen Wan/Kwai Tsing - Lei Muk Shue, Cheung Ching Estate commercial complexes especially, but actually any in this area would be useful!

So far, I spent a few months this year sifting through various Hong Kong archives - PRO, GIS, History Museum, Heritage Museum, as well as one particular private collection (modernism HK on Instagram, I believe he's got a rather substantial collection, related to his interest in graphic design). The GIS Photo Library in North Point actually came up with some of the best material, but is limited - I'm sure so many government photographs were taken during the period but sadly many are still stuck in boxes or destroyed. MMIS also has some awesome photographs of other aspects of my research, but I guess that these commercial complexes are simply seen as too mundane and maybe too recent history to be interesting... Because of this I've visited as many existing places as I can and photographed as much as possible, but they are of course in their present state. I've also tried to use find as many oral histories as I can, with mixed results. I have conducted some interviews, but sadly my Cantonese language skills are rather subpar so they've not always been productive. In the UK I have done a first scour of the National Archives and British Library, and still in the process of going back again. On the web, I've been in touch with Ko Tim keung (who supplied many images to Hong Kong Memory) and SCMP Photo Archive. Both have been helpful, but again limited and very few images of the new complexes of the time.

The subject is rather close to my heart - as a diasporic Hongkonger with most of my family still living there in New Towns, I have fond memories of visiting lots of these labyrith-like shops. They're also kind of peculiar structures - these days they vary between bustling and empty, and I always wondered why they were built there in the first place. Now in doing all this research, I've realised that they're barely even mentioned in histories of housing in Hong Kong, even though they seem so central to the change in architecture and urban planning.

I would be grateful for any snippet of information or stories you might have! Any memories of moving in and visiting the shops or restaurants for the first time? Or maybe you had a particular favourite spot? Would you have any photographs from those days?

All best!

Vivien

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

[excerpts]

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12Th MAY, 1894.                                                                                   381

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 182.

The following Report of the Acting Director of Public Works for 1893 is published.

By Command, J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th May, 1894.

No. 288.                                                                                       PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE,
W. CHATHAM, Acting Director of Public Works.

HONGKONG, 16th April, 1894.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward you the following report on the works carried out by this Department during the past year.

ANNUALLY RECURRENT WORKS.

2. Repairs to Buildings.—The following new buildings were completed in 1892 and therefore became chargeable to this vote for maintenance and repairs during the past year :-

Lair Shed and Fodder Store at the Cattle Depot.

Kowloon Slaughter House.

Public Laundries.

Quarters for Civil Hospital Staff.

Quarters and Offices for Superintendent of Botanical and Afforestation Department. Vaccine Institute.

Additions to Government House.

Additions to the Magistracy.

Block House at Sham-sui-po.

3. The total number of buildings of all descriptions now in charge of this Department is 132 and the whole of them, with the exception of Mountain Lodge and Crosby Store, have been maintained in a satisfactory condition. The former of these is practically abandoned and the latter is approaching such a condition that extensive repairs will be necessary if its use is to be continued as at present.
4. The following are the only works of an exceptional nature that have been found necessary during the year :-

Re-drainage of Superintendent's Quarters and out-buildings at the Gaol. (C.S.O. 215/1893)

Construction of a new roof over the old Police Station and Harbour Office at Aberdeen.(C.S.O.928/1983)

Construction of a new roof over the Registry of the Supreme Court.    (C.S.O. 2086/1893)

5. In accordance with the practice inaugurated last year, the following list shows the expenditure various sub-heads :-

Department.                                                                                                                                        Amount.

(1)Government House, Government Offices, Supreme Court and Botanical
Department,                                                                                                                                      $7,012.41

(2)Police Stations and Magistracy,                                                                                                 5,496.56

(3)Goal,                                                                                                                                                3,180.02

(4)Educational (Schools),                                                                                                                1,853.37

(5)Sanitary Board (Markets, &c.),                                                                                                 1,483.08

(6)Medical (Hospitals and Asylums),                                                                                          3,096.36

(7)Miscellaneous,                                                                                                                            1,630.29

(8)Harbour (Office, Quarters and Powder Magazine),                                                            1,009.44

Total,                                                                                                                                                 $24,761.53

6. Maintenance of Telegraphs.—The substitution of telephonic for telegraphic instruments has been completed, the only instruments of the latter class remaining being those for working the Gap Rock and Observatory lines. The telephone lines in Kowloon and the line from Causeway Bay to Shaukiwan have been reconstructed throughout and the renewal of the line from Shaukiwan to Cape D'Aguilar is now in progress. In connection with the renewal of lines, iron posts are being substituted for those of wood.

