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The Smugglers Inn Hong Kong

Text on Flickr:

Frequently visited this establishment whilst working in Hong Kong. Situated in Stanley Main Street

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1982

Stanley village

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Stanley-Main Street promenade-2015.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2015

Was an alternative pleasant beach until the urban planners got hold of it

Stanley-Main-Beach-panorama-2015

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2015

Summers coming, but the beach will not be this empty!

Stanley Fort in 1939

Text on Flickr: Sgt Derek Hill of coast artillery on top of a  9.2inch gun at Stanley Fort in 1939.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1939

06 Dec 1941, INTERNED - DECEMBER 1941

Date(s) of events described: 
Saturday, December 6, 1941
Book / Document: 

We were dancing in the Rose Room of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong on the evening of Saturday the 6th December, 1941.  During the evening an announcement was made on the loudspeaker, recalling all service personnel to report to their headquarters immediately.  It was an ominous sign that war with Japan was close at hand.

INTERNED - DECEMBER 1941

Deacription of the internment at Stanley Camp during the Second World War.

12.11 pm. Stanley further away.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2016
Places shown in this photo: 

Po Toi Island. Stanley is visible further away.

2003 - Stanley Dragon Boat Festival

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2003
Places shown in this photo: 

2003 - Stanley Dragon Boat Festival

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2003
Places shown in this photo: 

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