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1924 Happy Valley
Where: We're looking north across Happy Valley. Down in the bottom-left corner, the hill has been excavated to make space for Fung Fai Terrace [1]:The Terrace is on two levels. The buildings on the...
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Savitsky's Stanley Sketches
Who: The sketch shows John Pennefather-Evans [1], Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force in 1941 when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong.What: Look carefully at the paper it is drawn on:Brown wrapping...
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1930s Street Scene
Where: This postcard is just labeled "Street Scene HK", so I'm hoping you can help identify this one. Here are the clues I can spot:The Hong Kong Culture Press had an office here, Tel: 33231. I haven't...
View ArticleThe price of rice in wartime
Rice is Hong Kong's staple food. As shown below, the cost of rice increased over 600 times during the 3 years 8 months of the Japanese occupation. DatePrice per catty in HK$Source1941-12-010.15WIS #14,...
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Please help send these home
I bought a collection of photos recently, hoping they'd have lots of views of Hong Kong. Instead they're almost all photos of people, that really belong in a family album. I'd rather see them back with...
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c.1920 Dragon Boat off North Point
Where: We can just make out the name of the building in the background:"Ming Yuen"No sign of this old building today, of course, but the name (highlighted in green) lives on around where it used to...
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The Beatles in Hong Kong - 8th June, 1964
John LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonBeatlesPresident Hotel, Nathan RoadThe Beatles signed this for Wes Epae, 50 years ago on the 8th of June, 1964. Wes was a<!--break--> member of a New...
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Views along the tram line in the 1930s
Join us on a tram-ride through 1930s Hong Kong:1930s Kennedy Town Fruit Market1937 Typhoon damage - Kennedy Town1935 Des Voeux RdDes Voeux Road near the junction with Rumsey Street1930s Des Voeux Road...
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Birthday Buildings in 2014
Looking through Gwulo's list of buildings, how many have a major birthday this year? Lets start with those that have made it to 50 ...50 years old Date Place completed Title 1964Golden Crown Court...
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1969 Heading to the beach to cool off
When: A hot summer's day in 1969 [1]. Who: The man on the left looks a bit over-dressed, but the others are ready for the beach:I guess they've just got off a bus. The Aberdeen tunnel wouldn't open...
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Happy Birthdays
I wanted a Birthday-themed photo for this week, and remembered this one:It's definitely a party of some sort, check out the bottles of pop and cake-shop food:But the other photo that came with it shows...
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Garden Road & Billy Tingle
A couple from the archives:c.1900 Garden RoadThe view from The Club Germania. Click here to read more about this photo. Billy TingleWere you a Billy Tingler? Click here to read about Billy's...
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Films shot in Hong Kong
A couple from the archives:Love is a many splendored thingThis film is a great way to see Hong Kong in the 1950s. Here are some stills from it:Click here to see the locations used to film Love is a...
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1950s photos from military service in Hong Kong
The 1950s saw many British servicemen spend time here in Hong Kong. They had much better access to affordable photography than earlier visitors, so we're lucky to have a good selection of photos from...
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WW2 volunteer nurses, part 1: The Nursing Detachment of the HKVDC, aka the VADs
This article from the Hong Kong Volunteer & Ex-POW Association of NSW introduces the first of two groups of volunteer nurses that served in Hong Kong during WW2.Nursing Detachment, Hong Kong...
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1920s Caine Road
Where: A couple of religious buildings pin down the photo's location. First we can see these two towers on the skyline:They belong to the Ohel Leah Synagogue [1] on Robinson Road.Then over on the right...
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WW2 volunteer nurses, part 2: The Auxiliary Nursing Service (ANS)
This article from the Hong Kong Volunteer & Ex-POW Association of NSW introduces the second of two groups of volunteer nurses that served in Hong Kong during WW2.As a part of war preparations in...
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Coastal Searchlights around Hong Kong
This is the latest instalment from Rob Weir's records of British military sites in Hong Kong. Here's a map of their locations:[Each red marker shows one building. Click any marker to see its name....
View ArticleGwulo's upgrade starts on Monday
I've got one more old photo to post, then next Monday (15th September) I'll start upgrading the software that runs Gwulo.com. During the upgrade the current website will still be available to read...
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c.1928.But where?
When: This photo comes from the same album as the previous photo I posted [1], which I'd dated to c.1928.Where: Can you recognise it? I've left the location out of the title so it doesn't give the game...
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