New feature: Google search
The built-in search on Gwulo is very literal. eg if you search for pillbox, it only lists pages that contain the word with that exact spelling - no pages with pillboxes or pill box, etc. Sometimes...
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Gwulo book: cover design
After several cycles with the designer we've got a layout I'm happy with. We've got two colour options, so I'm interested to hear your preference, and any other feedback on the layout - especially if...
View ArticleMentions of the Kowloon Tong Garden Estate in the PWD's annual reports
I found these mentions in The Public Works Department's annual reports. (Click the year to see the report.) Comments added in [[ ]]1922:189. [[This is the entry for the "Kowloon Tong Development...
View ArticleOctober Gwulo get-together
Hi,I'm in town for a month and happy to provide the venue for a lunchtime Gwulo get-together 12 noon - 2pm at the Amerian Club in Exchange Square.Tuesday 10 October Smog permitting - there will be a...
View ArticleDomei News Agency
Do any of the readers know of the exact address of the Domei News Agency in Hong Kong...whether head office or editorial office in the pre-World War II period? The office closed on 1st December 1940...
View ArticlePlanting The Peak
I would like to know something about the early efforts to plant and cultivate the Peak.When looking at old photos of HK, say from the 1860s-80s, the peak looks more like a lunar landscape than the...
View ArticleNorth Point PoW Camp Commemorative Plaque
I am keenly interested in the WW2 Battle of Hong Kong in which Canadian Forces took the lead and suffered the highest rates of dead, wounded and Prisoners of War amongst the Allies posted in Hong...
View ArticleMurray House Haunting
Hi everyone! We're looking into the Murray House at Stanley, and are attempting to find the truth behind the ghost stories, and we were wondering if anyone would be able to help us out with a few facts...
View ArticleTait's Cairn - Who was Tait?
Tait & Co. were granted a lease of land in Amoy by the British in 1852.Mr Tait was the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish consul in Amoy that year and was notorious as the main exporter of coolies.Tait...
View ArticleTyphoon
Hi my parents were in HK in the mid 50s and my sibling has a vague memory that they, or my mother particularly, may have received an award for helping out in her local area during a typhoon. It is an...
View ArticleOld Hong Kong Street Signs
There's a few generations of street signs around Hong Kong. Not sure exactly what period they are from but I like the ones with an English name on top and Chinese name underneath on a custom cut-out...
View ArticleCohen Optical
I was in TST last week and I did something I had been thinking about doing for years. I went into Cohen Optical and asked them who Cohen is/was. It turns out that Mr. Cohen is still alive, he still...
View ArticleHistory of the Port of Hong Kong
Good read here with nice photos of the history of the port of Hong Kong.Forum: General
View ArticleGurkhas
Hi I m Khim ex Gurkha soldier I m glad that with the gwlo Hong Kong I’m following and reading things in gwlo some time I m living in HK for almost over 30 years From recent year I m searching about...
View ArticleVictoria Barracks
Hi All, and David, our host,Does anyone know if there is a reasonably legoble map of Victoria Barracks around, preferably dating from the 1970s? Thanks,BobForum: GeneralTags: Royal SignalsArmyVictoria...
View ArticleLooking for my long lost nephew Alexander Butterworth
I am looking to contact my nephew Alexander Butterworth who was born in 1966 to my Brother John Butterworth.Alex's mother who has the christian name of MarieIf anyone knows of or about him, please...
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Marker Stone
Found this down a hillside in Aberdeen country park. Can anyone tell me what it is and what it says. Thanks for your help.Marker Stone Aberdeen.JPG, by bobForum: General
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Old houses of the Kowloon Tong Garden Estate
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...
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