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Lo family compound [????-????]

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Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2011-02-25 21:14
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists

 

Leased Lot # House name House address
1884 IL 942 Hazledean 105 Robinson Road
1884 IL 949 Nettlewood 107 Robinson Road
1919 IL 2611 (no name) 103 Robinson Road
1919 IL 2289 Woodgreen 62 Conduit Road

1901 map


 

 

From Eric Peter Ho, author of "Tracing my children's Lineage"

Hazledean was 105 Robinson Road. I believe my grandfather Lo Cheung-shiu's family lived there until the 1920s.

When MK & MW Lo returned from England, grandfather purchased or built Nettlewood, 107 Robinson Road for them. The two brothers continued to share that house after they were both married.

Subsequently, grandfather acquired the land to the east of Nettlewood and Hazeldean, from Condit Road to Robinson Road and built

103 Robinson Road (no name for that house) and

Woodgreen 62 Conduit Road.

 

- There was an air raid shelter under the houses with the entrance from 103 Robinson Road.

- Various members of the Lo and Ho families spent time during the Japanese occupation in these houses.

- "there was a steady supply of spring water seeping through the rocks behind 53 Conduit Road"

Google Books search: Nettlewood Hong Kong

-"My children and I stayed with Vic and "MK" [Lo] and their family in the house Nettlewood"

 

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Photos that show this place

1901
1982

Comments

Submitted by David on Sat, 2011-02-26 17:19.

See the separate Place for 103 Robinson Road. It has a couple of photos.

Submitted by Andrew E Tse (not verified) on Sun, 2011-02-27 11:04.

Residence of M.H. Lo at No. 62 Conduit Road. I think it was called " Woodgreen". This photo was taken in mid 1980's

AET

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2011-02-28 02:18.

Hi there,

Now that you mentioned it, I remember seeing some columns (which looked a bit old) from a schoolmate's Balcony over in Lyttelton Road:

Don't know if the have anything to do with the old compound, but they looked like granite to me.  They are also visible in Google Street View.

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2011-03-01 10:57.

Hazledean and Nettlewood
Do they match up with the right-of-way roads to Nettlewood in this 1901 map?

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2011-03-01 11:23.

Hi there,

The service road in the 1901 map appeared to match the present day map, especially the lower portion at Robinson Road. 

Street View of the junction looks old enough except the new add-ons over the trees by the left:

http://goo.gl/maps/ltE6

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by samlee on Thu, 2012-05-24 01:38.

Actually, Mr Lo sold Hazledean to my grandfather Li Wing-Kwong (they were good friends) during 190x-191x for hk$250,000 and then my grandfather sold it to HSBC in 1925 for $100,00 only, due to the bankrupcy.

Submitted by DavidDe on Tue, 2020-01-14 11:05.

Dear Mr Lee,

I just saw your post from 2012, I've been doing some research on your late grandfather Mr. Li Wing-Kwong. Is there any chance I could talk to you about him? You can reach me at dademes87@gmail.com I'd greatly appreciate to hear from you.

Kind regards from Taipei,

David

Submitted by Wang Min Er on Wed, 2020-03-18 07:28.

Thank you, T.

I have just started looking at Gwulo but found your 2011 message with a map.

My memory of that part of HK is a walking path between Robinson Road and Conduit Road. A sufficiently wide, long series of concrete steps, it linked Robinson Road to Conduit Road, with residences at different points between the two roads.

That was around 1964 but I do remember lots of foliage when one ascended the steps from Robinson, especially on the left side. At that time, Conduit Road certainly had lots of foliage, too.

There would be a large building, probably with apartments on the right side that also had a front yard (garden). By then, one could look down the steps on to Robinson and places closer to Victoria Harbour. Could that be one of the family compounds that our Gwulo friends have talked about?

I also remember seeing a lot of Volkswagon Bugs parked at the building where I lived on Conduit Road. But I don't remember the street number of that building.

Do you know someone who has memories of that part of Robinson Road and Conduit Road? It was very close to the Catholic schools that many Gwulo authors have talked about: St. Joan, St. Joseph, Sacred Heart etc..

In any case, I deeply appreciate the map you provided. It's possible I have seen the Lo family compound or Nettelwood without knowing them. Do you have clear photos of them to jog my memory?

Thank you so much.