unusual perspective of 1950s HK posted by Kookaburra2011 showing the old Tamar buildings with Victoria Barracks behind and Garden Road area behind 80sKid
Tamar 1958
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Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Friday, June 6, 1958
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Connections:
- Tamar 1958 shows Place PLA Central Barracks, previously HMS Tamar [????- ]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place St John's Cathedral [1849- ]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place Branksome Towers [1918-1975]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place Kennedy Terrace [1933- ]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place No 6 and 8 Kennedy Road [????- ]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place Peak Tram Lower Terminus (2nd generation) [1936-????]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place Victoria Barracks [????-????]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place C. Block / Cassels Block, Victoria Barracks / Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre [????- ]
- Tamar 1958 shows Place Big Chimney, Naval Dockyard [c.1906-1960]
Comments
1920s Tamar Boat Basin
A similar scene from the 1920s
above picture
the destroyer is in fact in the naval dockyard, Tamar is out of the picgure to the left which consisted of nissan huts.
HQBLF can be seen at the rear. PLA had not yet moved in..
Tamar 1958
This vessel is the Australian Navy's HMAS WARRAMUNGA, a ship with a WW2 service record. It was decommissioned in 1959