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Early 1900s view northeast from the Peak, looking over the Naval Yard Extension
Here's the photo I mentioned last week: It's a large print, so there's lots of detail to see. For an example, look at the red square above, then look at that section enlarged below. It shows a couple...
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Chinese-style baby carriers (背带) in Hong Kong
I've looked at this photo many times over the last few months, as it's one that's going into the Gwulo book. It got me thinking about how the cloth baby carrier has gone in and out of fashion. The...
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History Notes, issue 1
Author: Phillip BRUCE [1950-2011]Book type: BookIssue 1 of History Notes was compiled by the late Phillip Bruce, and published as a printed booklet in the late 1980s. It covers topics ranging from...
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1945 Map of Hong Kong & Kowloon
The newest map on Gwulo shows Hong Kong and Kowloon in 1945. (Show me) <= Click the blue 'Show me' to update the map, and show the 1945 overlay... I noticed three curiosities on the map:#1 Which...
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"1926 - Nullah swept away"
With typhoons and hurricanes in the news recently, here's a photo of one that made the news just over 90 years ago. When: The title gives us the date, 1926. We can do better than that, as the photo...
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Chinese seamen in Second World War Britain: Do their families live in Hong...
Yvonne Foley introduces a little-known piece of UK-Chinese history, in the hope of hearing from the families who were involved.At the beginning of the Second World War there were 20,000 Chinese...
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Early 1900s view northeast from the Peak - part 2
We first looked at this photo a few weeks ago (see the newsletter for 20th August). That time I concentrated on the area around the Naval Yard Extension project, which helped us date the photo to early...
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Machine Gun Posts around Hong Kong's coastline
This week's guest post from Rob Weir introduces a collection of military sites around the Hong Kong coastline from the 1930s. They're small enough to be easily overlooked, but they have an interesting...
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Some new old photos (but are they any good?)
We'll start with some photos and postcards I bought last month. Then as I've been arguing with the book designer about what makes a good photo, we'll take a look at that too.The seven photos are all...
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Early 20th-century postcards of Hong Kong
About 20-30 years ago, when postcards were still widely used, I had a deal with a friend that we'd send each other the least attractive postcards we could find: 1960s concrete shopping centres were a...
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2017 Kai Tak
Greetings from sunny San Po Kong!We moved flats last weekend, so after 25 years living in and around Kennedy Town on Hong Kong island, it's time to get to know Kowloon better. The new flat looks out...
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1920s Hong Kong photo album
Thanks to Jan Schultheiss, who has been uploading photos that his grandfather, P. Marks, took in the 1920s. Mr Marks worked in the Hong Kong branch of a Dutch bank, the Nederlandsch-Indische...
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19th-century Hong Kong in engravings
Engravings in the illustrated newspapers were the first view most British people had of Hong Kong in the 1800s. Here is a small set I bought last year, starting with one from the weekly "Illustrated...
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Pre-order the Gwulo book for special price & free shipping
Pre-order offers as we get close to the launch: special price, free shipping, and a free sample.Special priceThe book's list price will be HK$168, but regular readers can pre-order copies before the...
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Old houses of the Kowloon Tong Garden Estate
In this week’s guest post, Liz Brandon takes us on a walk through Kowloon Tong to show us what remains of Hong Kong’s original Garden Estate.If you start at the Kowloon Tong MTR station and begin...
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76 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
December, 1941.76 years ago tensions were high as war with Japan seemed inevitable. On December 8th, those fears were confirmed when Japanese planes attacked Kai Tak, and Japanese soldiers crossed the...
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What's new on Gwulo
I've missed the last few weeks'"What's new", while I've been working on the book launch. The last set of book orders went off to the Post Office for mailing this afternoon, so let's get back to the...
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1930s Royal Dragons, Lions, Tigers and ... a centipede
When: At first glance this looks very similar to photo #4 in the Gwulo book: We identified that was taken in May 1935, showing part the celebrations for King George V's silver jubilee. However the...
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c.1904: North Point, St John's, and an unknown school
In the last newsletter for 2017 we'll wrap up a photo we've looked at a couple of times before, then flip it over to see if you can help identify an unknown school.Here's the photo again, a view...
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Time for the annual round-up of the last year, and a look at the plans for the year ahead. 2017 in numbersVroom! The number of people reading Gwulo grew significantly over the last year.Here are the...
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