Misspelt tag - Chung Chau, not Cheung Chau
I have accidentally added a misspelt tag. Please can you delete Chung Chau.Thanks,DavidForum: General
View ArticleHong Kong Gwulo lunch - Nov 2019
I’ll be in town again next week for five weeks. Anyone care to do lunch again? I can offer the American club in Exchange Square as a venue I’m proposing 7 Nov, but certainly open to other dates that...
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Enquiry regarding wedding photo
Can anyone assist in identifying the people in this wedding photo. The photo comes from the collection of Mavis Gock Ming and dates between 1939 and 1941Hong Kong Wedding 1939-1941_1.jpg, by Richard...
View ArticleTree Planting in Hong Kong
Hello,When I look at old pictures, photographs of Hong Kong in the 1800's I am always amazes how the landscape looked like at that time. Really like a barren rock. It looked to me like on the surface...
View ArticleHeading to the Encontro 2019 in Macau?
Hello,Since my family is of Macanese descent, I'm heading to the Encontro in Macau in a couple of weeks. It's held every 3 years to help preserve Macanese hertitage. I was just curious to know if...
View ArticleID request : grand waterfront building and pier ~1900
Hi there,This photo is from a postcard labelled “Hong Kong” - but I have no idea where or what it is a picture of. It is such an impressive building yet I’ve not come across it in any other picture of...
View ArticleMo Tat Village on Lamma in the Seventies
Six young Hongkongers and Gweilo in Mo Tat Village are working on an oral history project. We have hit two interesting roadblocks:1Even in the Government archives in North Point, I could not find any...
View ArticleMuseum of old Hong Kong
My colleague, John Anton-Smith, has asked me to query whether there is a physical museum, either already in existence or in the planning, that might display some of the artefacts mentioned on Gwulo. In...
View ArticleSecret Files of UK Govt 1842-1997
I understand that there is lots of information that the British Govt has compiled about HK over the years and much of this is now available to the public. Just wondered if this has been covered at all...
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The World of Suzie Wong
Suzie Wong film shoot b., by Andrew SuddabySuzie Wong film shoot a., by Andrew SuddabyThese two original photographs were taken in very early 1960 by a member of the Royal Air Force when he came...
View ArticleSek Kong ..C Sguadron 16th/5th Lancers..1974 to 1976
Christmas Greetings to you all,I am hoping that someone out there can help me put an accurate final stage to a total rebuild of a Scorpion (CVRT) light British Army Tank that for the first three years...
View ArticleThe Italian (Canossian) Convent in Caine Road
When I was in Hong Kong this month, I met up with Bob Tatz, who was on a book signing trip to HK. Bob and I first met during WW2 in the old Italian Convent, on Caine Road, which was our mutual refuge...
View Articlepubs, inns and taverns
This may have been covered elsewhere, but does anyone know of a list of the pubs, inns, taverns etc in Hong Kong in the nineteenth century. I'm looking at the moment for the Liverpool Arms, the...
View ArticleStanley Camp Internees
Hello everyone. I am looking for pictures of the hotels on Des Voeux Rd where civilians rounded up by the Japanese forces in January 1942 were held prior to their removal to Stanley. I am particularly...
View ArticleRotary Club of Hong Kong
Hi, I am researching the history of Rotary Club of Hong Kong, and the background of their founding presidents. The club is found in HK in 1931, and soon it will be 90 years old next year. Please...
View ArticleGwulo meet-up on Tue., 17th Dec.
Hello, a few of us will be meeting David the webmaster for pre-Christmas drinks at around 5 pm on Tuesday, 17th Dec. The venue is to be determined -- it would likely be around Central. Please post...
View ArticleFilm from March 1946
On the website of the Imperial War Museum, a number of (silent) films can be found. Some of them are on war criminals trials and include other scenes. They seem to be raw materials that have been used...
View ArticleTwo Events Relating to Far East Prisoners of War
Two events in the north of England for anyone interested in the POW and civilian internee experience in the Pacific war:Secret Art of Survival, an exhibition of art created by prisoners of war in the...
View ArticleMissing posts and photos.
Working on some anti-spam yesterday, I managed to break the website. I've restored from a backup which means about 24 hours worth of posts have been lost. I made copies and will post them back later...
View ArticleBarracks identification Kowloon side
Hello to one and all, just joined and would like help with picture identification.My father Albert Stephenson was posted to HK for his national service arround 1952/53.He was serving as a driver in the...
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