The American Consul's house "3 Barker Road" is in the extreme top left corner of this photo. About 1981, the residence was rebuilt to add more housing. Perhaps the US rented "1 Barker road" next door, during the Construction.
The building which is the main subject of this photo was Farnborough, 1 Barker Road (see https://gwulo.com/node/5702). The US flag which seems to be sticking out of its roof may in fact have been located next door up the hill in the official residence of the US Consulate General at 3 Barker Road - the main building of which is out of sight.
At the top of the photo, the white building with the semi-circular balcony on its front appears to be Normandie, 22 Severn Road (https://gwulo.com/node/7752).
Jackie Chan born and raised in Hong Kong around 1954, from baby to about 7 years old he lived on the Barker Road, just down the road from number 35 Barker Road, we play often together in between 1961 and 1963 sometimes beaten up by him as he was 4 years older than me.
Jackie Chan signed a 10 years Kung Fu training contract with a Kung Fu master in Kowloon, Jackie left the Peak to live in the school from 1963 to 1973 until his graduation.
His father worked for the US Ambassador Marshall Green as a cook in Barker Road, later on his father immigrated to Australia followed Marshall Green's new appointment in Australia from 1973
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re: Barker Road
hi IDJ, can you add the tag for this building, as seen here: https://gwulo.com/node/5696. thanks
The American Consul's house
The American Consul's house "3 Barker Road" is in the extreme top left corner of this photo. About 1981, the residence was rebuilt to add more housing. Perhaps the US rented "1 Barker road" next door, during the Construction.
Farnborough, 1 Barker Road
The building which is the main subject of this photo was Farnborough, 1 Barker Road (see https://gwulo.com/node/5702). The US flag which seems to be sticking out of its roof may in fact have been located next door up the hill in the official residence of the US Consulate General at 3 Barker Road - the main building of which is out of sight.
At the top of the photo, the white building with the semi-circular balcony on its front appears to be Normandie, 22 Severn Road (https://gwulo.com/node/7752).
3 barker road - Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan born and raised in Hong Kong around 1954, from baby to about 7 years old he lived on the Barker Road, just down the road from number 35 Barker Road, we play often together in between 1961 and 1963 sometimes beaten up by him as he was 4 years older than me.
Jackie Chan signed a 10 years Kung Fu training contract with a Kung Fu master in Kowloon, Jackie left the Peak to live in the school from 1963 to 1973 until his graduation.
His father worked for the US Ambassador Marshall Green as a cook in Barker Road, later on his father immigrated to Australia followed Marshall Green's new appointment in Australia from 1973