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1940s Junction of Leighton Hill & Caroline Hill Roads

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1940s Junction of Leighton Hill & Caroline Hill Roads
Submitted by David. View the original image on Flickr.
Authors: 
eternal1966e
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Hong Kong
eternal1966

Somewhere along the north shore of HK island, to the east by the look of it. Any ideas?

Regards, David

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Monday, January 1, 1940
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1940s Hong Kong
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Submitted by breskvar on Mon, 2012-10-22 23:13.

Hi David,

Just using a modern map to align Lion Rock and Tai Wan Hill in Hung Hom (what is the proper name?) for an approximate location.  It is somewhere in Causeway Bay.  Perhaps between Caroline Hill and Happy Valley?  I can't help with the buildings though.

breskvar

 

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2012-10-23 01:05.

Hi there,

I think I've got it.  The sloping road by the left was Link Road, joining Caroline Hill road right in the middle of the photo.  Right at the junction was Leighton Road, with the old Zoroastrian building right there.  This is how I nailed the locaiton.

You may also see the Lee Garden Hill is partially still there.  I think by the left was one of the early buildings of the Po Leung Kuk.

A bit more information.  The playground in the foreground used to be the Cable & Wireless Sports Club.  It become the Hong Kong Telephone Sports Club soon after Cables & Wireless is no more.  Now it is running under HKT under PCCW.  The retaining wall is still there.

My 2 cents,

T

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2012-10-23 01:54.

Yes, T has got the location spot on.

Submitted by David on Wed, 2012-10-24 21:02.

Thanks Thomas, I've just let the Flickr poster know too.

Regards, David

Submitted by tngan on Thu, 2012-10-25 01:13.

Hi there,

I hope someone could recognize the big house in the foreground.  Despite the Pavilion type of roof it was not a traditional Chinese House.  Traditional Chinese houses like those in the remaining villages do not have chimneys like the one in the photo.  The chimney was a western element.

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by C on Sun, 2012-10-28 01:07.

The house seems to have been situated at the present-day No. 3 or, less likely, No. 5 Link Road.  In the 1970s, No. 3 was part of the New Method College and No. 5 was a 5-storey residential building (possibly built in the 1950s).  Both looked nothing like the house, and both were demolished in mid- to late 1980s.