This is one for the sleuths! From a photograph by Mildred Dibden, so I'm guessing sometime in the 30s. As for location, I'm ruling out HK Island and Kowloon, the other candidates are Shatin Valley, Taipo and Fanling, as that's as far as I've got. I'm hoping the hills may give a clue, the other item is the flag flying from that building on the right. There's also what seems like a serrated horizontal white line (teeth upwards) left of middle at the foot of the hills.
Date picture taken
1930s
Comments
Re: Photo
Thinking aloud. The background may be the Army Camp at Fanling. The large matshed and flag pole suggests a regimental camp (Volunteers?). The serrated white tops would likely be army tents that have been erected.A similar scene from the 1930s at https://gwulo.com/media/15558 but this may not be the same location though.
Anyways a start.
Hong Kong?
I'm having trouble placing this anywhere in HK. Did Mildred ever venture into China?
Thank you moddsey for those…
Thank you moddsey and phil for those thoughts. Those tents seem a real possibility. And Phil, as far as I'm aware Mildred didn't visit China.
My only other thoughts are whether we have a railway embankment running L to R in the picture (Kowloon-Canton?). And whether that building with flag is a border post?