Lai Chi Kok bus.

Andrew Suddaby
Tue, 04/30/2019 - 01:18
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Lai Chi Kok bus.

On my fiIe copy, I have just noticed that the destination board on the bus at the left shows Lai Chi Kok.  Had the bus just arrived and this is a bus station at Lai Chi Kok or, more likely, was it a bus station somewhere in Kowloon?  (Andrew S)

Date picture taken
1952
Author(s)
Malcolm Trousdale
Gallery
Trousdale, Malcolm (1951-53)
Shows place(s)
Jordan Road Bus Terminus [????-????]

Comments

Hi Andrew, you have sharp vision, I can barely read the destination board on my computer screen.   #12 and another (#4?) route here go to Lai Chi Kok Beach.  This could be the cause of the mix up in labelling this photo.  The ridgeline (I won't claim expertise this time) looks like on the Hong Kong side.  Those buidings would be the back sides of the houses on Wai Ching Road off Jordan Road.  One of them could be my first school Wah Nam Primary School. Those facing the water were built at a later time.  So, I am fairly sure this is very early 1950s.   Regards,   Peter

Hi Peter,

I thought that this batch of photographs would rekindle memories for you. Can you remember where this bus station was? If so, we can add an appropriate pin to it and the map, if one doesn’t already exist. It is quite amazing and also rather sad that a beach that gave so much pleasure to so many people is, I believe, now buried underneath the container terminal’s concrete.

Best wishes, Andrew

Thanks moddsey.  I should have known when I talked about the buildings on Wai Ching Street.  That's one diplomatic way to wake me up.  Thanks!  Regards,  Peter

Thank you moddsey. My family left Guangzhou hurriedly by ship in 1949 when I was four.  We landed on HK Island. Several days later, we took the Jordan ferry to Kowloon. I was sitting on one of our luggage on the back of a small truck as our ferry entered the pier here. That scene is unforgettable, so after 70 years, it is timely to be able to see it again.  Regards, Peter