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1960s Wyndham St

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2010-08-31 23:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962
Places shown in this photo: 
Dairy Farm Building - Fringe Club & FCC [1892- ]

1960s Queen's Rd Central & Wellington St

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2010-07-29 04:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1963
Places shown in this photo: 
Junction of Queen's Rd & Wellington St [????- ]

Central 1964

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2010-07-05 18:17
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1964
Places shown in this photo: 
City Hall (2nd & current generation) [1962- ]
General Post Office (current generation) [1976- ]
Hilton Hotel [1963-1995]
Prince's Building (2nd & current generation) [1965- ]
Blake Pier (1st generation, 1st location) [1900-1965]
Central Star Ferry Pier (3rd location, Edinburgh Place) [1957-2006]
P&O Building (5th generation) [c.1965-c.1980]

Central circa 1964. Princes Building under construction. The City Hall promenade eerily devoid of people. The old Blake Pier still in postion. IDJ

Aerial photos:Hong Kong from above

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2010-07-05 14:01
Places shown in this photo: 
Kowloon [????- ]

Kowloon around 1963-64. Star House foundations under construction but no Ocean Terminal yet. Homantin area still undeveloped hills. IDJ

Plaque in memory of my grandmother

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Mon, 2010-06-28 19:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

The pictures here show the then Anglican archbishop of Hong Kong unveiling a plaque to my grandmother Annie Louisa Olson on land donated to St Christopher's Home for boys by my family in 1966.

It now seems that the Anglican authorities do not have any knowledge of the plaque or its whereabouts as they say the land was swapped with other land to allow for road building in the area. However, another story is that the land where the plaque is shown became part of a private gated community.

1960s HSBC

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2010-06-12 09:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1965
Places shown in this photo: 
HSBC Headquarters Building (3rd generation) [1935-1984]

c.1966 view of Central

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-06-08 16:49

What are we looking at in the foreground of this photo?

I think the location is on the newly formed seafront, after the Central reclamation in the 1960s. Then just to the right of the photo the second Blake Pier stretched out to sea.

But what was this stretch of pier used for? There's some sort of large, metal frame at the back of each bay in the pier - does that give any clue?

The background is easier to identify. From left to right:

Chater Hall Landslide 1966

Submitted by marlowe on Sat, 2010-06-05 19:59
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966
Places shown in this photo: 
Chater Hall [1950- ]

Confrontation Tie

Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Tue, 2010-05-25 22:00

See http://gwulo.com/node/6193

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