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Queens Road Central near D'Aguilar Street 1924

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Queens Road Central near D'Aguilar Street 1924
Submitted by IDJ
Tags: 
central
roads

Not too sure about this caption as a building is across the end of the street. IDJ

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Tuesday, January 1, 1924
Gallery: 
1920s Hong Kong
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Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-09-14 14:41.

I think the photographer was standing just a little bit west past D'Aguilar Street, so the caption is ok.

In the distance we can see a gable with a round mark in the centre. That's on Jubilee Street, overlooking the southern facade of  Central Market.

There are a couple of English signs:

  • The shop in the right foreground as Madame Flint, described as a "millinery establishment" in the contemporary press.
  • "Loong Sing", see sign upper left foreground, which the newspapers said was at 48 Queen's Rd Central

Submitted by Kim Shamash on Wed, 2018-07-18 22:41.

My greatgrandfather bought 77 and 81 Queen's Road Central in 1917 and 1919. He lived in 77 until he died there in 1930. He seems to have been a merchant on 5 Bonham Strand in 1918. I see you have a photo of 9 Bonham Strand and this one of Queen's Road Central. Does anyone have any other photos of these areas during the 1920's which I can have permission to use? Also does anyone have a street map from that time so I can see what happened to Bonham Strand and U Yam Lane as they don't seem to exist in the current layout? I have just found your amazing map of all places so think that answers my question about a street map.

Many thanks,

Kim.

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2018-08-28 07:49.

Bonham Strand sill exists as it was. U Yam lane was a small back-lane between Lascar Road and Queens Road Central, containing 6 tenement houses. By the 1920s the lane had been cleared and replace by a latrine block, likely due to its insanitary conditions being a risk for plague. Today the site is part of the Midland Centre, 328 Queens Road Central.