Red Lion Inn [c.1938-c.1966]

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 03/20/2019 - 01:11
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)

Was located at 15 Hankow Road (at the junction with Peking Road), TST. Opening and closure dates are unknown, but closure was 1966 latest when Ho Tung Mansions were demolished.

Earliest mention is in the 1938 licensing session ( November 1938) for liquors. The following was notified:

Name of Applicants

Description of License

Sign of House

Situation of House

Whether the applicant has held a license to sell liquor in the Colony and, if so, for how long

Stanley Joseph Swetland

publican's license without bar

Red Lion Inn

15, Hankow Road, ground floor

1 year

As the license was issued in November 1938, one year of holding a permit would be approximately early 1938, this was used as a preliminary opening date.

Previous place(s) at this location
David’s Cafeteria [1932-1938]

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Photos that show this Place

1945
Names from the past-Red Lion Inn & Jack Conder-China Mail-16-04-1947
1947
1951

Comments

The Red Lion Inn probably moved to Lock  Ashley Road after demolition of Ho Tung Mansions. See this photo from 1982:

Hong Kong Ned Kellys Last Stand 1982
Hong Kong Ned Kellys Last Stand 1982, by Spitfire13

The lion looks pretty much the same as it was at Hankow Road.

Hi phil and moddsey,

thanks for correcting me. I originally meant Ashley Road, but for whatever reason I wrote Lock Road. Regards, Klaus

Hi Klaus.The Red Lion Inn was a much-travelled watering hole in TST. Found the following addresses through matchbook covers and the internet:

57 Hankow Road;

15 Ashley Road and

9 Lock Road.

There also appears to be an Old Red Lion Inn on Lock Road in one of the posted photos.