British Bicycle Co. [1923-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

British Bicycle Co. [1923-????]

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Submitted by 80sKid on Mon, 2014-05-19 15:07
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
1923-01-01
Tags: 
wanchai
shop
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Submitted by 80sKid on Mon, 2014-05-19 15:08.
Shop was established at 8 Hennessy Road in 1923, according to this http://www.hkmemory.hk/collections/prewar_industry/All_Items/prewar_indu... anyone know when it shut down?

Submitted by 80sKid on Mon, 2014-05-19 15:40.

the building it occupied was demolished at the end of the 1970s and replaced by China Hong Kong Tower in 1980. A directory of the same year places the shop at 3 Wood Road

Submitted by David on Tue, 2014-05-20 12:29.

Though the company was established in 1923, the advert shown on hkmemory is dated 1941. This building was probably built in the early 1930s, after Hennessy Road was laid out.

I remember there was an advertisement for Raleigh on Wanchai Road for several years. It was on the side of a bicycle shop next door to the CC Wu building.

Regards, David

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2014-05-21 22:08.

HKGRO

Between 1933 and 1935, the British Bicycle Co, was located at 30-34 Johnston Road.  By 1937 onwards, the Company was relocated to 16 Hennessy Road.