The cable between Hongkong and Kowloon was broken on the 29th September by the anchors of the S.S. Tai Lee, which fouled it during the storm of that date. With considerable trouble the ends of the broken cable were picked up and successfully spliced without the assistance of a cable ship, and communication by it was restored on the 20th November. During the interval between the breaking and repairing of the cable, a spare cable belonging to the Telegraph Company was very kindly placed at the disposal of the Government by the General Manager and the serious interruption of the service which would otherwise have occurred was thus avoided.

7. Public Cemetery.—The public cemetery has been maintained without involving any exceptional expenditure. The number of interments has been 81.
8. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers. Some exceptional repairs were rendered necessary by the storms which visited the Colony during the months of September and October last. The surface of the Praya roadway suffered considerably both in Hongkong and .Kowloon and the backing of the walls was washed out in several places. Stones were dislodged from the walls in a few instances and at Kennedy Town the pitching of the rubble mound which forms the present termination of the Reclamation was disturbed a good deal at the outer end. The piers generally suffered damage, none of them seriously however. All the repairs have been made in a very substantial manner and in several places the surface of the roadway has been concreted in order to avoid a repetition of the damage.
9. Maintenance of Lighthouses.—With the exception of Gap Rock, none of the lighthouses have required any exceptional repairs. The damage done to Gap Rock lighthouse by the typhoon of the 1st.-2nd. October has formed the subject of a special report (vide Gazette, pp, 1,098 and 1,105) and need not be described again here. Satisfactory progress is being made with those repairs which it has been possible to execute with the materials available locally, and the new crane to replace the one washed away has been landed on the Rock and is in course of erection.
10.       Maintenance of Disinfector.—The building and apparatus is in a satisfactory state of repair and very little expenditure has been incurred on them during the year.
11.       Dredging Foreshores.—The dredger has been principally employed at Causeway Bay from which 31,300 cubic yards of material have been removed. Of this quantity, 29,900 cubic yards have been deposited in the Praya Reclamation. The dredging craft and machinery are at present undergoing a thorough overhaul in order to maintain them in a state of efficiency.
12.       Miscellaneous Works.—The principal works carried out under this heading have been the -following:-

Providing and fixing an anemometer at the Peak.

Providing drying rooms and lavatories at the Civil Hospital.

Erecting iron railings at the Lunatic Asylums.

Constructing two wells at Yaumati and Hunghom.

Erecting boundary walls at West Point Reformatory.

Reconstructing Magazine Gap Road Bridge.

Providing and fixing a new cooking range at Government House.

Erecting an Opium Searching House.

Constructing a telescope house at the Observatory.

All these works have been completed with the exception of the one last mentioned and in that case only the mounting of the telescope remains to be done.

13.       Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria.—The following roads have been re-macadamized and improved by straightening the kerbs, &c., viz. :—Queen's Road West to New Street,- Wing Lok Street, Jervois Street, Queen's Street, Bonham Strand West, Mercer Street, Cross Street, Rutter Street and Hollywood Road.

The Prava roadway at Kennedy Town from Collinson Street to Slaughter House Point, the road past St. John's Cathedral and a portion of Garden Road have been concreted and the roads generally have been maintained in good repair.

14. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges out of Victoria.—The surfaces of Mount Kellett Road from its junction with the Aberdeen Road to Des Voeux Villas, the Peak Road from Mount Austin-Hotel to Rural Building Lot No. 59, the lower portion of Bowen Road and a portion of Aberdeen New Road have been concreted with lime and cement concrete. The main street of Aberdeen has been macadamized, kerbed and channelled. The Aberdeen Road and the circular road round Mount Kellett have been put in thorough repair. Considerable damage was done by the storms of September-October to the road from Aberdeen to Stanley and the Shaukiwan Road at places where they skirt the shore, the protecting walls being washed away and breaches made by the sea. This damage has been nearly completely repaired and the roads have been restored and re-surfaced. The road to Cape D'Aguilar is now under repair and minor repairs have been effected in various parts throughout the Island.
15.       Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.—Bulkeley Street at Hunghom and a portion of Station Street at Yaumati have been macadamized, kerbed and channelled. The Praya roadway from Tsim-sha-tsui Point to Elgin Road suffered considerable damage from the storms already referred to. The surface has been concreted with lime and cement concrete and put in thorough repair. Minor repairs have been made in various parts of the Peninsula.

