It bring me back to my childhood, such a touching memory. This collection is just so good to see! Like so many people that have posted a comment I also lived in Hong Kong during the time that many of your photographs were taken (1967 to 1975). Thanks for making this web site. I am hong kong . Since I too became a photographer, I wonder whether there is some way to download or acquire higher resolution versions for viewing on my computer. I was born and raised in HK living in Kowloon during the late 50's through the 60's and 70's. What a great collection! 1939 $3.00 PER . A 42-year-old woman from Homestead was arrested Wednesday on accusations that she stole more than $13,000 from an RV park in Key Largo. I lived in Hong Kong '72-'74, I was a scaley brat and lived on Sunderland Road (now gone, been turned into a massive apartment complex), my dad was a scopey in the RAF and stationed at Tai Mo Shan. Thank you for the photos, what alot of memories! Thousands of images. McKenty deceased, at Dooglassville, for $6,500, and ira. God, I miss the FOOD!! As Martin Booth so aptly characterizes HK in his book "Gweilo" - Hong Kong is not just a bustling city its 'a state of mind'. Although I've lived in Paris mostly ever since, my roots are back there. We love HK. As I recall, it was a very social time with plenty of parties for the kids and outings almost every weekend on an RAF bus or in the back of a gharri. Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 27, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday october 27, 1967 33 by statement Wilson expected by Alan Harvey London special prime minister Harold Wilson is expected to make statement in the commons probably next week on Britain s strike situation. construction this on in the OF IN cemetery returned body agricultural homestead Haycreek country. Thanks Tom. etc. Thanks for the good work. If only one could really travel back in time. I was born in HK and went to Quarry Bay and Kennedy Road Junior School then for a term at Island School. So, I occupied the flat below you in 1970 and had essentially the same view for a while. I lived in Hong Kong as a child from mid-sixties to early seventies and went to Maryknoll school. It is very sad seeing Hong Kong change colours. Tiger Balm Gardens, Victoria Peak, etc. A few other photos were given to me and some slides were bought from a street vendor in the late 70s. Thank you very much!! This is Hong Kong in its full glory before it was returned to China. Looking forward to visiting and seeing how different everything is. In 1891, a Cincinnati newspaper reported the results of a questionnaire distributed among Southern employers by The Tradesmen, a commercial paper of Nashville. He belonged to the Cloud clan. Had an extended family holiday in HK summer of 1970. Also spent a lot of time at the USRC next to Gun Club Barracks. My dad worked at HMS Tamar and along with my sister we attended St.Georges school. ;-). Teardrop outlined in white light, three circular white lights in dark interior, silent. A 30-year-old female driver has surrendered at a police station after a road accident in Sha Tin that killed one person and injured seven others. Beautiful shots and the Kodachrome color just adds to the nostalgia. What great pictures. Born in 1967; lived in Mong Kok; left HK in 1985 to UK to study. Super job! A 64-year-old man from Spring Lake, Michigan, was arrested early Tuesday morning after firing a handgun at the Stock Island Yacht Club & Marina, authorities said. Spoilers for "Lost City." Takes place during Season 7. I even remember some of the people who have contributed to your comment page, Tommy Banks as a member of the HK Football Club, Bob McKirdy's son, never met him but I remember his father, Bob is legend, great guy! The main reason for posting is: Does anyone have photos of Stonecutters Island??? PS did we know ea other? it's very sad that some of the artistic buildings were torn down and became the glass wall buildings that stand today. They are so personal and touching. We lived in army transit flats in Perth Street Kowloon. The race for the Democratic nomination for South Florida's District 20 seat was decided by just five voters. I'll actually be in HK again for a week in July and so am sure to be shocked by the changes after having been away for so long. so many of your photographs are similar to my own album ,well done for preserving "how it was".I Was a medical orderly at BMH MOUNT KELLETT for most of my time in hong kong [not a midwife to put your mind at rest!] I lived on Victoria Peak, Barker Rd. These were the memories I've been missing - I only came to HK in 1990, but your pictures really help me to put the huge changes since then in context. Was smashing looking back. I am sure we will try and visit some of the old haunts if they are there but also the HK Rugby 7s. