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Was this photo taken in Sheung Shui?

Was this photo taken in Sheung Shui?
Submitted by Susan B-K

Another photo of my grandmother in 1974. Since some of the other slides I scanned were taken in Sheung Shui, can I assume this was taken there, too?

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Submitted by philk on Sun, 2011-03-06 23:45.

Susan - this is Fu Hing St in SHeung Shui and if you take a look at this view in googlemaps, you will find that those buildings look almost exactly the same today.

http://maps.google.com/maps?source=earth&layer=c&cbll=22.503944,114.1282...

Cheers, Phil

Submitted by Susan BK (not verified) on Tue, 2011-03-08 12:16.

Thanks so much! It does look almost the same, except for the clusters of high rises. Amazing! I suppose my grandparents went up there to look around and to get close to China, since Americans couldn't go into China legally back in 1974. 

Submitted by heungmushroom on Sat, 2011-07-23 21:35.

OMG, this photo bring back my childhood memories, tear in my eyes, it was just like yesterday. Football ground  on the righthand side, old library should be on the left handside.

Submitted by steveandbee on Wed, 2019-04-17 00:00.

Hi. I know it's been a while since the pic was posted but I can recall this road when I was growing up in 74 (left in 75). Be very grateful if thee are more gems like this!

 

Steve

Submitted by Tsoi on Fri, 2020-03-13 21:14.

Hi,

 

I left Sheung Shui since 1974 to Holland.

Were you in Fung Kai primary school?

Cheers

Kin Tsoi

Submitted by steveandbee on Tue, 2020-03-17 20:39.

Not sure I'm afraid. I recalled walking to school via the farm and recalled there were a cesspit (yes cesspit) which yu can easily fall into :)
I do have a old photo of the whole school though. Let me try ro look for it.

Submitted by Tsoi on Tue, 2020-03-17 21:37.

Great.