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Street scene
Submitted by Andrew Suddaby
Authors: 
Ewart Hunt

Any suggestions?

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Tuesday, January 1, 1952
Gallery: 
Hunt, Ewart (1952-53)
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Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2019-01-28 23:30.

Hi There,

I think I have seen this before, but the shop signs were different.  Could be the junction where Queen's Road Central, Wellenging Street and Bonham Strand meet.

T

Submitted by Herostratus on Tue, 2019-01-29 05:23.

I think this may be the corner of Queen's Road West near the start of Hollywood Road at Possession Point

Submitted by Tang on Sun, 2021-07-04 01:36.

It is not Queen's Road West near Possession Point - the direction of the bend is incorrect.  Neither is it Hollywood Road.

I think T is correct.  The picture was taken at a point just west of the junction of Queen's Road Central, Bonham Strand and Wellington street.

BTW: There is no such thing as "Hollywood Road at Possession Point".  Hollywood Road intercept Possession Street one street above, and south, of Queen's Road Central/West.  Possession Street is the point where Queen's Road Central and West meet.

Submitted by David on Sat, 2021-07-03 14:14.

Hi Tang,

Posession Point is the old name for the area at the western end of Hollywood Road - here's an example of its use on an old map: https://gwulo.com/node/5199#18/22.28614/114.14751/Map_by_ESRI-1905_HK-Ma...

So "Hollywood Road at Possession Point" just means the section of Hollywood Road in that area.

Regards, David

Submitted by philk on Sun, 2021-07-04 00:29.

my initial thought was maybe near Hillier St but then I realised the central theatre would be visible, so I think I agree with the curve near possession point.

Submitted by Tang on Sun, 2021-07-04 05:07.

Thanks, David,

for the correction.

When older generation Chinese living in the vacinity refer to 水坑口(Possession Point), they usually mean only the junction of Queen's Road Central/West, Possession Street and Bonham Strand (East) rather than the whole area as depicted in the map.  They don't consider Hollywood Road part of 水坑口.

In 1950/60's my father has a branch shop at Bonham Strand and Queen's Road Central/West. I went there often as a kid and knew the area very well.

Regards,

Jacob

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2021-07-08 22:03.

I just wanted to confirm that this is indeed QRW. Please look at the 1978 screencap (from Revenge of the Pink Panther) below where I have highlighted some shop signage that matches Ewart's in the original (for non-Chinese readers you can compare the two larger characters on the column, centre image, in the 1950's B&W image).

Queen's Road West
{C}Queen's Road West, by Philk{C}

Submitted by Tang on Fri, 2021-07-09 01:56.

Excellent eyes.

Did Revenge of the Pink Panther identify the location as Queen's Road West?

 

Submitted by philk on Fri, 2021-07-09 07:04.

Hi Tang, please check out these associated posts: https://hongkongandmacaufilmstuff.blogspot.com/2015/09/revenge-of-pink-p...
 

and https://hongkongandmacaufilmstuff.blogspot.com/2015/09/revenge-of-pink-p...

Cheers

Phil