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Swimming at Castle Peak

Swimming at Castle Peak
Submitted by mike

Sharing the lilo with my Dad...11 and half mile beach Castle peak.

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, July 1, 1962
Gallery: 
1960s Mike Cussans' photos
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Submitted by David on Wed, 2014-08-27 13:05.

Hi Mike,

Do you remember any other name for the beach? A map from the 70s shows these beaches between Milstones 11 & 12:

  • Ting Kau
  • Lido
  • Casam
  • Hoi Mei
Regards, David

Submitted by harryhktc on Thu, 2014-08-28 18:30.

I think this or one of the others named was also called Coffee Beach. Lots of big,creamy-coloured jelly fish with long trailing tentacles and a first aid tent there always manned to daub 'cream' on  painful whiplash stings.

H.

 

Submitted by David on Thu, 2014-08-28 18:43.

Let me write down the list while we're talking about them. I'm using "Hong Kong Streets & Place. Volume 2, Kowloon & The New Territories", reprinted in 1979.

Heading from Tsuen Wan towards Tuen Mun we have:

MS10

MS11

MS12

MS13

MS14

<no beaches marked>

MS18

"MS" refers to the Milestone.

Could Cafeteria Beach and Coffee Beach be the same?

Regards, David

Submitted by Lawrence Tsui on Thu, 2014-08-28 21:38.

Cafiteria Beach at 18MS was Coffee Beach in Chinese (Ga Fair Wan).  We lived at Dunrose at 18.5MS 1950-53.

 

Submitted by David on Fri, 2014-08-29 09:40.

Thanks Lawrence.

I've made Places for the beaches listed above. Does anyone have any photos of them to show us?

Regards, David