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Hong Kong Tram Tickets
Hi I would really appreciate your help. I'm writing a historical detective novel set in Hong Kong in the '50s. I've done quite a bit of research but there's lots left to do. I'd like to ask a question...
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Air Raids on Hong Kong in WW2
Beginning in October 1943, the US Army Air Forces and the US Navy started bombing Hong Kong and surround areas. From some of the raids photos exist, mainly taken from US planes.The following photos...
View ArticleSociety Wedding
From page 4 of the Hong Kong Daily Press, 1926-10-18:SOCIETY WEDDING.MISS D. HOLYOAK AND CAPT. C. D. ARMSTRONG.THE RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.MANY GUESTS PRESENT.An event of much local interest took...
View Article2019-05 RTHK's Hong Kong Heritage - Gwulo Gubbins
Annemarie Evans invited me on to her radio show, Hong Kong Heritage, for a chat about what she's christened "Gwulo Gubbins". It sounds like someone from The Hobbit, but instead we chatted about some of...
View ArticleKialung Wan Cemetery, Victoria Mortuary, and the HK Death & Birth...
I've been reading some archival documents circa 1946 and have been left with a few questions that I hope Gwulo readers can help me with.1.) Kialung Wan Cemetery: Where is (or was) this cemetery in Hong...
View ArticleMajor K. Hussain & Major D.C. Lightbody
I am hoping to learn more about two military officers who were posted to Hong Kong from late 1945 to 1947. They both played a role in the postwar recovery of the remains of American airmen killed...
View ArticleThe "French Hospital"
I just thought I'd put this here because it seems to me that on this site there is an assumption that "the French Hospital" refers solely to St Paul's in Causeway Bay. But I just realised that in...
View ArticleCivilian Internees
NameAgeTitleCommentPrinted pageOriginal orderLater notesAdams Mrs J M31Nursing Sister 11 Adams J L53Engineer 12 Allam P36Inspector of Works 13 Abraham E S58Broker Exchange 14 Alabaster Sir C...
View Article4.5a Make tables sortable again
It used to be possible to sort the Jurors Lists by their columns (eg by Title).At some point that had stopped working, but it's fixed now and working again.If you have any large tables you want to make...
View ArticleOfficial lists of Civilian Internees & Volunteer Defence Forces, 1942
This 16-page document has the heading: CIRCULARHONG KONGOfficial Lists of:—Civilian Internees Volunteer Defence Forces—Prisoners of War Volunteer Defence Forces—CasualtiesCompiled from information...
View ArticleKowloon Tsai
Has anybody got photos of Edinburgh Mansions, army quarters from late 1970s. My daughter was born at the British Military Hospital and we are going to Hong Kong in September so I would like to take her...
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Long lost family from Hong Kong in the 1950s
My grandfather Gordon Hutchings was a young British soldier who fought in the Korean War around 1952 and was stationed in Hong Kong around the time of his service. After he died in 1981, his wife, my...
View ArticleMike Cusson's Wondrful Photos of 1960s HK
I wonder if the description of Murray House near the Peak Trame Station is correct. It has been a long time but to me it lookes very much like the AIA Building at the junction of Stubbs and Queens Road...
View ArticleIV submarine flottilla Hong Kong
does anyone know about a medal called <the Grand Order of the Far East> given to people in Submarines of the IV Flotilla 1927-1929.......Defense of Chefoo 1927, Japanese Patrol 1927-1928, Bias...
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Asking for Help: a 19th-Century Historical Painting of the City of Victoria
Dear all,I am working on a project about historial paintings of Hong Kong. This painting is from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, dated around 1857. So far I can only identify St. John's Catheral and...
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New Exhibition of HK maps & photos @ HKUST, 18 Jun – 2 Oct, 2019
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology are showing a selection of old photos and maps of Hong Kong. Many of the photos appeared in the recent Steps Through Time exhibition I prepared for...
View ArticleLooking for New Victoria Hotel At Queen's Road Central
Hi Everyone,I am doing a special research on old hotels in Hong Kong, in particular,the old Victoria Hotel (New Victoria Hotel) which existed in 1888 till the early 1900suntil the building collapsed in...
View ArticleTHE CROWN COLONY of HONG KONG - A guide for H. M. Forces
I acquired this on eBay a few years ago. It was printed in August 1945 by the Government Press in Colombo, for servicemen in the British Armed Forces who were heading to Hong Kong.THE CROWN COLONY of...
View ArticleRootes Group and Mordaunt Bannerman
Dear all,I'm researching Mordaunt Francis Bannerman (22 December 1907 to 7 March 1973), head of car manufacturer Rootes Group in Hong Kong in the late 1960s. He was related by marriage to Sir John...
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Hong Kong Shipping Agents Advertisements 1968
The Port of Hong Kong 1968 edition carries a wealth of information about the port its services and regulations. A total of 97 liner services and principal shipping companies and their agents are...
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