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school students selected for the National Foundation . I went to KGV from 62 - 65 and lived in Vivian Court. I would love to know what happened to all my friends. Any ideas apart from google ? Many years later i met Mrs Leung a teacher at school on the streets!! Btw, can anyone tell me how and where I can obtain a copy of my credentials attained at Royden House? My father was the SSM at Tai Lam Barracks for over three years. Thank you Tom for some fab photos. Taking my wife next year and hopefully get to show some of the fabulous places i still remeber, again great pictures! This is absolutely fantastic. Great Photographs Tom. Thanks thoroughly enjoyed them. The road wound up to Jerusalem along the valleys, through the mountains. Wonderfull photographs. True we all talked about taking photos when we were younger, but some did and some didn't. I was brought up in Hong Kong in the 60s and went to the Peak School and KGV. These photos were mostly taken by myself on a Kodak Instamatic and Olympus OM10 between 1965 and 1990. The position holder will work from the Central Technical Services near FrankfurtMain and/or from a home-office in Germany or Europe The position is based in the Group's German Sales Headquarter near Dusseldorf or in a home office in a region with easy access to an Airport Your pics of Stanley brought back amazing memories and reading comments, I too remember the Galley fish and chips under the Connaught Ctr. - Thanks for the memories, great pics. Thanks Tom. Yes, you're right I got it confused with 26927676 which I took on the same tram ride. This book examines how large-scale projects are being proposed, justified, and built. How are such projects contested and how do specific governance regimes influence decision making? A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution has sold at Sothebys in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction. :) I have fairly recently inherited shedloads of slides that my dad took, of HK from about 1966 - 1980-something. Just goes to show that the photographer's eye is oft times more important than quality of his equipment. Hi Tom, this is just wonderful and sitting here for the last hour watching the rugby and reading all the comments. Hi, I stumbled across your photos by accident - I was born in 1970 in Kowloon Tong, but lived on Conduit Road from c.1972 to 1991. Absolutely captivating. Nice one and thanks for refreshing some fantastic memories. 8886628037 Existentialism at its . Such wonderful pictures. near the Gloucester Hotel on Queens Road. Wonderful job Tom! - heavy " - beauty 2" - drop # + a' - mission ) . Hi Paul, thanks for sharing these with us. I attended HK Island school in the 1970's. Walking past Bonham Rd, Lyttelton Road, Oaklands Path, etc nowadays was terrible. Our web development services helps you to develop websites that comply with current industry standards, providing a seamless experience to your end-users.. Our web developers create high-performing websites using state-of-art website development practices. Criminal infringement of copyright expiration in and made him ablest man on anything. Kennedy Road Junior School, then Island School lived at Borrett Mansions and Shouson Hill. Check conditions on the Ventura and Hollywood freeways, I-5 and I-405, and other local routes. In a case of the saying that every vote counts, the clich is more of an I told you so in what may have been the closest Congressional race in South Florida history. I went to St Andrews School and we lived at Exeter House at Kowloon Tsai. My wife and I were married in Kowloon Registry Office, so Hong Kong has played a big part in our lives. Thanks so much for these wonderful photos! I am in Hong Kong now for 2 weeks. Attended St Georges from 1968 to 1971.Knew Shelagh Kelly,Niki Wayne,Caroline Bowman,Steve Taylor from KGV,Miss them all.Your photos are so ecovative of that time,was the highlight of my life. Amanda Capern. I am reminded of those old buses with the engine at the front and stair at the rear. The vet was called who put dear Tommy out of his misery (I think he had broken his back). Thank you so much for sharing these photos. many thanks! form 1969 till 1973 then moved up to Conduit Rd. Again, tom, thanks for the pics. Tom - Thanks for this fantastic time capsule. I grew up in HK in the fifties and sixties and these pictures bring back many a fond memory. In response to the fatal incident, the Police expressed grief over the passing of three on-duty Customs officers happened last night and extend the deepest condolences to their families. forced herself to be a Dancing girl.after work at the King Wah Night Club?she invited me to have snacks;behind the night club ,where there are lots of Tai Pai tong,or food market,I had a small bottle of whisky,and we both drank,and finally she invited me to retire in a small hotel,and thats where I lose my Male virginity,Irenes virginity was takened by her Uncle,because she was alone at the house ?her Uncle offered her a coke laced with sleeping tablets,when she woke up she felt pain on her private part!her Father kick out the Uncle from their house!she was crying while telling me her story!any way I told Irene ;life must go on move forward,I stll miss her to this very day,her Beauty is what gets me right into my Soul,I can never forget her ever.AMEN. A slight shadow effect where the windshield should be. We saw "The Soylent Green" together. I taught at Boundary Junior School, Kowloon Tong and lived at Winchester Mansions Kowloon Tsai. Brillant site I am trying to remember going to The Peak in 1970 as a visitor with my parents but my memory is getting tired. Now thankfully in digital fornat after 30 years in a loft in Andover, UK. Be good to hear from others. 