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LUNA PARK

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2020-04-25 23:08
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Opened on 22 December 1949

Japanese Wartime Tunnel below Braemar Hill AOP.jpg

Submitted by MikeB on Fri, 2020-04-24 16:46

Condition as of April 2020, we didn't venture inside.

If anybody has a map or description of the tunnel, pls come forward. 

Dr. Harry Talbot

Submitted by Alexandra Talbot on Mon, 2020-04-20 17:47

A photo of my father, taken on the terrace of our home on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong post WWII.

Drawing of a nurse by Dr. Talbot 1943

Submitted by Alexandra Talbot on Mon, 2020-04-20 17:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1943

Note on drawing: "Drawing done in Stanley Internment Camp – in Hospital Ward – one night - 1943."

Married quarters

Submitted by Alexandra Talbot on Mon, 2020-04-20 17:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1942

Dr. H Talbot's caption:

Warders quarters where Dr. H. Talbot and his mother lived from January 1942 through September 1945. Taken February 1942.

A 'room'

Submitted by Alexandra Talbot on Mon, 2020-04-20 17:44

Dr. H Talbot's caption: 

A 'room' - for complete living in camp.

Serious malnutrition cases

Submitted by Alexandra Talbot on Mon, 2020-04-20 17:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Date approximate

Dr. H Talbot's caption: 

Serious malnutrition

Cases of wet beri-beri

Submitted by Alexandra Talbot on Mon, 2020-04-20 17:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945

Date approximate

Dr. H Talbot's caption: 

Cases of wet beri-beri – some of the men and the one lady hiding their swollen tummys

1940s TST Haiphong Rd

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-04-14 23:03

On Flickr attributed to 1952, but comments say it was pre-war. Date set to 1940.

Believe there is a war department boundary stone right of the mailbox.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940
Tags: 
haiphong road
royal mail

New double deck KMB buses-18 April 1949-SCMP

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2020-04-03 16:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

Seems that there were Bus enthusiasts even in 1949

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