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Lockhart Road,Wanchai,1970

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Lockhart Road,Wanchai,1970
Submitted by doug. View the original image on Flickr.
Authors: 
m20wc51
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wanchai
lockhart road
Hong Kong
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1970
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Lockhart

Wanchai, in all it's seedy glory, at the height of the Vietnam War R&R period-1970-'71

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, January 1, 1970
Gallery: 
1970s Hong Kong
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Submitted by julianbfc on Sat, 2012-10-27 11:00.

And there it is, an early prototype...possibly somewhere opposite the present Old China Hand if we are looking East?

40 years later and still going strong.

I think we are up to Neptune 3 at this point in time?

Must get out the old Hal Empson tome and see if it crops up on the 1840's charts...

Submitted by doug on Sat, 2012-10-27 15:04.

The photographer here is standing very near the intersection of Lockhart with Fenwick Street, and Luard is visible just past the Neptune bar, which was then at 75-79 Lockhart Road. The Present-day Old China Hand is further down, at 104 Lockhart. I have a bar card from an earlier version of the Neptune, when it was at 56-58 Lockhart.

Certainly, the name "Neptune" has graced a drinking establishment in Wanchai for a very long time.

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2012-10-27 15:19.
The Neptune Bar name has been in Wanchai prior to WW II.