Duelling in Hong Kong
In these days when duelling is rare even on the Continent of Europe, something of glamour attaches to the thought of this one-time--fashionable method of settling a dispute. It is interesting to find...
View ArticleHelp identifying wartime locations in Causeway Bay and Happy Valley
On April 4, 1945, American B-24 heavy bombers from the 22nd and 43rd Bomb Groups of the 5th Air Force bombed Hong Kong. It seems they hit a number of civilians targets in error, including the...
View ArticleRHKYC Speakers Corner Hugh Dulley
An event open to non-members and members alike on 14, December. Hugh Dulley will be speaking.Hugh Dulley’s father (Peter Dulley) joined Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong in 1930. He was a keen weekend sailor...
View ArticleHow to remove forum topic
Is it possible to remove a form topic I posted that is no longer relevant?Forum: General
View ArticleHunting civet cats in Hong Kong
A few days ago I came across a story in Country Life magazine(at the Newsroom in the British Library,London),titled ` Fox-Hunting In Hong Kong` April 2nd 1927, pp 522-23,which,amongst other...
View ArticleStuart Deacon and family
I am looking for information on my Great Uncle Stuart Deacon and his family: wife Florence, daughter Irene, grandchildren Patricia and Peter. He died in April 1942 after internment at Stanley and is...
View ArticleExhibition of Hong Kong photos from 1907-09
The Hong Kong University's Museum and Art Gallery are running this exhibition until the 8th of January, 2017.The photos are sharp, and accompanied by excerpts from the photographer's diary. There is...
View ArticleDeath Certificates
I'm going to try to get a death certficate for my great grandmother and I'm wondering if anyone might have one from the late 1930s Hong Kong. I was thinking that maybe it might give information on her...
View ArticleAnnual licensing sessions, 1899
Reported on page 3 of The China Mail, 1899-11-15:H.M. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. ANNUAL SESSIONThe annual session of H. M. Justices of the Peace was held this afternoon in the Small Court at the...
View ArticleResearching Britons Living in Hong Kong, 1980s – 2012
Hi All, I am researching the British community in Hong Kong between 1980 and 2012 for a History PhD. The project looks to collect the recollections of any British person who lived in the territory...
View ArticleC. Use connections to link People and Places to photos
This is the last of site developments to work on in 2016. We already have a way to note Places that are shown in photos, but that is only available to the person who uploaded the photo. This change...
View ArticleIntelligence re invasion of HK.
I have just been watching a documentary about Pearl Harbor. (Channel 4 8.00 10th December)In this it was stated very firmly that Churchill and several other leaders in America knew about the plans to...
View ArticlePost Magazine 18th Dec 2016
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2054842/b...They did a nice cover story titled 'the 18 days of Black Christmas' in this week's edition of the post magazine. It featured a...
View ArticleChinese lanterns in UK
I’m posting a rather seasonal question which some readers might know the answer to (an internet search has so far yielded zero). I recall, whilst growing up in Nottingham (UK) in the late-1950s and...
View Article1934 Public Works Department Annual Report
A copy of the original is available at HKGRO: http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1934/903.pdfExcerpts:Appendix Q,.REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1934.During the year under review...
View ArticleGwulo & Philip Cracknell on RTHK's HK Heritage
You can listen to the latest episode of RTHK's 'Hong Kong Heritage' program at: http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/hongkon...Presenter Annemarie Evans starts by chatting...
View Article"Baidu Fakir" (spelling?) on Kennedy Road
The 1905 map of HK N. shore was interesting. In the map near No.3 Police station and the reservoir on Kennedy Rd. is blanked.If my memory is still correct my father did mention our family home was at...
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Guns, Graves, and Geckos: Gwulo's guided walk around Mount Davis
The route is a favourite of mine - I've lived near Mount Davis for over 20 years, and walk this route once or twice a week. So after 1,000+ walks spent looking at things along the way and thinking "I...
View ArticleGunpowder
Hello everyone, Can anyone guide me to a source of information on gunpowder trade around HK 1850s and before ?Are there any newspapers available for this time period?Tracing John Peter Morgan or...
View ArticleCaptain Morgan
Searching for more information on Captain Morgan. I have found Captain Morgan buying land at First Land Auction 1841. Sea Captain ? Any leads would be wonderful ! - isiouxForum: GeneralTags:...
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