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Southorn Playground
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Detail cropped from this photo:

http://gwulo.com/atom/22371

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Sunday, January 1, 1950
Gallery: 
1950s Hong Kong
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Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2015-09-07 17:23.

Hi there,

I could not recall anything about that long building as shown in the photo.  That was well before I was born.

That plot of lan seemed to have something to do with the Hong Kong Playground Association.  The Association was establish in 1933.  

Before the whole site (including the clinic) was rebuilt after MTR construction, there used to be a covered playground/stadium, run by HKPA.  Matches of Basket Ball, Volley Ball, Badminton and Table Tennis were staged there very frequently.  HKPA used to have an office block at the corner of O'Brien Road, which is also visible in the photo.  The Family Planning Association also had an office there, in the same building.

Thanks & Best Regards,

T

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2015-09-07 20:28.

The long building was the War Memorial Welfare and Recreational Centre. Comments made in http://gwulo.com/node/28432 . A photo of the building also appears in the Sunday Herald dated 4 June 1950.

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2015-09-08 14:11.

Hi there,

Found this photo and this photo at eternal1966's Fl ickr collection.  For this one a roof is visible over the basketball court.  Unable to determine if it is a temporary roof or a permenant one.  

Thanks & Best Regards,

T

 

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2015-09-08 18:28.

Hi there,

Found another photo in eternal1966's collection with the covered playground.  The photographer was standing at Johnston Road facing North at O'brien Street.

Thanks & Best Regards,

T