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A day at the races - Hong Kong 1945-46
Submitted by Klaus
Authors: 
Ted Tharme

Found this at the website of the Commando Veterans Association here.

India, Burma & Hong Kong, 1944 - 1946: Views and life in S.E Asia as seen through the lens of No5Commando, a collection of photos owned by Sgt Ted Tharme, No5 Cdo, kindly donated by Ted's son Paul. Posted by Nick Collins.

I guess the photos were taken after the war, so the date would be late 1945 to the end of 1946 (Set the date arbitrarily to 1946-01-01.)

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Tuesday, January 1, 1946
Gallery: 
1940s Hong Kong
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Submitted by David on Thu, 2015-08-20 16:10.

A good view of "The Towers" up on Broadwood Road.

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2015-08-21 06:44.

"The Towers" was apparently used as a Japanese officers' mess during the war, according to my Warren cousins. Broadwood Road children used to play in it during the 1950s and called it their "castle". Jabberu previously mentioned that his family still called it "Warren's Castle" before the war, even though Charles Warren had died in 1923. Charles Warren's son, Leslie and his family lived next door in no. 19 till 1938. "The Towers" doesn't seem to have been demolished till the 1960s. It would be interesting if any photos of it from the '60s exist.

Jill