1960 Hong Kong in colour slides | Gwulo

Visit 1960 Hong Kong via twenty colour slides. As always, lots of clues to explore, plus a mystery with the Furama Hotel I hope you'll be able to explain. (If the video doesn’t appear below, please click here to watch it on Youtube).  Here are links to more information about the various topics mentioned, listed by the time they appear in the video: 00:14 Helena May 00:22 St Joseph's College 00:29 Murray Barracks 00:42 1909 Panoramas 00:48 Harcourt Road 01:04 Butterfield & Swire's Offices 01:24 Queen's Building 02:09 Volume 1 of Gwulo's books 02:34 Elephants being unloaded 02:41 Canton Road Police Married Quarters 04:32 Li Po Chun Chambers 04:57 Central Market 05:34 Aberdeen Harbour 06:04 Floating Restaurants 07:23 Repulse Bay 07:28 Eucliffe 09:04 Hoover Theatre 09:10 Roxy Theatre 09:21 New York Theatre 09:50 Neon Signs 10:43 Daimaru 11:00 Craigengower Cricket Club 11:03 HK Football Club 11:15 Happy Valley Racecourse 11:35 Cemeteries 11:47 St Paul's School 12:00 Broadwood Road 12:17 Botanical Gardens 12:50 Traffic Pagodas 13:00 Peak Tram 13:31 Peak Cafe 14:17 Blurring & long exposure 15:05 The talk in London on 5 April 2025