This is another picture I came across from my great aunt Ethel Olson's collection. She notes on the back: ""Taken at Cherry Ole Fan Ling. Spent a week there with friends. Just off for a game of golf."
Seems like the sort of place that somebody might know about.
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Cherry Ole
No sign of this on the internet, though maybe this wasn't the official name of the building? It's a good sized building, but zoom in to the window frames and it's looking a bit scruffy around the edges.
I've made a place for the Fanling Golf Course, to give a rough idea of where this might have been.
Location confirmed
Thanks to eatsee for tracking this down, and for the extra information from philk & 80skid.
I've made a Place for this building and moved your comments over to it.
Lena Lodge 1966/7
This house, Lena Lodge brings back fantastic memories for me, I got married in Kowloon whilst service in the British Royal Military Police and managed to Rent the house from a Mr & Mrs Slack for a short period of time. Had to move out when the British £ was devalued but much to my annoyance was informed by the owners I could have stayed the Rental fee was not required just someone trust worthy to look after the property when they were away in Hong Kong. My daughter, Elaine Ann was born there and had her very first Chinese Meal in a Resturaunt in Fan Ling Called then the "Better Hole" owned by a Chinese guy we called "POP" who was great to. Went back in 2010 and although I managed to get inside was not allowed to go inside the house....A great pity!! Never the less was fantastic to see it was still standing. Would love to go back and actually see more of it as I'm staying in Johor Bahru, Malaysia??
Enchi Lodge
I beleive that this is a Grade 2 building in HK, and is now called Enchi Lodge, located on Castle Pak Road in Kam Tsin. The building was built in 1921 for Jardine Trading Company as a staff clubhouse. Later it was purchased and lived in by Zhang Gongrang (who may have been a general in the Chinese Nationalist Party). During the Japanese invasion of HK, the building was used as a Japanese military quarters and hospital for Japanes soldiers.
re: Enchi Lodge
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for posting. You can read some more notes about the Enchi Lodge at the 'Place' page for the building:
http://gwulo.com/node/7534
If you see a photo on Gwulo and want to check if we've got more information about any of the buildings shown, it's worth checking the "Places shown in this photo:" section. They're not always filled in, but worth a look.
Regards, David