1980 "Sun Sun" street map of Hong Kong island: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKhb...
Introducing the newest addition to Gwulo’s maps.
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Early Brownies, Cubs, and Scouts in Hong Kong: youtu.be/VL91kwpGGJc
Join me on the hunt for the clues that will show us when and where this photo was really taken.
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1945 flight over wartime Hong Kong: youtu.be/lYLmB2N-rkE
Explore Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, via aerial photos taken by an American aircraft on 1 Feb 1945.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #ww2
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1920s Hong Kong photos, including the 1926 rainstorm, when over 500mm rain fell in just 12 hours! youtu.be/whfJu7qeAHU
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #rainstorm
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Preview of my talks in Glasgow (1 Nov) and Exeter (8 Nov). Links to details and how to book:
- Glasgow - gwulo.com/node/61694
- Exeter - gwulo.com/node/61695
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory @exeterlibrary.bsky.social
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If you’ve ever struggled to work out when an old Hong Kong photo was taken, Gwulo’s new map tool can help: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZb...
In the video I show the map in action, working out which year an old photo postcard was taken.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #GIS
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1930s Hong Kong from the harbour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Ii...
Join me to explore the 1930s seafront, what’s special about that Star Ferry, and what happened in Statue Square in WW2.
#gwulo #hongkonghistory
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How to convert handwritten / typed / printed pages into text for free with AI: gwulo.com/node/61673
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Three Vintage Photos from 1902 Reveal Hong Kong's Hidden History: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnXw...
Join me to explore three historical photos of Hong Kong, visiting Central, Wanchai, Tsim Sha Tsui, the bustling harbour, and more!
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Sewers & sanitation, dwellings & disease in 1880s Hong Kong. Plus colourful maps and sketches, and rare views inside Hong Kong’s early tenement housing, all in the latest Gwulo video: youtu.be/vdOGaijApFg
#gwulo #hongkonghistory @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
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Flogging was the harshest corporal punishment in colonial Hong Kong. Join me to explore letters from Governor Hennessy to London about this, along with details of prison life in 1870s Hong Kong: youtu.be/3fPpZGjhjNg
#gwulo #hongkonghistory #Taikwun @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
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1930s view down Pottinger Street
Learn to spot the little clues that help pin down a photo’s location, then see how we use them to show a century of changes along Pottinger Street:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5avz...
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #Central #PottingerStreet #Taikwun #ThePottinger
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This week's video visits 1960 Hong Kong via twenty colour slides. As always, lots of clues to explore, plus a mystery with the Furama Hotel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Md1...
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #Central #Aberdeen #RepulseBay #CausewayBay #ThePeak
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Something unusual about this rickshaw will help us work out When the photo was taken, and other clues will shed light on the photo’s Who, What, and Where:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLMT...
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #sedanchair #rickshaw #pottingerstreet
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I bought this photo as a cheap & cheerful view of Hong Kong’s old City Hall, but once it arrived and I could take a closer look it’s the fountain that’s the star of the scene.
Full story at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKmN...
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory
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Revisit Hong Kong harbour in 1970 via this set of colour slides. It’ll be two more years before the first cross-harbour tunnel opens, so we’ll be travelling by sampan and ferry.
youtu.be/uIVVyqSWFiA
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #elephant
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It’s a small photo, just 8cm / 3in wide, but there’s enough detail for us to investigate who and what we’re looking at, where and when the photo was taken.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qftx...
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #elephant
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A second 1909 panorama, but this time taken in the opposite direction. It looks north from Hong Kong island and so gives us the chance to explore Kowloon in 1909:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Ce...
#gwulo #hongkong #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #1900s #panorama
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Explore 1909 Hong Kong island in this high-resolution panorama:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MsH...
#gwulo #oldhongkongphoto #oldhongkong #hongkonghistory #1900s #panorama
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