At first, my memory of nearly 60 years ago suggested that this was near Sha Tin but I was wrong! Please see the following comments.
New Territories
Submitted by Andrew Suddaby
Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Wednesday, January 1, 1958
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Comments
I think this might be a bit
I think this might be a bit further south than Yuen Chau Kok, as if we are looking at YCK there should be water / mud-flats between us and the hill. This hill could be the one by Che Kung temple.
Regards, David
David. I think that you
David. I think that you might be correct - although the wooded hill in the distance is, I'd have thought, much bigger than the one near Che Kung and is more the size and shape of the Yuen Chau Kok one and I don't think that I ever walked on the hills above the railway line to the south of Sha Tin. There is another photograph that I took of two pals stopping for a rest on one of the paths up to the Temple of 10,000 Buddhas and that clearly shows the mud flats as you suggest, so I'm a bit puzzled. Should I change the title? Can anyone else help?
Another idea, any chance you
Another idea, any chance you traveled this way by road instead of train sometimes? I think the view from Tai Po Road would have looked something like this.
Regards, David
Tai Po Road
I think David is correct, this looks like the view from the Tai Po Road around where the Shatin Inn still sits or perhaps at the Shatin Heights hotel area? The fact that we can't see the road here means it is quite likely you were on it when you took the picture.
I think you could both be
I think you could both be right. I might have used a public bus to get to Taipo Market on the occasion when I went by myself. It was a long time ago and that was the only occasion I have ever been to that spot! I'll settle for that. Now my dilema is whether the photo name needs to be changed. Probably better to leave it so that this correspondence remains valid?
The view from Shatin Heights
Phil's nailed it. Following his lead we've got a picture taken from above the Shatin Heights Hotel and dated to the mid-60s. A new road has been built in the valley, but otherwise it's a very similar view to Andrew's photo:
We'll done both of you. Your
We'll done both of you. Your detective work is excellent - and you've sorted out a rare lapse in my memory!
Andrew