2021 Victory Lap Highlights. I lived in HK for about 2 yrs 1966 and went to Royden House. I went to Island school and left HK in the late 80s. Cha Siu Bao and Cheung Fan! It broght me a lot of old memory! Main things I remember was how crowded it seemed,even late at night; cant imagine it now - and how embarrassed I was trying to haggle! Wow, so much history, so much childhood memories. The Fatsan sank during a typhoon I think in 1971. Hi Tom, Thanks for the wonderful photo's, you've managed to bring back some of my most special memories. Thanks so much. The purpose of this book is to provide an overall view of the Chemistry program of the Directorate of Chemical Sciences, Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Great photos. Great pics. Great memories, would like to go back just to visit, but suspect it has all changed now. Tony left China Light & Power Co. after 24 years of service. I live in Sheung Wan when I was small. Everyone in Hong Kongplease have a good day. I remembered the hydrofoil trip very well. that was then" Also went to Peak School, KGV, & GSIS. I think I still have some ancient slides of our journey. Thanks for bringing back all the memories, Wow! - Flared trousers and mini-skirts the first time round! All the girls were very pretty and polite. I would have loved to have gone to KG5, but Dad wouldn't have it. i spent half of my life in hk. We are currently researching Hong Kong during this period for a possible second series (the first is set in Aden) and are keen to build up as vivid and holistic a picture as possible of the area and life within it at that time. are private-parties,with every one chipping a dollar to buy the Soft drinks and sandwiches!sometimes we all go to the beach at Lai Chi Kok,to cool off or just rent a row boat,and do some casual paddleling.there was very few radios,in those days,so we subscribe to Reddifussion,a box like contration with "Pipe"music"A" for English an "B" for the Chinese channels.there was no television as yet ,so we teenagers make do with what ever occupies our time.My Dad is a Musician,and I took up drum lessons,and played with my Dad at the King Wah Restauraunt & Night Club,My first girl friend ?was a girl Named Irene Mak,she is Eurasian,her Dad is English,and her Mom is Chinese;she is exceddingly Beautiful,her Dad works for the Hong Kong Tram service as an Inspector;with free housing,but since Irene got a lot of brother and sister? So many familiar names - Little Sai Wan, Tia Mo Shan, HMS Tamar, Sek Kong, Victoria Barracks, Stanley Barracks. Went to Canada in 1973. Your website is a visual encyclopedia of HK. So surprised to recognise Dave Jones in one of your pics - took me right back! Coral Springs police and SWAT team negotiators are called in after a man visiting his mother's home pulls out a gun then barricades himself inside. May I use some of your photos? I took some photos, but when you are living there it's not something you think of. Kevin Michael Richardson, Actor: Mortal Kombat. hallo, my name is robert fisher and i taught at st. georges school bfpo1 between 1972-1979 and lived variously at kadoorie avenue and perth street kowloon. The FBI's confirmation Friday that it was looking at a former New Jersey landfill as a possible burial site for former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is the latest development in a search that began when he disappeared in 1975. I lived at Victoria Barracks and attended Island School and these pictures stirred my memory for some very special times in my youth in the 1970's. Also have a picture of the Bencairn sitting at anchor in the harbour that may have been taken from Balcony view, cannot remember. Tom, you are appreciated for the pictures posting. What a precious photos. The latest local news in South Florida for Miami and Fort Lauderdale from WPLG Local 10. I was a RAF-brat living in the married quarters in Sunderland Rd back in the early 1950's. I love seeing what HK looked in the 70s. Two other Customs [] Great food, great friends, sleeping out on the beaches after parties, junk trips to Lamma & Lantau, camping on Sunset Peak, incredible freedom as a 16yo growing up. Thank you. Would like to know what it was really called as it was a beautiful hotel. PART V. ALONG THE COLOR LINE: TRADE UNIONS AND THE BLACK WORKER AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. I like watching the Hong Kong's old photos, especially the 70's 80's, coz I borned at this period. Copyright 2021 Local10.com is published by WPLG INC., a Berkshire Hathaway company. Lovely to see that some things simply haven't changed - and to be reminded of what HK used to look like. Tommy was my pony and sadly, whilst grazing along the single-lane access road up to our house in Lower Shing Mun slipped and tumbled down a steep bamboo-covered hillside that faced Sha Tin Heights. Near Sha Kok mei Road junction with Tai Mong Tsai Road Photo: on.cc Three people were injured around noon yesterday when a taxi driving along Tai Mong Tsai Road towards Sai Sha Road was in collision with an HKT . I too loved taking the Star Ferry over to school and can still hear the sounds of the harbour. Always wondered what happened to Rita? Reading some of the comments here amazed me. It was so small when I was a child but nowadays, it become so big. Some of your photos bring me back my memories of those good old days! I lived near Deep Water Bay (Shouson Hillbut not sure of spelling) went to Stanley fort school which was far more advanced than the school i'd left in England!. By offering its existing delivery platform technology to food banks for free, DoorDash, like a growing number of companies, is providing something that many nonprofits say is even more valuable than cash knowhow. SPORTS. He has a buff called Nimbus Shroud which makes him immune from being attacked. Stayed at Austin Road Tai Chi Gardens, then moved to 31 B Robinson Road. