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Colour Postcard -1957-unknown street.

Colour Postcard -1957-unknown street.
Submitted by Bryan Panter
Authors: 
Orient Publishing Company.

This postcard is on the inside cover of my album, information on rear says—Business Section of Hong Kong with its colourful signboards.- Is the actual street recognisable to anyone?(photo purchased in 1957)

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Monday, April 1, 1957
Gallery: 
1950s Bryan Panter's photos
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Submitted by Bryan Panter on Sun, 2019-10-13 17:50.
Looking through all my uploaded photos, thanks to my friends in the forum nearly all have been identified, I sent this postcard home to my parents in Apr. 1957, but where in Hong Kong is it? All the rear of photo says is- Business section of Hong Kong. Have now uploaded all my 1957/58 photos relating to my time as a National serviceman in Hong Kong and would like thank you all who have commented and identified them, bringing back memories long forgotten. Do have photos taken on troopships stopovers to Hong Kong and return to England, even though they are not of Hong Kong, if they are of interest to anyone will be happy upload them. —Many thanks to everyone.—- Bryan Panter.

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2019-10-14 10:48.

Hi There,

I am more incline to believe this was somewhere in Yau Ma Ti.  We shoudl be able to look up the business signs somehow.  The relative far away skyline also suggest edit was not on the Island.  Exact location is still a big question mark but it should be along somewhere along Portland Street\Shanghai Street\Reclamation Street facing north.

Is there any more photos before or after this one? If so the sequence of the photos may also provide clues.

T

Submitted by David on Mon, 2019-10-14 21:45.

Hi Bryan, I just took a look at your gallery, and it's grown into an impressive collection (https://gwulo.com/image?field_gallery_tid=1205&items_per_page=All). Thank you very much for sharing them with us. As far as the extra photos of the journey, let's leave them for now.

Best regards, David