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Shek Lo

Submitted by Lawrence Tsui on Sun, 2012-02-26 07:52
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950
Places shown in this photo: 
Shek Lo [????- ]

Notice the hill in the background was bare.  Trees & bushes were cut for wood-burning stoves.  The hillsides were burnt regularly for fertilised soil.

The pond in front of the house was widened in the 60s.

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