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Ho Sheung Heung Aerial Photo 1976

Ho Sheung Heung Aerial Photo 1976
Submitted by philk
Tags: 
aerial photographs
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Thursday, January 1, 1976
Gallery: 
1970s Hong Kong
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Submitted by David on Mon, 2014-04-14 17:02.

Hi Phil,

Is north at the top of this photo? I'm trying to match it up with a map and struggling - not sure if it's because the area has been redeveloped so much since the photo was taken, or I need to turn my map around!

Regards, David

Submitted by kpl on Mon, 2018-05-28 23:01.

North is to the right(ish).  The village is in middle of the shot, a little left of centre & to the right of the series of three ponds.  The football pitch of Lo Wu Camp is the rectangle to the left & below centre.  A bit of the camp can be seen in the lower left corner.

-kpl.

Submitted by David on Tue, 2018-05-29 11:59.

Thanks, got my bearings now.  I can see that rectangle for the football pitch marked on the 1952 map, below the Yuen of the caption Ho Sheung Heung Tsung Yuen: https://gwulo.com/map-of-places#16/22.5153/114.1083/Map_by_ESRI-1952_All...

Looks like it's the site of the Lo Wu Saddle Club today.

Submitted by philk on Tue, 2018-05-29 15:21.
Did I never answer the question.. many apologies. Yes, the old football pitch is now the saddle club and the other open area below it in the picture (triangular)is now a paddock and carpark area.