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Jamie Carstairs on Remembering John Thomson in Edinburgh
Last week a plaque was unveiled on John Thomson’s childhood home in Edinburgh, Scotland, in his centenary year. How did it get there? In 2018, the John Thomson Commemoration Group* formed to restore John Thomson’s grave in south London. During … Continue reading
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Black and white Hong Kong transformed by ‘OldHKinColour’
The Instagram page OldHKinColour features vintage images of Hong Kong which have been colourised, or colourised and animated, with a view to promoting public education. HPC invited the team running the project, which has used some of our images, to … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, Harrison Forman, Heritage, Hong Kong, Instagram, John Thomson
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