Repulse Bay gets its first mention. As does the Repulse Bay Hotel.
HK Observatory is observed from the Mount Austin apartments with a signal 1 typhoon warning hoisted. He then describes the events of Typhoon Ida on 27 August 1954.
This is the chapter when the family move from the Fourseas Hotel (we have established this as being the current site of the Metropark Kowloon Hotel) to rented accommodation at 133 Boundary Street.
In the vicinity of the new residence was the original La Salle college, a well known local school.
"across the road from the rear of the Fourseas was a pro-Communist secondary school which occupied a triangular plot between Emma, Julia and Soares Avenues"
The triangular plot is still there, but the school has long gone and the space is occupied by a residential block called "Wing Ying Mansions".
If you enjoyed reading Martin Booth's memoir, Golden Boy (published as 'Gweilo' in some markets), here is a place to find & contribute extra information about the places and lifestyle he describes. We've divided it by chapter, so just click on the chapter you're interested in for more information. <Read more ...>
Bumped into this blog earlier. Despite it is entirely written in Chinese, this blog has quite a load of local old photos. Thee are nine sections in total. The link pasted below is the last section. Owing to the way the photos are organized, it would take quite a while for all the photos to be loaded.