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works. I still have the old camphor wood chest my parents bought in about 1958. Happy days and happy memories! If zoom len was used to take this picture, distance objects may appear closer than they really are. Kids used to have lovely camp days where you could have a ride with a ghurka soldier in a trap being pulled by a muel. Have to go and dig out my photos now! esp when I am nowe viewing them at nite. Ah, life was so simple then. It was really a good job and worth to recall our memories. The pictures are really amazing to me as i can see how much hong kong has changed from even before my childhood to the present. Found inside Page 337 The Final Fight ( 06:15 ) ; Kirk's Death ( 02:45 ) ; To Live Forever ( 02:40 ) ; Enterprise B Bridge ( Sound Effects ) Not Nice / Right / Scared ( 04:44 ) ; Closing / Tin Man Contact Romulans ( 02:55 ) , Meet ( 03:23 ) ; No Choice After a few years out studying and travelling I found myself drawn back to the only place I have ever called home. Does anybody have any photos of Hoi Ha Wan at the far end of Sai Kung Country Park? GREG COTE'S RANDOM EVIDENCE BLOG: MIAMI. Found inside Page vi515 Coleman , James E. , Death of .. 275 Continental Steel Co. , Pa .. 276 Chimney Draught .. 571 Coal Men of Buffalo , Excursion of . 256 Coleman , Michael S .. 276 Continental Tube Works , Pa . , DeChina's Menace to the World 572 Coal She also taught at Kennedy Rd. Family sickened by fumes. Legacy.com is the leading provider of online obituaries for the newspaper industry. Found inside Page 196Where evidence that driver of motor truck leaped therefrom and leit tin . controlled as it ran down a steep hill authori.ed held negligent . precluding recovery for his death , in absence of willful negligence of the driver , which I was in Hong Kong on the Bencairn a ship owned by the famous Ben Line. Shatin now is probably all concrete. My mother ran a horse-riding stable for handicapped children near Sha Tin in the early 1970's. A former Broward County Fair employee appeared in court Friday, a day after he was accused of firing a shot that came down and hit a 91-year-old woman. Hi Tom I lived and worked in Kowloon Hong Kong in the late 60's early 70's at the Miramar Hotel living in Observatory Road Kowloon, Oh what a time that was, your photos bring it all back how wonderful to see it again as it was, thank you for posting them. Hello, I'm script editor on a BBC1 series called The Last Post, written by Peter Moffat and following the lives of the Royal Military Police and their families in the 1960s and 70s. Brilliant Tom. ie Tung Choy Street etc.. many thanks. Honk Kong was my induction to life at the tender age of 17 back in 1974, would be nice to here from anyone who was around at that time. Thanks for posting nice one. Great photos! Oscar Micheaux's novel The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races was published in 1915. The story pertains to a racially motivated lynching in Atlanta. my parents came to hk in the 80's so for me to see what it was like for them is a treat thank you soo much for sharing these memories with us. I first visited HK in 1969 on holiday from Singapore and armed with a book produced by the Church Army travelled around HK and the New Territories by bus! I also lived in Robinson Road - No 84 just at the junction of Kotewall Road and Lytlleton Road and remember vividly the night of the Kotewall Road Disaster. Comment by Esinar Alani the Stormborn is a level 92 rare spawn located flying around the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. many thanks!! Tom, thank you so much for posting these photos. Was detached to HMS Tamar in 1982, as a 17/18 year old it was epic, never go a chance to return as yet but these photos hold such happy memories, may be we shared the same Star ferry?? Went to Glenealy then Island School! I grew up in HK, rode the Rosaryhill School schoolbus show in the photo " Mini bus Hong Kong", wittness the Cross Harbour Tunnel being built from my family home balcony. The decadeslong odyssey to find the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa apparently has turned to land near a former New Jersey landfill that sits below an elevated highway. Thats why I still looking for more photos of old HK ferry pier and hopping it can help showing my kids the clear picture. From our balcony eleven floors up we could see Chequerboard mountain and watched the planes line up for Kai Tak Airport. was that you held by your mother near HK U. My English was very limited but I kept saying "No" everytime she tried to make me say"Yes". I left when I was 15 years old . Search our photographic archives for images from hundreds of towns & suburbs and many other topics of interest including transport, trains & railways, famous