Hello there

I'm lucky enough to be returning to HK next month after a 25 year absence - anything changed? :)

I lived there between 1992 and 94 and am so excited about visiting again and seeing old (and new) sites. Im particularly interested in colonial HK and the police force as it would have been in the 1920s.

Could you recommend the best places to visit to see colonial buildings and/or the history of the police force from that period? I did see a youtube video about the old Central Police Station opening as a museum - would that be worth a visit?

Of course, we have also been seeing news coverage of the protests over here on UK TV - should we be concerned or aware of anything during our visit, as it is so difficult to get a realistic picture of events from the TV?   There are only 2 adults travelling on this occasion.

I hope to add some photos to the Gwulo site on my return, as I have some of my late dad (visited with the RN in the early 1950s) and myself from the 1990s.

I love this site - I could read it for hours! 

Many thanks,

Carol

Kowloon City (especially the currently Lung Shing constituence) has quite a interesting history. I learnt that the area was previously scattered with several villages and later there is a development of the Kowloon Street (a local market); and then a pier that links to it. The Kai Dak reclamation also took several stages to be completed.


I am quite interested to see the historical maps around the area south of the current Kowloon Walled City Park & Kai Duk AIrport. I tried to search through the internet for the historical maps information but in vain.


I am seeking to you to see if you have any hints about where to find the information about the historical maps that is :)


1. before reclamation (showing location of the original shoreline, village settlement, location of the walled city, the Kowloon Street and the pier)

2. the different stages of the reclamation (showing the location shoreline at different stages of the history)


Hope to hear from you soon!

On a BBC TV program shown recently titled “Lost Films of WW11” amongst the first shots is a brief clip of close views of HMS TAMAR taken unusually on colour film.

Filmed by an officer on HMS KENT from his ship in 1939.

Other views of Hong Kong followed plus more taken on HMS Kent.

I recently found this panorama over on the Historical photos of China site. The caption had it dated 1875 but it is much earlier, probably 1864-1865 as the large building under construction in the centre is Dent's new headquarters which was completed c1866.

1860s Panorama of City from Murray Pier/Bath-house , by Herostratus

Comparing it to the below photo, dated 1865 but likely 1866 or 1867 (Does anyone know when the 2nd Generation Zetland Hall Masonic lodge was actually completed - I think 1865 was the start of construction, but have no real evidence for this) Zetland hall is not in the above photo but can be seen below. Other differences are no Lane Crawford on the waterfront in the above pic but it is complete below. Also 30-32 Des Voeux Road Central is under construction above, complete below. From the amount of rattan roofs there also seems to be a large amount of constrution happening on Queens Road around Duddell Street. There is no harbour wall, I wonder if the beach seen above is part of the original shoreline?

View of Praya, by hfsiu

The picture below was taken by John Thomson, c1870. Comparing it to the above photos, Stonehenge at 1 Robinson Road has been completed, however no other houses have yet been built on the uphill side of Robinson Road. 

Panorama of City from Bath House, by Herostratus

Another view along the praya c1873.

VIC Praya from Cricket Gound looking West , by Herostratus

The below photo was taken c1879. The central portion of Dents has had a 3rd storey built on it, losing the dome.

Looking West to Praya from Murray Pier, by Herostratus

The final photo was taken c1886 and they have been substantial changes. The South wing of the Hong Kong Hotel is rising up above the skyline, however construction has not yet begun on the North wing and Dent's still survives. the North wing of the Victoria Buildings has been demolished, to be replaced by a 3 storey edifice. The Catholic Cathedral is complete on Caine Road and there are ew buildings above Robinson Road. The 3rd Generation P&O Building on the Praya is also complete

Central Praya from Swimming Baths , by Herostratus

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

[excerpts]

ANNUALLY RECURRENT WORKS.

2. Repairs to Government Buildings.—The only new building added to the list during the past year was "The Belilios School for Girls," which was completed and taken over by the Government in December 1893.

