As I understand it, there were only 150 cars left in HK at Liberation, and this pre-war Vauxhall was one of them. It had been through the Occupation in Japanese hands, and the floor rusted through within a couple of years of my father acquiring it in earlyish 1946. The pic is probably about 1947, and my best guess is that it is outside the Butterfield and Swire waterfront offices in Connaught Rd.
Text on Flickr: Pottinger Street from Queen's Road, Central. 1946
From a pack of Postcards issued for the Hong kong Handover in 1997. the cards say 1887 to 1997 which refers to when Kowloon was ceded on a 99 year lease. <Read more ...>
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This photo is part of the Hedda Morrison Collection taken in 1946/47. It's Nathan Road showing the Star and Rose Hotels. The flat structure on the right is the Chungking Arcade. <Read more ...>
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