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Park_Hotel_1970

Text on Flickr:

On the east of Chatham Road was a reclaimed site with army camps from 30s to late 60s - the Chatham Camp, shown on the lower part of this picture in a derelict condition. Was it a part of the Gun Club Hill Barracks ?

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970

1905 Time ball

Text on Flickr: Time Ball connected with Kowloon Observatory, TST.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1905
Places shown in this photo: 

Mid 50s in TST

Intersection between Kimberly Road & Carnarvon Road.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Star Ferry buses-1923

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1923

Image clipped from gwulo.com/atom/25093

An interesting selection of bus styles.

Bus on the left-rear step entrance-rear windows + destination box

Bus-centre-wide rear entrance to seating-rolled canvas wet weather protection for entrance and seating, also for rear window aperture.

Bus-on the right-full open side access to bench? seating-plus full length rolled canvas wet weather protection tucked under roof-line

 

Star Ferry, Kowloon, 1920s

Update after comments (see below):

Exact date cannot be determined, but earliest 1925. Date amended from 1923 to 1925.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1925

A mobile police post at Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui in 1970

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1970
Places shown in this photo: 

1930s Holts Wharf at TST

Test from Flickr in 2013:

This was how it looked of the current location of the Regent hotel in the old days. Holts Godown was built in circa 1910 and sold the site to New World Development in the eary 70s.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
Places shown in this photo: 

1971 TST Holts Wharf

Text on Flickr from 2012:

Entrance of the Holts Wharf at Salisbury Road. The whole complex was redeveloped in the early of 70s. Later it was replaced by New World Centre.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1971
Places shown in this photo: 

1930s Signal Hill

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Holts wharf godown in c. 1910s

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
Places shown in this photo: 

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