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Photos of Hong Kong war gardens

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Submitted by Rachel Ip on Thu, 2020-08-13 17:19

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this site, and I have been looking for histrorical photos of gardens made in wartime in Hong Kong (and Asia more generally). I know in WW2, internees in Stanley prison created kitchen gardens to supplement food provisions, and I also heard there were gardens in the grounds of some schools during the war.

I have searched the images on this site, but haven't found any yet. Is anyone aware of any historical photos on this subject? I would be very grateful for any comments or suggestions.

Many thanks

Best wishes,

Rachel

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2020-08-19 17:32.

The foreground of this photo shows the ground formed into ridges for gardening:

Stanley Camp
Stanley Camp, by Duncan Robertson

Submitted by Rachel Ip on Wed, 2020-08-19 18:14.

Hi David, that's wonderful - thank you so much for sharing the image! Do you know if there is a version of this wihtout the annotations on the website? I have had a look but couldn't find one.

So great to see an image, I have seen several mentions of the gardens in books.

Thank you.

Best wishes,

Rachel

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-08-22 11:55.

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