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Site of King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) 1948

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2022-02-12 19:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

Cropped from 1948 Kowloon Peninsula

Shows the site of the King George V Memorial Park (Kowloon) - or whats left after the Japanese occupation.

Wikipedia refers that the park was partly destroyed and used as a refuse dump. In 1948 it looks as if the site has been cleared already. Only a pavilion and a small building survived the war.

Pavilion at King George V Memorial Park

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2022-02-12 18:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2011

Philip and Sylvia Harding Klimanek in Jessfield Park, Shanghai, ca. 1933

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2022-01-23 15:59

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today].

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1933
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Harding Klimanek family portrait, Shanghai, ca. 1932

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2022-01-23 15:45

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' senior manager. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today].

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1932
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Submitted by eurasian_david on Mon, 2020-11-23 04:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1920

Middle Road Children's Playground [1932-????]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2018-09-11 21:29
Date Place completed: 
c.1932-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

I'm not exactly sure of its layout, but photos from the 1930s show an open patch of land bounded by Nathan, Salisbury, Chatham & Middle Roads.

12 Sep 2018 Update: Moddsey notes in the comments below that the playground was the eastern section of the land. I've updated the marker and outline.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Tar macadam depot, Middle Rd, Kowloon [????-c.1931]
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Hospital Gardens & Recreation Ground / King George V Park [c.1880- ]

Submitted by Herostratus on Mon, 2017-06-19 23:38
Date Place completed: 
c.1880-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
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Chater Garden [1978- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2016-12-29 14:32
Date Place completed: 
1978-10-20

Built on the site of the old cricket pitch.

The garden was opened on 20th October 1978, as shown on a plaque at the site.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
HK Cricket Club pitch (1st location) [1851-1975]
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Blake Garden [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-09-13 17:01
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Swimming canal near Hong Kong

Submitted by seemex on Sat, 2014-06-28 09:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1917

I believe this photo is at a location near Hong Kong. My grandfather had a farm or what was referred to as a "farm" near this place. I have other photos showing a large body of water, maybe a bay of some sort, and others showing thatched dwellings such as can be sen in the background of this picture. I am thinking now maybe it was near Tai Tam Valley as there is a similar canal stucture in one photo I saw on Gwulo. I am hoping someone may have a better idea of where this was taken.

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