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Started 1924, pg 11-50
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...
View Article1897 Public Words Department Annual Report
Copy of original available online at HKGRO. (You may need to click the link twice to see the document.)Excerpts:[...]18. Maintenance of the Clock Tower.—The clock and tower have been maintained in...
View ArticleThe "Glorious Dead"
I’ve been wondering whether there is any way that the lists of the WW1 Hong Kong war dead could be published on Gwulo without a great deal of work. Gwulo is already doing so well with the Jury Lists...
View ArticleReview of Gwulo talk #4
The following review first appeared in the July 2017 edition of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong's newsletter.Photographs of Old Hong Kong & The Tales They TellWritten by Russel HardingThe...
View ArticleKGV Student Rolls from the 1940s &'50s
I'm looking for some information on a Western woman (Russian mother; lived in TST) named Lindy who was born in HK around 1940 and went to KGV. Does anyone know if the school's student rolls are...
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Where did Felice Beato Take these photos
There are different opinions about where exactly Felice Beato (the photographer) took these photos. Wai Tse (who posts many photos on his facebook under his name) opines that the photographer took...
View ArticleEarly photos of Girl Guides in Hong Kong?
If one exists, I should like to access a girl-guiding photo of my aunt, Evelyn Warren, https://gwulo.com/node/11558 if the Hong Kong Girl Guides have an archive of group photos. David posted a...
View ArticleCarl Smith Collection
Does anyone know what's happening with the Carl Smith Collection at HKPRO? There doesn't seem to be any access to it now. It all in Chinese and no translation available that I can see. Forum: General
View ArticleCharles Barber & Far East American (newspaper) & HK electricity nationalization
Could anyone provide information on Charles Barber, who apparently moved to Hong Kong sometime after 1945 and died in Koowloon in January 1973? Barber, representing the Motion Picture Association, was...
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The army in Hong Kong.
Seeing the recent photograph of the gunners in Hong Kong 1911 prompts me to post a similar picture taken in 1917 of the Army Ordnance Department. I have no idea where the photo was taken nor any...
View ArticleHow to zoom in to a photo
When you're looking at a photo on Gwulo, there are often times you'd like to take a closer look at some detail. This video shows how to use the Zoom feature:Forum: General
View ArticleCoroners Reports
Hello. My gggrandfather died in Hong Kong in 1858 where he served as a member of the Medical Staff Corps. I have some details (including his death and burial date) but he was accidentally killed and...
View ArticleMody House, Kowloon
A few years back I wrote about a wedding which took place in HK in August 1936. The story got started with a photograph provided to me by Judy Bercene, which showed her relative Sheila Haynes as one...
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Help finding a friend from Hong Kong
Hi. I'm trying to locate our family friend (who also happened to be our domestic helper) that we've lost contact with over the years. We last saw her in Hong Kong about 10 years ago and haven't heard...
View ArticleStanley Camp liberation 30 August 1945
My grandmother Henriette Aitken was interned with her son Edward Aitken. She was French and on liberation of Stanley Camp she raised the French flag. My father is certain that photos were taken but we...
View ArticleWhat did the old Hong Kong GPO interior look like?
Hello everyone!My name is Brandon, and I love old Hong Kong buildings. One of my favourites is the old GPO which was demolished in the 70s. Does anyone recall what the interior looked like? I could not...
View ArticleRAF Sunderland Aircraft in Hong Kong
No. 88 Squadron RAF based in Hong Kong operated Sunderlands up to 1954 and played an important role, particularly in reconnaisance and search and rescue. Due to cost-cutting, the Sunderlands were then...
View ArticleOld Robinson road
Hi, everyone!I am currently painstakingly trying to recreate old Hong Kong in minecraft, because I want others to be able to experience what it was like. Does anyone have any old ariel photographs of...
View ArticlePartial list of those interned in Ma Tau-wai
This list has been compiled from various records in Arthur May’s papers and includes 140 of the 600 or so who were believed to be in the camp. It originally appeared as Appendix 6 of The Arthur May...
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