Shanghai Rowing Club Memorabilia

The old Shanghai Rowing Club (which ran the annual Hen-lee regatta on Suzhou Creek – geddit!) was at the junction of the Huangpu and Suzhou Creek and the old boathouse did survive till quite late – until the bollixing up of the area with the fire at the old Union Church, the bourgeoisification of the old British Consulate and the imposed mass of faux American-style art-deco that is the Peninsula Hotel on the Bund. Anyway, some memorabilia recently popped up for auction….