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Old RAF hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2008-05-11 23:23
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2006
Places shown in this photo: 
Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????- ]

Photo received by email, originally taken in 2006. More info here.

Japanese pillbox at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2008-05-11 23:05
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2006
Places shown in this photo: 
Japanese Pillbox at Diamond Hill [????- ]

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Kai Tak

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2008-05-11 22:58
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950
Places shown in this photo: 
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]

Received by email. Date is approximate. Notes attached:

The traffic has been stopped for a landing aircraft on Runway 13. Note the police post in the centre of Clearwater Bay Rd [now named Choi Hung Rd] beside the nullah.

Kai Tak in the late 1940s

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2008-05-11 22:48
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
Places shown in this photo: 
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]

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A nice photo of the approach to Runway 13 from over the Kowloon Hills. Note the runway had yet to be extended. The Tai Hom hangar is visible by the side of Clearwater Bay Rd on the top left of picture.

RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2008-05-09 13:55
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947
Places shown in this photo: 
Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????- ]

Detail from Hedda Morrison's photo 'Kai Tak airfield, looking across eastern Kowloon to Lion Rock.' The roof of the hangar is the dark strip in the middle of the photo. The hangar is behins an earth bank, so all we can see is the roof peeping over the top.

Kai Tak

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2008-05-08 22:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955
Places shown in this photo: 
Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????- ]
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]
RAF Kai Tak [????-????]
Good Hope School, Clear Water Bay Road [1955- ]

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Date is a guess

Notes from moddsey:

RAF Hangar, Tai Hom / Diamond Hill

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2008-05-08 22:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950
Places shown in this photo: 
Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????- ]

Photo received by email.

Date is a guess.

Note from moddsey:

The RAF hangar at Tai Hom with a Spitfire undergoing maintenance in front of it.

Tai Shing Street & Tseuk Luk Street, Looking Northwest

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2008-05-05 15:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2003
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Choi Hung Rd and Nullah

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2008-05-05 15:43
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2003

Kai Tak airport area

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2008-04-30 10:23
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2008
Places shown in this photo: 
Kai Tak Airfield / Airport [????- ]
Old RAF Hangar at Tai Hom / Diamond Hill [????- ]

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