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1940s Junction of Wing Lok Street and Bonham Strand

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2020-11-30 11:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

Names from the past-Red Lion Inn & Jack Conder-China Mail-16-04-1947

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2020-11-29 21:26
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

Both names are well-known and more can be found on gwulo searches

Lyall Scott Glendinning-Missing-China Mail front page-02-05-1947

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2020-11-20 23:21
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1947

I came across this while sifting thro the newspaper archive and the name rang a bell

Someone was searching for him on this site

https://gwulo.com/node/12968

1946 Japanese War Memorial

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 2020-11-19 23:50
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Bethel Bible Seminary, 1948

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2020-11-01 02:37
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

From 

Historical cum Social Study on Kowloon City district in connection with Kai Tak area

3.4.8 Bethel Bible Seminary (page 223ff.)

ID cards for all to be introduced-China Mail

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2020-10-22 22:23
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Islands in the sun- New layout of traffic islands-HK Daily Press

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2020-10-22 22:20
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940

Python captured at Waglan Island-HK Daily Press-20-09-1940

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2020-10-15 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940

It seems to be a remarkable find considering how far Waglan Island is from the mainland.

Are python’s salt-water, open-sea swimmers?

Mount Davis-Squatter's huts to be replaced

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2020-10-12 21:03
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Not all squatter's huts were self-made apparently

Health Village-North Point

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2020-10-12 15:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

'Healthy' village has been used to describe what  is usually termed a 'squatter' area on the hillsides above Norrth Point.

From this article it appears that is proper nane should be 'Health' village and it was actually built to house government employees

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