cmshun Mon, 09/22/2014 - 23:11 prevnextoldernewer Date picture taken 18 Sep 1923 Tags Nathan Road typhoon Gallery 1920s Hong Kong Shows event(s) 1923 Typhoon Log in or register to post comments Comments Re: Typhoon Hong Kong Daily Press 20 August 1923 This would be the typhoon of 18 August 1923. I guess the location is Nathan Road opposite St. Andrew's Church on the left hand side of the road northbound. The wall is still in situ and up the slope is Whitfield Barracks. Log in or register to post comments Typhoon Same place? Log in or register to post comments Probably Yes Probably Yes, from following the newspaper record of events. Looks like due to traffic the benches had been re-sited onto the pavement. Log in or register to post comments Can I sit down? Were men allowed to sit on the bench by the 1970s? On the 20s photo above, the bench has a notice printed on it: "Women and children only" Log in or register to post comments
Re: Typhoon Hong Kong Daily Press 20 August 1923 This would be the typhoon of 18 August 1923. I guess the location is Nathan Road opposite St. Andrew's Church on the left hand side of the road northbound. The wall is still in situ and up the slope is Whitfield Barracks. Log in or register to post comments
Probably Yes Probably Yes, from following the newspaper record of events. Looks like due to traffic the benches had been re-sited onto the pavement. Log in or register to post comments
Can I sit down? Were men allowed to sit on the bench by the 1970s? On the 20s photo above, the bench has a notice printed on it: "Women and children only" Log in or register to post comments
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Re: Typhoon
Hong Kong Daily Press 20 August 1923
This would be the typhoon of 18 August 1923. I guess the location is Nathan Road opposite St. Andrew's Church on the left hand side of the road northbound.
The wall is still in situ and up the slope is Whitfield Barracks.
Typhoon
Same place?
Probably Yes
Probably Yes, from following the newspaper record of events. Looks like due to traffic the benches had been re-sited onto the pavement.
Can I sit down?
Were men allowed to sit on the bench by the 1970s? On the 20s photo above, the bench has a notice printed on it:
"Women and children only"