The CLP History Film Project
The CLP History Film Project is a documentary detailing the history of CLP (China Light & Power) and the ways in which its development has become interlinked with the development of Hong Kong as a...
View ArticleWho was `Vinjar`?
I am trying to find out the name of the person behind the pseudonym `Vinjar`. He/she wrote letters to the South China Morning Post in 1936 and 1937 on wildlife matters,such as the dhole and may have...
View ArticleSusannah Weill and family
I would appreciate any information that can be provided on Susannah (aka Susie) Weill and her family (Rosie and Albert Weill). Susannah married my first cousin Alexander Hutton Potts in December 1928...
View ArticleGallery for typhoon photos?
David, would it be possible to create a gallery for photos taken in the aftermath of the various Hong Kong typhoons in consecutive date order? I uploaded one of the damage to the Bungalow at 19...
View ArticleSt John's Cathedral - Royal HK Regiment & Royal HK Auxiliary Air Force
Would anyone have photos of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment and Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Banners/Guidon which have been laid-up in the Cathedral on the disbandment of these Units before the...
View ArticleOld HK Maps - Dating
Looking for some help dating a couple of old maps of HK. Any help is apprecaitedhttp://gwulo.com/atom/23902http://gwulo.com/atom/23903Thanks in advance Forum: GeneralTags: old maps
View ArticleLooking for help
When I visited Hong Kong at the end of 2014 and, with the help of Patricia Lim’s book „Forgotten Souls“, finally found the grave of my Great-Grandfather Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Petersen on Hong...
View ArticleStored 1920's Queen Road Central facade - which building ?
Can anyone help identify a dressed granite building facade from an old 1920s building in Queens Road Central which was demolished in the 1970s-80s and was subsequently stored in Pokfulam until...
View ArticleVincent Jarrett again
I am still trying to find out more memories about civilian internee Vincent Jarrett,any memories,anecdotes? Alos,I wonder if anyone has any ideas about tracking down any surviving relations? I know he...
View ArticleFriends of the RAS HK [UK-based]
We are a group of mostly ex-members of the Royal Asiatic Society in Hong Kong, now living in the U.K., who meet together for regular lectures in London as well as an annual Chinese New Year lunch in...
View ArticleGerman Clock for Harbour Customs Building ca. 1910?
During their research for a book about the history of a German factory producing clocktower-clocks, the authors came across a mention of a clock built for the “Hafenzollgebäude” in “Hongkong (China)”...
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Richard Wong's Architectural drawings on Flickr
I'm linking these to Gwulo.Forum: General
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Land records at the Public Records Office
The PRO's overview lists these resources:[...]The PRO Holdings: Owing to extensive loss and destruction of official records during the Japanese occupation, the bulk of the PRO holdings date from the...
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Eligibility for UK Awards, Decorations and Honours including medals for WW2...
Good afternoon (Canberra time) David,In researching material for a publication on Australian citizens that fought on behalf of the Allies against the Japanese in WW2 in mainland China and SE Asia...
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Pedderstreet and Jardines
Dear Friends,I was always wondering who occupied that space on the right corner of Pedder Street and Queens Road Central (looking down Pedder Street from Queens Road Central towards the waterfront)...
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Problem adding tags to a new Place
Thomas writes:I tried to add a tag 'aa-gun' to one of my recent places but it came back with an error, as captured. It would seem it now only accepted tag items already in the system and not new tags....
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Asking for help
In the plans for 2016 I wrote:Ask for help with running costsA good friend asked if anyone had ever offered to help with the running costs. I said yes, but that I'd politely refused. My friend tells me...
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Time Ball
I'm tracking down as much as I can about the period during which Hong Kong had a time ball. The mechanized wonders existed from 1.1.1885 until the time ball service was discontinued on 30.6.1933. I...
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people and pictures from late 1920-30s
You have already helped me with my inquiries about Kenneth Kingsley Staple and his wife Joan (my grandmother), also my great-Aunt Isa Warbrick (as has Barbara Anslow.) I have found various pictures of...
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Looking for historic spaces for a photographic installation
hi, I am looking for a space to install a photographic installation in HK of anAmerican photographer. Previous installations have been in an unused pumping station in London and an abandoned train...
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