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QB Tree Walk Japanese Tunnel - Main Entrance

Submitted by Kaptain Kitteh on Mon, 2021-02-15 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

The main entrance is easily visible from the trail. Photo taken Q1 2021.

QB Tree Walk Japanese Tunnel - Branch #1B

Submitted by Kaptain Kitteh on Mon, 2021-02-15 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Left-hand branch, first right view. Photo taken Q1 2021.

QB Tree Walk Japanese Tunnel - Branch #1A

Submitted by Kaptain Kitteh on Mon, 2021-02-15 16:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Left-hand branch, straight ahead. There is apparently a smallish exit at the end - and a very large "tunnel bug"! Photo taken Q1 2021.

Deep cutting on the Shaukiwan (King's) Road in the 1930s

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2020-06-06 17:48
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Cropped from Brick_House_once_on_Kornhill.

The photo shows the deep on cutting the Shaukiwan (King's) Road.

"K" shows the Taikoo Sugar Refinery West Gate of Taikoo Dockyard.

Rat bin in Quarry Bay, c.1910-1912

Submitted by Jamie Carstairs on Wed, 2020-01-29 17:48
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

[Updated location to Quarry Bay, and date to c.1910-12, see comments below.]

Street in Shaukiwan, Hong Kong, c.1910-1913. Image from the Historical Photographs of China web site (www.hpcbristol.net), HPC ref HR01-142. Link: https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/hr01-142. Signs for: ENTRANCE TO THE TAIKOO RECREATION GROUND and FOOK WAH COMPRADORE. Note the rat bin on the lamp post on the right. 

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