View from a Sham Shui Po rooftop (1940s), one wintry day. Although I moved to this area several years later, the view from my roof top was very similar. Mine was half a block away to the right out of photo.
The view is to the northeast along Maple Street, from the northeast corner of Tai Nan - Boundary Street junction. The first cross street is Ki Lung Street and the triangular island is visible. The next street is Yu Chau Street, then the Maple Street Playground on the left showing (wooden) shops, and further up is Cheung Sha Wan Road. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1941
The little notebook that became Mrs Grace Smith’s diary of her time in Stanley Internment camp was not shiny and new. We might surmise that it had once belonged to a teacher. It appears to show part of their weekly timetable, teaching Forms 3A and 3B.<Read more ...>
