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Gillian Tydeman's 21st Birthday Party

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 19:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1956

Gillian Tydeman, with feather duster, sitting in front. My father, Raymond, with glasses, extreme right, sitting. The party was held at HKEC Recreational Club.

First flight of unaccompanied schoolchildren to arrive after the war

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 19:05
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950

Arrival at Kai Tak Airport - 5th August 1950. John Anton-Smith third from left.

Raymond Smith with 'Miss Tricity'

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 19:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

'Miss Tricity' was the name given to the cable-mounted toy plane at the Hong Kong Electric Company Recreational Club. Raymond Smith, an engineer at HKEC pre- and post-war, designed the ride. 

Queen Mary Hospital Chinese Nurses' Party - December 1953

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 18:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1953

Raymond Smith - 2nd row, fourth from right

Pixie Smith as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 18:45
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

My mother, fifth from left.

Circus elephants unloaded by crane

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 18:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

This is unashamedly a composite of two different photos taken on the same occasion. I rescued a tiny charred fragment showing an elephant in mid-air from the fireplace - you can clearly see the burn marks - and combined it with a broader, less interesting shot that sets it in context.

Hong Kong Aerial View - location unknown

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2020-07-26 18:38
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

1955 1-600 map of Wyndham Street

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2020-07-25 12:47
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1955

Cropped from sheet 1:600 196-SW-10 (Ed 1955-10) at https://www.hkmapservice.gov.hk/OneStopSystem/map-search#

Holland-China Trading Company dinner, Hong Kong 1950

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2020-07-21 21:54

Charles Gesner van der Voorts' (1916-1991) friends Phil Beekmeijer and his wife Ans and Karel Baggerman and his wife attended a dinner for the occasion of Philip Harding Klimanek leaving Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Hong Kong.

The photo was taken by Ming Yuen Studio, 6 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.

Courtesy Beekmeijer family archives

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1950
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1954 Central view

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-07-16 03:38

Shows both Queen's Piers. 

The harbour in front of the older Queen's Pier is not yet reclaimed yet, there will be the Star Ferry Pier (3rd location) in about three year's time.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1954
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