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Mystery building (Identified as Union Jack Club in Victoria Barracks)

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Brian Coak writes:

I have just received a photo from the secretary of the RHKPA in UK.He asks if I can identify the buildings in the photo attached.

I guess it is Kowloon but I have never lived in Kowloon so I am unfamiliar with the area.

Any idea of the history of the building and location please?

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Over-turned trams

Joseph sends in this photo. He notes the crash in 1964 was reported to be caused by collision with an opposite tram, #68.

Mountain Lodge

Street Scene

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Photo courtesy of Laura Darnell.

She thinks it may be from the 1920s, or 30s at the latest.

Any suggestions for when & where this was taken?

Regards, David

c.1949 HMS London moored at Naval dockyard

[Update, 22 May 2012: If you read the comments below you'll see the ship has been identified as HMS London, and the date around 1948/9.]

What: I'm hoping one of our nautical readers can tell us which ship this is.

Where: Behind the ship is the big chimney that we've seen before [1]. It was attached to the Naval dockyard's power station.

Chimney

The ship was moored across the front of the

1 Po Shan Road

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The former residence of Y.C. Liang.

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Euston

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Euston

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Pg.126: The Great Visionary

Unlike the French, the British seldom

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