The total number of buildings of all descriptions in charge of the department is 129.

3. Extensive repairs or alterations have been executed in the following:-

 Government Civil Hospital, Women's Hospital, European Lunatic Asylum, Police Stations Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, Shaukiwan Police Station, Peak Signal Station and Officers' Quarters, Gunpowder Magazine Stonecutters' Island.

4. It is a matter of some regret that no practical steps beyond the preparation of plans and estimates have been taken to provide a suitable hill residence for the Governor, and that the Govern­ment have again to enter into a further lease of "Craigieburn" at an increased rental.

5. The Post Office, Treasury, Supreme Court and Crosby Store, though no longer equal to the demands of the Colony, still remain in the occupation of the departments concerned, and have been maintained and rendered, as far as possible, capable of meeting the increased accommodation required. It is, however, now becoming a generally recognised fact that the accommodation provided, specially in respect of the Post Office, is by no means adequate for the requirements of this Colony, and His Excellency the Governor recently appointed a Committee to enquire into the advisability of concen­trating the several Government departments in buildings on the New Praya Reclamation. Since my return in October last this project has received my careful attention, and general plans and approximate estimates have been submitted to the Committee. It is, therefore, to be hoped that before long this Colony may be provided with buildings more suitable for its requirements than the present ones, the erection of which dates back to its early days.

6. The expenditure under the various sub-heads has been as follows:—

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The whole of the buildings have been kept in a satisfactory state of repair so far as their age and condition admit.

7. Some of the Police Stations notably No. 7, Queen's Road West, and No. 2, Praya East, will soon have to be replaced by new buildings and increased accommodation provided.

8.          A great many complaints have been received during the past year from the Superintendent of the Gaol respecting the Gaol buildings more especially in connection with the Superintendent's Quarters. In these, however, improvements have been effected and on the opening of the Gaol Extension it is hoped that the Gaol accommodation will be found equal to meet all reasonable demands for some years to come.

MAINTENANCE OF TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES.

9.          The telegraph and telephone lines have been kept in good repair during the year though temporary interruptions occurred after the severe typhoons of September and October.

The wooden poles in the lines from Shaukiwan to Cape D'Aguilar, from No. 6 Police Station to Pokfulam, and partly from Shaukiwan to Stanley, have been replaced by iron ones, and "The Ex-change" at the Post Office has been removed to the Central Police Station.

10.        The Central Police Station is now in direct telephonic communication with Government House, Colonial Secretary's Office, Post Office, Public Works Office, Registrar General's Office, Treasury, Harbour Office, No. 2 Police Station, No. 5 Police Station, No. 6 Police Station, No. 8 Police Station, Peak Signal Station, Sanitary Board Office, and Motor House Garden Road, and by means of simple switches at these stations with Shaukiwan Police Station, Cape D'Aguilar, Stanley Police Station, Hunghom Police Station, Tsimshatsui Police Station, Kowloon Observatory, Yaumati Police Station, Pokfulam Police Station, Aberdeen Police Station, No. 7 Police Station, and Kennedy-town Police Station.

11.         The expenditure under this heading of account has been $5,285.88.

12.        Public Cemetery.—The Public Cemetery has been maintained without involving any exceptional expenditure. Owing to the prevalence of the bubonic plague it became necessary to open out a further terrace on the hill side to the west of the chapel, but fortunately few fatal cases occurred amongst the Europeans and only 4 interments were made.

13.        The typhoon of October 5th caused a good deal of damage amongst the trees and shrubs within the Cemetery which will take years to replace.

14.        The chapel which has undergone no extensive repairs for years now requires thoroughly overhauling and the work is in hand.

The expenditure under this heading of account has been $1,180.95.

MAINTENANCE OF PRAYA WALL AND PIERS.

15.        These have been maintained without any exceptional expenditure. A new pier of a temporary, character has been erected off Ice House Lane to provide accommodation for the traffic previously plying to and from Pedder's Wharf; pending the completion of that portion of the Praya Reclamation and the reconstruction of Pedder's Wharf.

The expenditure under this heading of account has been $572.57.

16.        Maintenance of Lighthouses.—The lighthouses have been maintained in a satisfactory state and with the exception of the Gap Rock Lighthouse without any exceptional expenditure.

