“We lived in Walvick cottage right next door. Originally the CO's house before moving it to Air House on Clearwater Bay road. Amazing walking past the block and shops to the footbridge to RAF. Kai Tak. ,'75 to '78.. The noise from Kai Tak Mansions was t…”
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CO = Commanding Officer
Where was ‘AIR HOUSE’ on Clearwater Bay Road?
In the 1970s there was an ‘AIR HOUSE’ in Kowloon Tong-Cornwall Street next to the children’s playground.
Perhaps the C.O.'s gardener and housekeepers are still living there and nobody's told them the RAF left in 1997.
Interestingly, there was yet an earlier "Air House" on Repulse Bay Road. On Feb 7 1968 an SCMP report quoted :
AIR HOUSE SOLD FOR OVER $1m
The 15-room luxury mansion, Air House, in Repulse Bay Road, has been “sold in excess of $1,000,000,” a Joint Services spokesman disclosed yesterday. However, he could not say the exact amount nor reveal the identity of the buyer.
Air House was vacated last year when the RAF withdrew from Hongkong. It was the residence of the Air Officer Commanding.
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Walter Naef
A good write-up by Brian Edgar of Walter Naef and a mention of Walvick Cottage: https://jonmarkgreville2.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/walter-naef-and-the-chances-of-history/
Naef was a Swiss national.
The "Dutchman" appears to be the owner of the property just east of the Officers' Mess: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91722684@N05/34936621015/in/photolist-rfBgYp-e9t5Ng-rfUZdf-dEibvM-dNntVP-e9yKrC-aKEbR6-aLgaSc-b2y1op-b2y1kD-aKEby6-98zcFd-aCvm69-aKFmFi-aKXa4H-aKX9W4-HcXpkk-21GRcHm-22MkWmg-26N3SeW-HQLU5X-98zcbo-98w2uP-bqYk2o-98zbCm-26N3SsG-PmSJTQ-NQ9LHg-VeejfK-NGetwH-NUGqpY-PGLLfG-PGLKzy-NUGr4y which was later converted to the St. Joesph's Anglo-Chinese School in mid-1950s.
Walter Naef
Very interesting, thanks for that
Facebook posting-is not mine…
“We lived in Walvick cottage right next door. Originally the CO's house before moving it to Air House on Clearwater Bay road. Amazing walking past the block and shops to the footbridge to RAF. Kai Tak. ,'75 to '78.. The noise from Kai Tak Mansions was t…”
Further idj comments
CO = Commanding Officer
Where was ‘AIR HOUSE’ on Clearwater Bay Road?
In the 1970s there was an ‘AIR HOUSE’ in Kowloon Tong-Cornwall Street next to the children’s playground.
Where was ‘AIR HOUSE’ on Clearwater Bay Road?
232 Clear Water Bay Road.... and apparently still called by that name .
Perhaps the C.O.'s gardener and housekeepers are still living there and nobody's told them the RAF left in 1997.
Interestingly, there was yet an earlier "Air House" on Repulse Bay Road. On Feb 7 1968 an SCMP report quoted :
AIR HOUSE SOLD FOR OVER $1m
The 15-room luxury mansion, Air House, in Repulse Bay Road, has been “sold in excess of $1,000,000,” a Joint Services spokesman disclosed yesterday. However, he could not say the exact amount nor reveal the identity of the buyer.
Air House was vacated last year when the RAF withdrew from Hongkong. It was the residence of the Air Officer Commanding.
The first "Air House"
See
https://gwulo.com/node/8331
Facebook Reference
The above Facebook reference to Walvick Cottage and Kai Tak Mansion can be viewed at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1639311162816368/posts/7832310930182996/: