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Tai Po Market Wai Yan street 2005.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Wed, 2015-10-28 03:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005
Places shown in this photo: 
Tai Po Market Wai Yan street [????- ]

It's still a bus terminus but there's no room to dry grain on the street!

Tai Po Market station 2005.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Wed, 2015-10-28 03:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005
Places shown in this photo: 
Hong Kong Railway Museum / former Tai Po Market Station [1913- ]

The photograph in my 1958 folder shows number 54.  I think that it must have been scrapped rather than retired to the musem.

Tai Po Market station b 2005.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Wed, 2015-10-28 03:49
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005

The security fence prevents anyone getting onto the tracks as they did so easily in 1958

Shek O roundabout 2005

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Mon, 2015-10-26 17:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005

Compare this with the photograph in my 1957-8 folder

Shek O theatre

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Mon, 2015-10-26 17:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005

At the end of the car park.  Compare with 1958 photograph

Shek O side street

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Mon, 2015-10-26 17:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2005

Compare with the same, much narrower, street in 1958 . An old resident of Shek O took me to this same spot.

KCR Clocktower

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2015-10-25 15:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2008
Places shown in this photo: 
Clock Tower of KCR Terminus [????- ]

KCR Clocktower (detail)

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2015-10-25 15:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2008
Places shown in this photo: 
Clock Tower of KCR Terminus [????- ]

KCR Clocktower (masked)

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2015-10-25 15:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2008
Places shown in this photo: 
Clock Tower of KCR Terminus [????- ]

Shing Mun reservoirs

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2015-09-19 18:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2006
Places shown in this photo: 
Upper Shing Mun (Jubilee) reservoir [1936- ]
Lower Shing Mun Reservoir [1965- ]
Shing Mun Redoubt Artillery Observation Post [1937- ]

Far left is Tsuen Wan, then Tai Mo. Next you see the upper Shing Mun reservoir, and at the right is the lower reservoir. This panorama was taken from the Shing Mun Redoubt, part pf HK's wartime defenses described in more detail here.

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