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Pre-order the new Gwulo book for special price, free shipping, signed copies,...
Pre-order offers as we get close to the launch of the new Volume 3:Â Special priceThe book's list price will be HK$168, but regular readers can pre-order copies until December 14th at HK$150.Please...
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78 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
December, 1941.78Â 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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Photo (21): Kowloon City Pier
We re-join the new Gwulo book at the next-to-last photo ...One of these happy chaps kindly wrote this note on the back of the photo:‘Taken at Kowloon Pier (old city). A Company’s swimming test, July...
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Photo (22): Farewell!
The final extract from the new Gwulo book ...For our last photo, we’ve come full circle and returned to passengers on a liner. We’re on the RMS Empress of Russia in 1928, preparing to leave Hong Kong....
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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 01
Happy New Year! I hope you've enjoyed the recent holidays.It's been a month since the last roundup of what's new on Gwulo.com, so there's lots to catch up on. As always, please click on the photos or...
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Jan 1942 - L T Ride's escape from Japanese-held Hong Kong
78 years ago, four escapees from the Sham Shui Po Prisoner-Of-War camp were cautiously making their way north through the New Territories, hoping to get through Japanese lines to reach Free China. The...
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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 03
Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information.Upcoming Gwulo TalksBoth of the following talks are open to the...
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1977 Aerial views from the Flying Doctor
Kung Hei Fat Choy! We start the New Year with a guest post from Michael Powell, who takes us on a helicopter trip from Kai Tak over Kowloon to the New Territories:It's Christmas Eve 1977 and Hong Kong...
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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 05
Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information.Gwulo talk on 8th February is postponedWe've postponed my talk to the...
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'Old Misery' in Happy Valley
 Where: This is an easily recognised view, but in case of any doubt there's a pencil note below the photo - "Racetrack at Hong Kong". What: The circular pond, marked (A) below, first caught my eye as I...
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We'll soon be into March, so before we get any farther into 2020Â let's take a quick look back at how Gwulo did in 2019, then ahead to the plans for this year:Â Â 2019Â Review1. How did the website grow in...
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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 09
Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information. Gwulo talk in London on 28th March is postponedWe've postponed my...
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1930s View over Wanchai and the harbour towards Kowloon
When: In previous views like this we've looked at the ships in the harbour or the buildings in the foreground to pin down the photo's date. As this is a very sharp photo I'm going to look across the...
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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 12
Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information. GeneralDoes anyone know what marker stones with "BP" and a number...
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1900s Des Voeux Road Central
 Where: That three-storey building in the background looks familiar. I remember seeing it in this circa 1906 photo from chapter two of the latest Gwulo book.  Can you see it towards the right edge of...
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Gwulo's 2006 Top Ten
While many of Gwulo's subscribers are stuck at home, I'm going to try sending out an extra mid-week newsletter as bonus reading material. I'll go back through the years the website has been running,...
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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 14
Here's a summary of what's new on Gwulo. Please click through to the linked pages to leave a comment if you can add any information. GeneralIn the last newsletter I asked what the BP Marker Stones were...
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Gwulo's 2007 Top Ten
There are more surprises in the 2007 Top Ten, starting with number ten itself:Â Â #10 - 1950s Wanchai (14,328 views)Â The surprise is that this was never sent out as a newsletter, so instead it has...
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c. 1904 Kennedy Town from the harbour
 Where: As the title says, we're looking at Kennedy Town, with the Peak and High West in the background. Who & When: I believe that the photographer who took this photo also took the photo of Des...
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Gwulo's 2008 Top Ten
After seeing Air Raid shelters in the 2006 and 2007 Top Ten lists, they don't make a showing in the list for 2008. You don't escape my fondness for tunnels completely though - see number 4 ! #10 -...
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