Hong Kong Collectors Society - Exhibition this week
I enjoyed their previous exhibition back in 2014, so I'm looking forward to this year's event:Venue: Hall Nos. 4 & 5 at the Central Library, Causeway Bay. Hours: The Exhibition will be open to the...
View Article1919 Public Works Department's annual report
Copy of original available online at HKGRO.Excerpts:[...]96. Police Recreation Club Pavilion.—This building occupies the site of the old Police Club Matshed at the north-west corner of Happy Valley.As...
View Article1910 Public Works Department Annual Report
(The full document is available at HKGRO: http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1910/113.pdf)[...]95. Royal Square.—It may be useful to record here that the old building which had been used as an office...
View ArticleIdentiy of a poem & poet, HK newspaper 1941
I wonder if one of your readers could help me give some kind of identify to the following poem that appeared in the SCMP (I think) on approximately 5 December, 1941. The poem will appear in my...
View Article1906 Public Works Report
Copy of original available online at HKGRO. (You may need to click the link twice to see the document.) 22. General Remarks: The Naval Yard Extension Works and Messrs. Butterfield & Swire’s...
View ArticleHong Kong's Cinemas
Cinemas in Hong Kong come and go to keep pace with the ever changing urban landscape, viewer choice and technology. Some operated for decades, while others for a few years or only a few months, some...
View ArticlePictures of the Hong Kong Judiciary
Over the past few years I have been taking part in a project on the history of the Hong Kong Judiciary from 1841 to the present, which we hope will result in the publication of a book in the next year...
View Article1922 Jurors List
[The list has been typed up by volunteers: David, Klaus, PeterC, pxb09, Stephen, Strathcorran, and wingcli2015. Please help us type up the lists from other years - it takes less than 30 minutes to...
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1985 Miss Hong Kong
I’ve been recently clearing out the study of late friend and historian Dr Dan Waters, so for someone also interested and working in Hong Kong history, it’s a treasure trove of books and newspaper...
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Help in Research - Catchick Street Murder of Boy, 1920
CRIMINAL SESSIONS: The Catchick Street Affair, by SCMP WEST POINT MURDER: Young Boy Stabbed to Death, by SCMPHello All -I'm new to Gwulo, and first of all may I say that I'm in awe of the wealth of...
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1980s Hilton & Peninsula magazines need a home
I’ve been recently clearing out the study of late friend and historian Dr Dan Waters, and have come across around 10-20 house magazines published by the Hilton and the Peninsula hotels in the 1980s....
View ArticleA history of aerial photography of Hong Kong
Thanks to Gordon Andreassend for explaining its history to me:Aerial photography really falls into two categories:The use of a hand-held camera produces record photography, and consists of single...
View ArticleNaval Dockyard Street Names
Going over a 1957 Naval dockyard map I found the following street names. They seem to be all named after a Royal Navy ship, although I can only find a Narcissus not Marcissus Marcissus RoadPrincess...
View ArticleWartime Japanese Navy Officer Tsukahara Kichinosuke
On behalf of Professor Togo Tsukahara of Kobe University, I posted three photos of his grandfather Mr Kichinosuke Tsukahara who had been in Hong Kong a number of times during the Japanese...
View ArticleWho is responsible for happy valley cemetery
My sister was buried there in 1961 I have all her details and I really want to replace her headstone , my dad was in the army , so I need to organise it from London with a company in Hong Kong can...
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Help in Research - Catchick Street Murder of Boy, 1920
CRIMINAL SESSIONS: The Catchick Street Affair, by SCMP WEST POINT MURDER: Young Boy Stabbed to Death, by SCMPHello All -I'm new to Gwulo, and first of all may I say that I'm in awe of the wealth of...
View Article1850s impressions of Hong Kong by English visitors reprinted in "The Chater...
I was interested to read the following the accounts of British visitors to Hong Kong in the 1850s reprinted in "Sir Paul Chater. The Chater Collection. Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong," by James...
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Anti Aircraft Light Machine Guns (AALMG)
AALMG positions were set up around Hong Kong and Kowloon for the protection against low flying aircraft of what was termed “Vulnerable Areas” e.g. Dockyards, Power Stations, Oil Company Tanks, Gun...
View ArticleHelp please in identifying wartime photos for book on Lisbon Maru Incident.
Photograph QueryReaders will no doubt be familiar with the Lisbon Maru Incident in 1942 in which hundreds of British pows were killed after the ship carrying them was torpedoed and the Japanese...
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John Pearce
The following obituary appeared in The Daily Telegraph yesterday 21 March 2017. I thought it may be of general interest particularly to those who knew him or knew of him.John Pearce, racehorse owner...
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