17.        In the case of the Gap Rock Lighthouse after the experience of the typhoon in October 1893; various minor repairs and the fixing of iron shutters to some of the more exposed windows and the strengthening of the main doors were considered advisable. These works have been completed, and it is satisfactory to be able to state, though the exposed position of this lighthouse renders it a subject of considerable anxiety during the typhoon season, that during the typhoons that swept over this Colony during last September and October little damage was done. I regret, however, to state that after the consultations I had whilst on leave with Mr. T. MATTHEWS, engineer in chief to the Trinity House, I felt compelled to report to the Government that, in my opinion, if the lighthouse was not to be abandoned during the typhoon season it was necessary to re-build it, (C.O.D. -137/1894.)

18.        The repairs to the lantern and dioptric apparatus damaged in 1893 were completed in May last.

The expenditure under this heading of account has been $7,641.17.

19.        Dredging Foreshores.—The dredger has been mainly employed at Causeway Bay, and 35,026 cubic yards of material have been dredged. Five thousand four hundred and thirteen cubic yards of silt were removed from Bowrington Canal during the year.

20.        I regret to have to state that during the gale of the 25th September the dredger sank off Pottinger Street wharf in about ten feet of water, and she has now to undergo extensive repairs. A special report has been submitted on this subject, (C.S.O 2455/1894).

The expenditure under this heading of account has been $7,503.59.

21.        Miscellaneous Works.—The principal works carried out under this heading have been the following: —the reconstruction of the south end wall of the Magazine at Stonecutters' Island;. the general repairs, painting, alteration of drains, &c., of the Superintendent's Quarters, Victoria Gaol; the removal of a portion of the ramp on the east side of the Officers' Quarters, Victoria Gaol, and works in connection therewith; the construction of an enclosure wall around the Lunatic Asylums; and- the drainage of Kowloon Observatory, Yaumati Market, and of old Whitfield Police Station.

Note the flag with the cross on the front mast, possibly an Admiral's Flag or a Commodore's Broad Pennant, see https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-some-of-the-signal-flags-of-royal-navy...

In its fighting days, it was powered by steam and sail. Here in Hong Kong it was a hulk.

Key dates for the ship, extracted from https://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=58:

• 1855: Launched as Repulse at Pembroke Dockyard, then later in the year renamed to Victor Emmanuel after he visited the ship.
• 1874: Arrived in Hong Kong on 11th December to replace Princess Charlotte as the receiving ship.
• 1897: Replaced by Tamar.

HMS Titania was a submarine depot ship, often seen in Hong Kong during 1919-1929, when she was part of the 4th Submarine Flotilla. The flotilla also included a second depot ship, HMS Ambrose, and 13 L-class submarines:  L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L15, L19, L20 and L33.

Wikipedia has a good page about HMS Titania. Here are some of the key dates mentioned there:

• 1915: Titania is launched & commissioned.
• 1919: Assigned to the 4th Submarine Flotilla.
• 1920: Arrives in Hong Kong on 14 April 1920.
• 1929: Leaves Hong Kong, arriving back in the UK in 1930.
• 1949: Titania is broken up at Faslane.

1926 Submarines and HMS Titania, by David

View more photos tagged HMS Titania. If you add any photos of this ship to Gwulo, please give them the tag HMS Titania.

In 1979 more than 60,000 Vietnamese refugees arrived at Hong Kong's sea boundary. In a talk with Annemarie Evans on RTHK's Hong Kong Heritage, I describe what it was like as a frontline Marine Police officer tasked to deal with the influx. The programme link is here:

https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/hongkongheritage/episode/597629

104 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the line.

Launched 14th September 1825 in Portsmouth 

Arrived Hong Kong 6th January 1858

Sold 1875, replaced by HMS Victor Emmanuel 

In Harbour c1868:

HMS Princess Charlotte.jpg, by Herostratus

Other Hong Kong receiving ships prior to HMS Princess Charlotte were:

HMS Minden

HMS Alligator

Any others?

Notes from Wikipedia:

HMS L4 was built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 21 June 1916 and was commissioned on 26 December 1918. She sailed with the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Ambrose (1903) to Hong Kong in 1919 as part of the 4th Submarine Flotilla, arriving there in January 1920. On 20 October 1927 off Hong Kong, L4 and HMS L5 rescued crew of the merchant ship SS Irene from a pirate attack after firing her deck gun. HMS L4 was sold on 24 February 1934 and then broken up in Charlestown, Fife.

