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79 waterloo road.PNG
Submitted by Yeban
Authors: 
Wan Shun Lo

This is a photo of the house on 79 Waterloo Road.

This residence was also known as 勞昌大堂. It was built in the 1930's, and demolished around 1970. 
In the Second World War, it was used by the Imperial Japanese as a base of some sort(communications?). The Japanese would execute people in the garden, leading people to later say that the house was haunted.

This video, made by one of the relatives, is a 3D modelling of the house, and may be of interest. 

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, January 1, 1950
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Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2019-07-10 05:40.
1945 Waterloo Road
1945 Waterloo Road, by eternal1966e

Submitted by maidestone on Thu, 2019-07-11 00:23.

Going by the styling of the 3 vehicles this photo was probably taken in the late 1950s or even early 1960s/

Submitted by Yeban on Thu, 2019-07-11 09:30.

Oh, you might be right... I never really focused on the cars, just liked to look at the house.

Submitted by fivestar on Thu, 2019-07-11 10:31.

 Model  showing 79 Waterloo Road taken from Kadoorie Estate history site. What puzzles me is why none of the houses on Kadoorie avenue appear in the original photo.

Japanese Club.jpg
Japanese Club.jpg, by fivestar

Submitted by fivestar on Thu, 2019-07-11 15:16.

see this earlier comment

https://gwulo.com/atom/17240