second generation hunghom market (bulkeley market) [1952-1987]

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Submitted by simtang on Tue, 2022-01-11 22:32

Current condition:

Demolished / No longer exists

Date Place completed:

c.1952-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1987-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

In 1952, a new market opened in Hunghom to replace the Wuhu market (https://gwulo.com/node/56943).

It was demolished around 1987, the year when the market moved into the new Hunghom municipal services building not very far away on Ma Tau Wai rd. The dates are mentioned in this 1983 news report

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A 1959 hunghom map shows the location of the market

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The 1952 market was located in two buildings. One on the north-east corner of bulkeley-gillies junction. Another bigger one on the north-west corner. The first one is shown in this picture. One can see part of the building on the left where raw meats and live chickens were sold. A lot of hawkers occupied the Bulkeley street outside the building selling other items like flowers, clothes,vegetables, fruits, fish etc. The second picture below shows the chaotic scene on Bulkeley street with the second building hidden behind the other buildings. It was probably taken on Valley hill on Chatham road looking east and down. One can see both Bulkeley street and its back alley filled with illegal hawker stalls.