Situated at the junction of Prince Edward, Kai Tak and Sai Kung Roads. Completed in June 1925 in the same style as Sham Shui Po Police Station. LongJin (aka 'Lung Tsun') Pier can be seen on the right. Both the Police Station and the Pier were destroyed for the expansion of the aerodrome at Kai Tak during the Japanese Occupation. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1934
This photo was taken of Iris and Cyril Gaby just after their wedding at the Catholic Cathedral on 6th October 1934. I'm not sure if it is outside the cathedral itself. Iris must be in her "going away" clothes, as there is also a photo of her in her wedding dress on the way to her wedding. A press notice says that the honeymoon was to be spent at the Repulse Bay Hotel, so not far away! The photo comes from the Gaby family collection courtesy their chronicler, Stuart Preddy. <Read more ...>
Photo taken on beach at Kowloon Bay in summer of 1937. I am wearing a topee, and beside me are my sisters Julia and Margaret. A large building under construction in the background might be the China Light & Power generating station. <Read more ...>
