I noticed that my Mum had put a caption against this slide number saying 'off to church'. This suggests the pathway must be somewhere between MacDonnell Road and St John's Cathedral.
I have posted two other photos that may be part of the same or similar route.
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Wanchai
It may have changed since the 50s but this reminds me of the zigzag path that links Ship Street area with Kennedy Road close to Nam Koo Terrace and the old Chitose Hotel building.
Thanks very much, I have no
Thanks very much, I have no idea but have a few photos on these sort of paths.
Path
I think this is towards the bottom of Battery Path leading to Queen's Road Central, approached by passing St Johns Cathedral and walking down.
Location of path
Thank you very much
Location of path
Dibsey - I used to walk down there so frequently, it was lovely to see it as it was in my youth again!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the
I'm so glad you enjoyed the photo. I was only 3 when we went to Hong Kong and so my memories are mainly second hand. The help provided by people such as yourself through this wonderful website has helped me to piece information together and gain a much better insight into our lives there. My Mum helped with the Sunday School at the Cathedral so I expect that we often walked that way.
Location
Well well! My Mum ran the kindergarten at St John's Cathedral! Thelma Miller. So did your Mother help out my mother I wonder?
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We were in Hong Kong between
We were in Hong Kong between 1956-1958, does that coincide with you?. As we are writing I am looking through a copy of the 'St John's review' that my Mum kept with various other items. Her name was Eleanor Bullock. She also kept a Christmas card from Joan Temple, thanking her for her work in the Sunday school.
Best wishes,
Chris (Dibsy is what my Mum and Dad used to call me at that time)
Re: Photo Location
Would like to think it is/was Battery Path but can't figure out for now the building behind.
Battery path
When my family first emigrated to Hong Kong in 1956 my Dad worked in a small two room office just a little up Battery Path. It was the Quantity Surveying office and it contained one senior QS, one clerk, one dog and then included my Dad. People were fleeing China at that point and the government recognised the need to build resettlement apartments to house them, hence my Dad's appointment. I believe this small office, with its ceiling fans is or was the building in the picture!
Hillside path name
Just behind the former Knightsbridge Court off Barker Road - the path from the tennis courts down to May Road.
This is not battery path as
This is not battery path as there is nowhere there with a switchback shown in the picture.The only possibility I could find is the path down from Upper Albert Road to Glenealy pre flyover construction which would make the white building Alford House, however I am not convinced that this is the correct location. Chris you said you had other similar shots it would bw helpful if you could post them to give more clues. The white building behind the trees looks to be five or six stories. There is also what looks to be a lot marker in the wall between tree and lamppost, I am not sure how much details the picture has but if could be scanned at a higher resolution to read the number on the lot marker it would tell us exactly where the photo was taken.
Re: Photo
Some of the photos posted by Chris were horizontally flipped. So not sure about this one. May be Glenealy below Caine Road e.g. here but not able to confirm.
The photo is interesting as there are not many six storey buildings next to a steep path.
Re: hair pin turns
Hi There,
I do not believe that is Battery Path as there is no such turns there. That doesn't look like Chatham Path either. But foot paths like this ought to be on the Island somewhere, probably on the Northern slope. Just the image could not provide sufficient visual clues for us.
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