Kennedy Road

Tamar 1958

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2010-02-23 16:33
in
Image (external): 
Hong Kong, 1958: HMAS Warramunga berthed in the Tamar Basin - Photo by courtesy of Ashley Moore.
The above image is hosted on the Flickr website. Click the image to view it on that website.

unusual perspective of 1950s HK posted by Kookaburra2011 showing the old Tamar buildings with Victoria Barracks behind and Garden Road area behind  80sKid

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1958

c.1904 View of Union Church and east along Kennedy Road

Submitted by David on Tue, 2010-01-05 15:02
in
Image: 

This is one of a set of four photographs that were sold marked 'c.1900'.

The hill on the left of the photograph is where the British Military Hospital will be seen later. That opened in 1907, so the photo was taken earlier than that. However  Read more »

Kennedy Road Demolished 'Ghost' house

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2009-09-22 23:15
in

I'm trying to find some information on the old colonial building that was demolished a few years ago, just before Hopewell Centre Kennedy Rd entrance.  I'm guessing it would be 58-60 Kennedy Road, but I could be wrong.  There's was an article in the Sunday SCMP magazine about a few pyschics going into the building before they were going to pull it down, and they said there was some paranormal disturbing activity going on.  I also remember my mother telling me some story about it being haunted as the owner killed his whole family.  Just wondering what the real story is an Read more »

A walk through Victoria Barracks

Submitted by David on Thu, 2007-08-30 08:00
in

A couple of weeks ago we traced the history of the Admiralty area, and saw how the land between Kennedy Road and Queensway used to be the British army’s Victoria Barracks. This time we’ll take a walk through what used to be the barracks, to see what’s there today. There are also a few questions along the way, that I hope you can help me with. Read more »

Syndicate content