London lunch meetup on 21st Feb
I'll be in London for a few days later this month, and Mike Cussans has kindly arranged a dimsum lunch at Joy King Lau restaurant on the 21st Feb.Several of Gwulo's regular readers and contributors...
View Article1914 Public Works Department's report
Copy of original available online at HKGRO.Excerpts:[...]— P 17 — B. O. Work.and, after considerable discussion and amendment, was finally approved by a Committee of the Founders. A contract for the...
View ArticleRace Course Fire Centenary 26th February 2018
Does anyone have information on what, if anything, is happening to commemorate the huge loss of life at the Race Course fire a hundred years ago this month? Thanks, Patricia Forum: GeneralTags:...
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New on Gwulo: 2018, week 06
A summary of the last week's new and updated: PeopleLooking for information about:Can you identify any of the people in this school photo from New Method College in 1952:BARBARA FEREDAY HK2.jpg, by...
View ArticleNaval Dockyard Police 1948 - European contingent
From records of the Naval Dockyard Police Provident Association comes this list of the Europeans working in this Force in 1948. Two names in some cases - these men appear on a separate list of...
View ArticleInternment camp numbers
One of my mother's cousins (then aged between 13 and 17, and now deceased) was interned in Hong Kong during the war, but she (and her own mother, who was also interned with her) are not mentioned in...
View ArticleLondon lunch meetup on 21st Feb
I'll be in London for a few days later this month, and Mike Cussans has kindly arranged a dimsum lunch at Joy King Lau restaurant on the 21st Feb.Several of Gwulo's regular readers and contributors...
View ArticleFamily Tucker
Hello,I'm researching my father in laws family and I've hit a wall early on. His father was Ronald Edward Tucker, born 1932 and he lived with his family in Hong Kong for a while. We don't know much...
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Hard Hats
I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on the hat worn by the gentleman on the left in the photo below. This photo is a crop from a larger image of the Taikoo Cable Car from the sugar refinery up to the...
View ArticleTalk on the Naval Dockyard Police - this Saturday
Gwulo readers will be very welcome at a talk at the Maritime Museum, Pier 8, this Saturday (24th February) at 4pm. Free, but the $30 Museum entrance fee applies. I've been researching this...
View ArticleMurphy
Any information about Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Murphy, known to have ben resident in HK in 1929?Forum: General
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Chimneys at the former Ap Lei Chau power station
In a comment to the Ap Lei Chau power station, David wrote: It looks as though we can follow the progress from 1 to 5 generating units by the number of chimneys in the photos.Yes, that's true:Zero...
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Old bottles
I have a collection of old bottles that I have found over the years on the hillsides around Hong Kong island. The Watsons bottles were found on the hillside behind the Governor's summer mansion on the...
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1945 Kai Tak Aerodrome
China Mail 11 September 1945Kai Tak Aerodrome has been greatly extended, especially towards the south and northwest. The removal of large blocks of buildings, low hills and other features make it...
View ArticleFrederick William Perry
I note with interest that HK actor, Anthony Wong Chau-sang (黃秋生), is still searching for his information regarding his British father, Frederick William Perry. It seems not much is known other than he...
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THE LANDAU STORY : by Barbara Harding (née Landau) ©
Aaron Landau was a significant figure in Bangkok in the early years of the 20th Century. The story of the Landaus has been carefully researched by Aaron’s granddaughter, Barbara Harding (née Landau),...
View Article1939 Roll of Female and Male Nurses (Full-Time)
The list can be viewed here (double click)Forum: GeneralTags: nurses
View ArticleWills and probate
Does Hong Kong have the the UK equivalent of the contents of wills and probate available? I am particularly interested in locating several from 1963, but living in the UK, I am unable to find anything...
View ArticleRAF's arrival in Hong Kong-1945
An interesting article starting on page 32 onwards to page 45 of this PDF covering the RAF’s arrival in Hong Kong in 1945Most of the story has been told in various formats in previously published...
View ArticleVietnamese Refugee Cave (South-coast of Lamma)
I have just read an SCMP articles that mentions a Japanese tunnel explorer on Lamma (Mr. Lockyer), who claims to have found a cave on Lamma in which Vietnamese refugees sheltered in after the 1979...
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