Gwulo in 2013
Thank you for your support in 2012, and special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the website. With your help, it has grown to over 11,000 pages. That in turn attracts more visitors, so that in...
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1979: Aerial views of TST
Thanks to regular contributor IDJ for uploading these aerial views of Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), taken in 1979. Anyone living in TST at the time must have felt they were surrounded by construction...
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c.1930 Carrying the bride
What: This photo was probably taken to catch the fancy sedan chair in the background:Families would hire a "red bridal sedan" to carry the bride on her wedding day - a bit like hiring a limousine...
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Please help - looking for old photos of the Central Police Station compound
I’m looking for old images (photos, sketches, paintings, newspaper engravings, etc) that can bring to life the history of the Central Police Station (CPS) compound, its surroundings, and the people who...
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1930s Panorama from Central to Causeway Bay
Kung Hei Fat Choi!Where: Our first photo in the Year of the Snake is a panoramic view from the Peak. At the left edge of the photo we can just see the Central Fire Station (today's Hang Seng Bank HQ...
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Hong Kong 1960s & 70s : Mike Cussans' photos
Thanks to Mike Cussans for uploading over 100 of his photos of Hong Kong in the 1960s and 70s:Over to Mike...Growing up in Hong KongI was born in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong in 1949. My Dad was flying for...
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c.1950 Argyle St. & Prince Edward Rd.
Several of Mike Cussans' recently posted photos [1] were taken looking along Argyle Street, so I'll continue the theme with this week's photo.Where: We're at the junction of a couple of major roads in...
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1950s View north along Nathan Road
There were lots of interesting comments to last week's photo. Here's another Kowloon photo, which I hope will also spark a few stories.Where: We're looking north along Nathan Road. The crossroads in...
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1950s Des Voeux Road Central
We're back to Hong Kong island for this week's photo.Where: The building on the right pins it down:That's Central market, still standing today:View Larger MapAcross on the left is a row of large doors....
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CPS Project: 1st update, more questions
I'm still searching for photos of the Central Police Station, Magistracy, and Prison [1]. Here are some of the photos I've found, and also a few questions that they've raised. Thank you to everyone who...
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c.1920 Statue Square & Prince's Building
Where: As the postcard says, we're looking across Statue Square towards the original Prince's Building (the building on the left).Who: The only living person in the photo is outnumbered by the statues...
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c.1915 Des Voeux Road, Central
Where: As the postcard says, this is Des Voeux Road in Central. We're looking east from the junction with Pedder Street.What: We can see the name of the building on the left, Alexandra Buildings:It...
View ArticlePillboxes on the mainland
Thanks to Rob Weir for the latest instalment from his records of British military sites in Hong Kong. Here's a map of their locations:[Each red marker shows one pillbox. Click any marker to see its...
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c.1920 Des Voeux Road, Central
Where: This is the same stretch of road we saw in the previous photo, but looking in the opposite direction. Here's the previous photo again, looking east along Des Voeux Road from Pedder Street:In...
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c.1900 View of beached sampans along the Yau Ma Tei shoreline
Where: Local historian Cheng Po-Hung has a very similar photo in his book "Early Hong Kong Kowloon's Peninsula". He describes it as:Boats in front of Reclamation Street and boat people gathered along...
View Articlec.1961 Cine-film of Hong Kong
Many thanks to Tania Scott for sharing her family's cine films. They were taken by her father, David Scott, between 1960 - 1962. He was in Hong Kong with the RAF on a two year posting.My favourites are...
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1920s View over western Hong Kong
Where: A couple of buildings on either side of the photo pin down where it was taken. First look down in the bottom right corner, where you'll see these buildings:<!--break-->The long building...
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CPS project 2nd update: Magistracy & its magistrates
I'm searching for old photos of the buildings in and around the Central Police Station (CPS) site (click here for details of the project). In this update I'll look at the Magistracy building and the...
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Daughter reads father's diary of wartime Hong Kong for the first time - after...
Exciting news this week – we’ve heard from Rae, daughter of R E Jones. She has just read her father’s wartime diary [1] for the first time, having always believed it was destroyed in 1945.BackgroundThe...
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R E Jones' diary goes home
Yesterday I met Rae at her home in England, and delivered her father's diary:Rae first got in touch two weeks ago [1]. By coincidence I'd already booked a flight to London for last week, so I asked if...
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