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Minden Row Junior School [????-????]

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Submitted by David on Fri, 2011-07-01 22:00
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
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Submitted by David on Wed, 2011-07-06 03:18.

Found a few more odds and ends on the internet:

  • It was a British Forces school for children whose parents were stationed in Hong Kong with the British armed services.
  • This photo set on Flickr has a couple of photos of the school dated 1958/9. Does anyone know when it started and stopped being a school?
  • A bit of background on the 'Minden' name from Wikipedia: "The HMS Minden was named after the town of Minden and in honor of the Battle of Minden that the British, Hanoverian, Kurhessen, Brunswick and Schaumburg-Lippe troops won over the French On August 1, 1759. The ship was transferred eventually to Hong Kong where it served as a hospital ship. In its honor two Hong Kong streets were named Minden Row and Minden Avenue."

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2020-05-11 09:04.

Hi David, in the 1963.1 Map of Kowloon at http://www.hkmaps.hk/mapviewer.html , the location of Minden Row School is given. Kindly nudge the marker to the correct location. Thanks.

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-05-16 14:47.

Thanks Moddsey, location corrected.

Submitted by David on Sat, 2021-01-16 18:28.

I've highlighted the school on this 1:600 map from 1961. It occupied two large houses called Penyrhew and Cheriton:

1961 1:600 Minden Row School
1961 1:600 Minden Row School, by Admin

 

 

The two houses are seen at top centre in this photo:

Far East Motors site Middle Road-later site of Ambassador Hotel etc
Far East Motors site Middle Road-later site of Ambassador Hotel etc, by IDJ

Submitted by lily mclean on Thu, 2021-02-25 15:01.

The photo below shows me and the rest of the Minden Row Junior Army School class of 9 year olds in 1969.  The photo was taken with our class teacher Mr. Ridley and his daughter Susan.

I'd love to hear from any of the pupils and especially Mary King.  My maiden name was Lily Ball.

Your sincerely,  
Mrs Lily McLean
Isle of Man

Minden Row Junior Army School class of 9 year olds in 1969
Minden Row Junior Army School class of 9 year olds in 1969, by lily mclean

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-02-28 02:43.

The Public Works Report for 1913 refers:

Works completed: 9 European houses on K.I.L 575 Minden Row and Minden Villas

K.I.L. 575 is quite large, it includes the houses on Minden Row as well as houses on Mody Road (see 1920 map)