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Fishing Village - a different view of Sok Kwu Wan ?

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Fishing Village - a different view of Sok Kwu Wan ?
Submitted by harryhktc

Thanks everybody, and I do appreciate your input. Most of my labelled prints and albums were abandoned to the Iraquis in Kuwait but I did salvage most of the negatives - hence the guesswork. This is another from the same strip so is possibly the same village. Clues are the Red/Blue Ensign  flying on the stern of the ferry (?) on the right of the pic and the characters on the building in the centre announcing the presence of a 'bone doctor' !

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Friday, January 1, 1960
Gallery: 
1970s Hong Kong
Connections: 
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Submitted by philk on Mon, 2014-01-13 07:53.

This one doesn't look like SKW. However, it's a while since I've been and my memory is poor :-\ 

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2014-01-13 09:25.

Hi there,

The skyline doesn't look like Sok Ku Wan.  Ling Kok Shan would be a bit taller than that.  Maybe somewhere on the other side of the island?   By the concentration of houses, maybe Yung Shu Wan.  Need further comparison though.

T

Submitted by tung lin on Sat, 2014-06-21 22:27.

Tai Jia Ho,

This is the northern view towards the north island of Cheung Chau from the Chung Wan, the Ferry Harbour. It maybe a pre-1950s photo.

Like many others on the island, I grew up with this familiar landscape with many nice stories.

regards, 

Tung

Submitted by harryhktc on Sun, 2014-06-22 01:40.

Thank you, tung lin, for the positive ID. I first visited Cheung Chau in 1962 so the photo was taken around that time.

Harry.

Submitted by Stanislaus on Sun, 2017-11-05 11:48.

Hey! The old photo shown is Cheung Chau, definitely. See the photo taken by Karsten Petersen in 1973 (http://global-mariner.com/index111JunkHarbourCheungChau.html)