1927 L4 Submarine - Royal Naval Dockyard, by Moddsey

View more photos tagged HMS L4.

I've been looking through the old newspapers until 1940 for mentions of Dragon Boat, to see where the races used to be held .

During the 19th Century, mentions in the papers refer to the races held in Canton rather than any in Hong Kong. In Canton each year, several rowers would drown, and there were often brawls between teams that would end in several more deaths.

From the 1900s, the races at Aberdeen start to get covered by Hong Kong's papers.

From 1919 - 1924, the Ming Yuen Gardens sponsor races. In most years the races are held off North Point in front of their site. The exception is 1921, when the races are moved to the Yaumati Typhoon Shelter.

1925: they're back to Aberdeen.

1926: Aberdeen and Shaukiwan.

1927: Aberdeen

1928: Praya East in Wanchai, and Ming Yuen Gardens at North Point

1929: Aberdeen, and Ming Yuen Gardens at North Point

1930: Cheung Chau

1931: North Point (planned, but cancelled when a boat sank on the way to the race) and Aberdeen

1932: Aberdeen. Report mentions an unusual addition, one boat with a team of "landlubbers" rather than the usual fishermen.

1933: North Point, arranged by the Chinese Civil Servants Swimming Pavilion.

1934: "off the Chung Shing Benevolent Society's bathing beach, Kennedy Town, and at the Chinese Civil Servants' Club's bathing beach.", Aberdeen, and "Shum Chun (British New Territory)".

1935: Aberdeen, Cheung Chau, North Point, Shum Chun

1937: Aberdeen, "Hongkong Chinese Civil Servants' Club at North Point, and the Chung Sing Club's swimming shed at Kennedy Town", New Territories

1938: Kennedy Town (Chung Sing Benevolent Society's Bathing Club), North Point (Hongkong Chinese Civil Servants Bathing Club)

1940: West Point (Chung Sing Benevolent Society's Bathing Pavilion)

I found this album in the University of Michigan Archives, said to be the last album William Pryor Floyd created in Hong Kong before he left. The views are all of the aftermath of the Typhoon of 23rd September 12874. Lai Afong also photographed the same Typhoon - many of his pictures can be seen on Gwulo. Click on the picture for a full view and to zoom in to read the captions

Introduction to Album by William Pryor Floyd, by Herostratus

Dedication Typhoon Album 23 September 1874, by Herostratus

1. Destruction of HMS Flamer & 2. Destruction Amongst the Shipping, by Herostratus

3. Wrecked Junk & 4. Wreck of the Steamers Albay & Leonor, by Herostratus

5. Destruction of the Canton Wharf & 6. Destruction of the Praya, by Herostratus

7&8. Stonecutters Island Looking West & North, by Herostratus

9. Alaska Aground & 10. Another View of the Alaska, by Herostratus

11. Ruins of Stanley - Looking North -East & 12. Stanley - Continuation of the Preceding View, by Herostratus

14. Further Destruction at Sowkewan, by Herostratus

15. Kowloon City - Looking North East, by Herostratus

16. Yowmatee Looking North-East, by Herostratus

17. Yoomatee - Looking North, by Herostratus

18. A general View of Yowmatee, by Herostratus

19. Yowmatee - Showing General Wreck, by Herostratus

20. Yowmatee - Another View, by Herostratus

21. The Dockyard, by Herostratus

22. Damage to the Sugar Refinery, by Herostratus

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Can anyone assist in identifying the people in this wedding photo. The photo comes from the collection of Mavis Gock Ming and dates between 1939 and 1941

Hong Kong Wedding 1939-1941_1.jpg, by Richard Horsburgh

Can anyone assist in identifying the people in this wedding photo. The photo is from the collection of Mavis Gock Ming and dates between 1939 and 1941.

Hong Kong Wedding 1939-1941_2.jpg, by Richard Horsburgh

Hi,

I would like to share some video footage on GWULO but can't find an upload option. Can you help please?

Regards,

David

Hi,

I am working with a colleague who is keen to tag the photos he plans to upload with appropriate tags. We have read the recommendations about tagging, but wondered whether there is anywhere on GWULO that we can view all available tags and make sensible choices rather than running the risk of creating new tags when suitable ones already exist.

Thanks,

David