people & places, aircraft, pioneers, automobiles, sports and cultural & historical events. The Local 10 Day of Giving was created to help South Florida nonprofits serve the hungry during the holidays and beyond. These photos remind me how fortunate I was to grow up in such a special place and community. Thank you so much for sharing the treasure trove. Those were the wonderful days as a young teen. http://ypmap.com/en/viewer.asp?mapService=LocationMap_c, http://www.thaiworldview.com/photo/index.htm, I know this if off topic but I'm looking into starting my own blog and was curious what all is. Postal Service Board of Governors. Before we had our stables, as children my brothers and I used to ride these ponies at Sek Kong. Now if u let your 11 and 12 year old kids bee bop around un supervised, you'd be arrested for child endangerment. Perth Amboy evening news. Great photography for the time. Since you've made it this far, we want to assume you're a real, live human. Your pictures are so kool. 1 can cbtain title by simply sleeping on the place once In six months, while thi Improvements I put on will not be verj expensive. Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California. I spent all my school years there. I was in Kowloon, York House, Beacon Hill and went to SGS 1959/61; my army father worked in the barracks next to the school. This book describes the society and culture, its people, its physical environment and the colonial presence there during its formative years, showing how Westerners and Chinese lived in Hong Kong when conditions were vastly different to I lived in Honk Kong from 79-84. I lived in Hong Kong as a child from 1978 - 1980 whilst my father was on a 2 year posting. Am originally from Africa and now reside in the UK. Thank you again. Hi Tom I'm highly interested in getting hold of a high resolution print of a photo in your precious album collection! It's just not the same, but I suppose, nowhere else is either. Went to St Georges and spent hours down at Deep Water Bay. The funny part is this is HK through the mind eyes of a tourist. Great photos brings back a lot of memories was posted there with the Queens Own Highlanders from 1980 until 1982 also met and married my beautiful wife there had a fantastic time Hong Kong is a fascinating city. First stayed at the Hotel Merlin in Kowloon, thats gone now. Finally de jerusalem omar ahmed fathy saleh ouvrier voirie. How wonderful to see your photos. A magnificent place to stay in Tsim Tsa Tsui. mediately alter the purchase leased . I remember watching the Fatsan, the Tak Sing (and the Dai Loy) docking at different hours of the day. i randomly browsed old hong kong and your pictures came up, i was born in the 90s but im greatly into the old hk !!! Thank you, so very much!! Strangely, I accepted it graciously, but didn't think it could be valuable. I feel sorry for my own kids here in sububia now. Hi Tom ! Good work! Big ah oh! A great collection, impressive and memorable ! I found this site from a link after looking up my old school in google maps - Gun Club Hill Barracks School. What a great blast from the past. Would love to re-connect. You could see from Stonecutters Island all the way to Kai Tak virtually unobstructed on a clear day. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, November 08, 1906, Image 2, brought to you by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA, and the National Digital Newspaper Program. I had the great pleasure of visiting your great city back in 1970 for a few weeks, your shots bring back many happy memories thank you indeed. Hi, I was in Hong Kong in Dec. 1972 on leave from the USS Enterprise. We arrived in Hong Kong Feruary #rd 1954;I studied at the Saint Francis xavier,school,on Maple Street,Shum Shui Po,with my brother Reny,I was Form -! We all attended The Peak school before being shipped off to boarding school. Fantastic nostalgia, Thanks for sharing. Then placid and green feelings were all gone gone gone. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, August 28, 1855, Image 2, brought to you by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC, and the National Digital Newspaper Program. Charl%3 H. Burdict, state senator from Newport, R. 1., died at his home after a short illness David B. Haggerty, a Poughkeepsie business man, became suddenly insane, tried to burn his mother's homestead and threatened the family with a shot gun Mrs. Annie . It was 100% safe in 1971 HK. Thanks so very much for scanning and putting them up. I have no commercial intentions, and have never actually sold a photo myself. Maintenance free - will not rust, crack, or rot. That was a wonderful trip down memory lane for me, even though I lived in Hong Kong years before many of your excellent shots, there were many photographs to bring back memories of a magical place. I now live in London (for the past 23 years) All of the rest of my brothers/sisters are now in North America. Thanks agin for posting your photos - and pass my regards, to Jane. A collection of essays that analyze the interconnections between race, ethnicity, and sport. (Jacksonville, Or.) I lived at No: 31 in the 70s when there used to a fabulous harbour view. I left for college in the U.S. in 1967, returned home for the summers of 70 and 71. 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