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Disembarking at Tung Chung (?) Lantau 2

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-02-07 20:52

Persons unknown

The journey down from Lantau Mountain Camp looking towards Silver Mine Bay

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-02-07 19:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

A rest on the journey up to Lantau Mountain Camp

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-02-07 19:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

The climb up to Lantau Mountain Camp

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-02-07 19:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

First record of a king cobra in Hong Kong

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-02-07 18:58

My father was a very keen collector of snakes. When he returned, holding it, on the bus to Hong Kong, all the other passengers got off! The photograph is misleading as the head of the cobra is not very visible just a few inches from the ground.

Jimmy's advert 1938

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-02-06 04:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1938

From The Hongkong Telegraph 1938-01-17

Obviously, there was a Jimmy's in Kowloon already in the 1930's

Stokers-HMS Kent-China Station-1934-1936

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2020-01-25 23:09
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1935

Early posts discussed Royal Navy ‘stokers’ shovelling coal into boilers down in the engine rooms.

HMS KENT was a cruiser and Flagship of the China Station and a frequent visitor to Hong Kong.

Published by YE OLDE PRINTERIE LTD, Hong Kong, “An Illustrated record of her commission as flag ship of the China Station,” is a detailed diary of the cruises she undertook during 1934-36.

The book lists all the crew members of which approximately 160 are listed as ‘Stokers,’ these include various ranks of stoker. The total crew numbered 770

A rest on the journey up to Lantau Mountain Camp

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-01-24 20:24
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

Pixie Smith bending over chair, Shirley Stopani-Thomson, John Anton-Smith and two bearers

View from Silver Mine Bay towards Lantau Mountain Camp

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-01-24 17:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

Lantau Mountain Camp

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Fri, 2020-01-24 17:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

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