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Lockhart Rd - Lily Bar - Pussy Cat Bar
Hello, I'm new to the group so if I mess up, please forgive me.I'm after some info for a novel I'm writing. To keep facts straight I need to know when the Lily Bar changed to The Old China Hand &...
View ArticleRMS Empress of France (1913)
This page documents the visits of the Canadia Pacific liner, the RMS Empress of France, to Hong Kong. If you can add any visits I've missed, or make any corrections, please leave a comment below.She...
View ArticleNewTerritories
Great pictures. I lived in Dill's Corner Gardens in 67/68 and used to catch the bus to Shung Shui or Un Long. Shung Shui had a marvellous food market where I'd get 4 huge prawns for a dollar (1s 3d...
View ArticlePiano-making in Hong Kong
I was intrigued to find out recently (when going through Public Works Department annual reports from the 1920s) that there were piano factories in Hong Kong. The only two I am aware of at the moment...
View ArticleHong Kong 1846 - Pagoda House
I am editing the letters of Eliza Hillier (nee Medhurst), wife of Charles Batten Hillier, 1846-1856. These include letters from other members of the family including her brother, Walter. On 22 October...
View ArticleHong Kong to London by train in the 1920s
Jan Morris, in her book "Hong Kong", writes: "In the 1920s it [Hong Kong] became the only British overseas possession from which you could book a through train ticket to London. You left from the...
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Shipbuilding in Hong Kong - W. S. Bailey & Company
Launching of Chinese Gunboats - Chung-Yuen & Chung-Kai , by Chinarail ( Enhanced scan from 'The Far Eastern Review' Dec 1928 On 29th. October 1928 two fast gunboats for the Canton Government were...
View ArticleBob Charles Riding School
Does anybody remember the riding school run by Bob Charles, a former Australian jockey. My memory is from pre- war (late 30s) when we went somewhere near what I believe was Tai Hang when I served in HK...
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1E Cape D'Aguilar Road
While hiking with some friends recently on Cape d'Aguilar, we came across the building below. We were intrigued to know when it had been built and for what purpose. It had and entrance door on one...
View ArticlePiano-making in Hong Kong
I was intrigued to find out recently (when going through Public Works Department annual reports from the 1920s) that there were piano factories in Hong Kong. The only two I am aware of at the moment...
View ArticleStanley Camp/Baag papers
Hello all, long time since I posted, whilst researching story of my grandmother Martha Jane (Joan) Staple and great-aunt Isa Warbrick - life events intervened but also much found including two 'lost'...
View ArticleAncestor search
Hi David,I have been researching my mothers side of the family for quite some time now. It is amazing how many snippets I found on the web. Many of these snippets have come from your site. The only...
View Articlequery about squatter occupancy survey
Hello all I am following up on my past research on Hong Kong squatter areas, and a key issue for me that I am hoping to find more information about is the Squatter Occupancy Survey conducted in 1984....
View ArticleMr Brown Cheerio Club around 1954
Does anyone remember a Mr Brown who I believe worked at the Cheerio Club around 1954? My name is Edgar (Eddie ) Theobald from Luton, UK. Forum: General
View ArticleOther useful tutorials
HK Government Mapping Service 2.0 tutorial (a good site for finding old maps of HK).Forum: General
View ArticleHO Kom Tong’s Chinese Wikipedia page
This one.https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/何甘棠 When I find errors in Wikipedia in the English part I can correct them myself. However this error is on one of the Chinese pages Can anyone help? Ho Kom...
View ArticleMarrying from the Italian Convent
A subject, which may have been covered elsewhere, as it is a part of Hong Kong’s social history, is the question of how to find a suitable European bride in the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
View ArticlePhoto of 12A Humphreys Building, Kowloon
Hello there: I have discovered where my great aunt and uncle Sally and Gordon Castle lived pre-Stanley. They lived at 12A Humphreys Buiilding, Kowloon. I have looked but can't find an archival photo of...
View ArticleLeo lai fong
Looking for information about Leo lai fong married ti Edgar bird Hamson 11/5/1940 in Hong KongForum: General
View ArticleCross Harbour Swimming Race
The event history of the Annual Cross Harbour Swimming Race can be read here The Victorian Recreation Club's website has a photo in slideshow of the swimming race circa 1900.Noted a Hong Kong Telegraph...
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