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Grampian Road?

This road leads towards Lion's Rock, my guess is Grampian Road. Date could be 1940s or 1930s.

Grampian Road [c.1925- ]

Named after:  Grampian Range in Victoria/Australia (see comment below)

Details:

Grampian Road  is a 500m long street in Kowloon Tsai. In runs from Boundary Street northward to Dumbarton Road.

Timeline

  • 1925: Street constructed (?), houses were built along this road end of the 1920s  
  • 1932: Street named (source)
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Other points of interest

 

Press Photo 1001 新闻老照片-香港大火 Hong Kong Fire 1954

Text from Flickr:

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1954

Kowloon Tsai Squatter Fire - 22 July 1954

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1954

This photo of the Kowloon Tsai Squatter Fire belonged to the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Ron Brooks, who was involved in fighting this fire.

Suziepie

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