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1940s Kowloon Star Ferry Bus Teminus

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2007-12-27 09:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940
Places shown in this photo: 
Godown / shops near Star Ferry [1923-1963]
Customs Office - Kowloon [????- ]

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Photo of the shops fronting the bus terminus at Kowloon Star Ferry

1940s Lido at Repulse Bay

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2007-10-25 15:39
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940
Places shown in this photo: 
Lido, Repulse Bay [1935-????]

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The Lido Bathing Pavilion on eastern Repulse Bay was completed in 1935. Photo from the 1940s attached.

1940s Peninsula Hotel

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2007-10-25 15:24
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946
Places shown in this photo: 
The Peninsula Hotel [1927- ]

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Here is another photo of the Peninsula Hotel which shows up the wartime camouflage colours better. The roofs of the KCR Station also appear to be blotched and darker than normal.
 
Your linked wartime photo of Arthur Ball's set on Flickr also shows the Pen in camouflage colours immediately after the war. [In Arthur's photo you can see the Japanese had been busy with the camouflage paint. Even the clock tower has been given a coat. MrB]

1945 Tsim Sha Tsui

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2007-10-03 11:27
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
1945 arial photography by RAF. Taken from "Mapping Kong Kong" book.

1941 Captured troops march past ARP tunnels

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2007-07-17 11:30
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1941
Places shown in this photo: 
ARP portal 050 [????- ]
ARP portal 051 [????- ]
ARP Tunnel Network 02, 'Arsenal Street Network' [????- ]

1949 HMS Tamar (previously 'Wellington Barracks')

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2006-03-10 12:19
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
Places shown in this photo: 
Wellington Barracks / HMS Tamar [????-????]

Photo courtesy of reader 'moddsey'. In a photo from the 1910's this building is called Wellington Barracks, used by the British Army. When the Royal Navy returned to Hong Kong after the Second World War, the original HMS Tamar had been scuttled, so the Wellington Barracks became their new base and was renamed 'HMS Tamar'.

1940s Garden Road

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2006-02-18 18:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940
Places shown in this photo: 
St John's Cathedral [1849- ]
Murray Parade Ground [1844-????]

Photo courtesy of reader 'moddsey': "An aerial picture postcard from the 1940s showing the Mid Levels, the turn up Garden Rd with Murray Building on the left (now relocated at Stanley), open area of Murray Parade Ground in the centre (now the site of the Cheng Kong Centre, formerly the Hilton) and St. John's Cathedral and French Mission Building (now the Court of Final Appeal) on the right.".

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