The grainy photo from the South China Morning Post was in the 6/9/63 edition reporting on the opening ceremony. The other three are from the guest brochure fro the ceremony, I include the cost of the project for fun. The building behind and to the west of QE was for senior staff in the hospital. It was some years older than QE and was having a refit (image a bit fuzzy due to the scaffolding, I well remember the bamboo out side our windows on the 13th floor, tempted to try climbing down but no....
From the completion of the foundations, the hospital just shy of 1,000,000 sq ft was completed in less than two years.
The building behind and to the west of the hospital to which you refer is, I think, 'Cliffside' which was 13 stories high and was built around 1963-1965. Are you Dick Holloway's son?
I'm Vaughan Phillips. We have met once when much younger. My father Brian was your father's friend. Brian passed away in 1995. We lived in Cliffside from 1965 to 1968 - happy times. I said Cliffside had 13 floors but now think it was 12 due to superstition on the part of the builders. It is also much larger (wider) than I remember. Cliffside was replaced by 'The Regalia' tower blocks in the mid-90s and the four Kings Park Rise blocks (which were built in 1951 I believe) had a similar fate.I found this website by chance only a few days ago as I was looking for photos of Cliffside and Kowloon Hospital. We lived in house no. 1 near Kowloon Hospital from about 1961-1963 where I met you when you visited and I remember seeing everything on top of the hill being razed to the ground in 1968 to make way for the new buildings. Kowloon Hospital was built in 1925 I think. Of course, I would not recognise much of HK now. Probably just the Star Ferry!
Hi Vaughan… I’m Rob (Robin) Large. We lived opposite you on the 12th floor at Cliffside, my dad was Cliff Large.
You and I were good pals for a while when your family lived at Kowloon Hospital… I remember your amah used to cook us roast chicken for lunch… the things you think of!
Camera is looking in the northwest direction. Of course the hill is King's park directly north of the hospital. The road at the bottom right corner is Wylie road. The lawn at the bottom left corner belongs to Club de Rocreio.The short buildings west of the hospital belong to former Grantham college of education. Of course it now has been taken over by the hospital. The square building at the middle of the left edge is the lands tribunal. The picture just missed the famous Kowloon Methodist church further left.
It may be useful to identify the buildings in the photo. The label R is the "cliffside" built in 1963 for hospital staff mentioned in above comments. It was demolished around 1995 to make way for the Regalia garden.
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The grainy photo from the
The grainy photo from the South China Morning Post was in the 6/9/63 edition reporting on the opening ceremony. The other three are from the guest brochure fro the ceremony, I include the cost of the project for fun. The building behind and to the west of QE was for senior staff in the hospital. It was some years older than QE and was having a refit (image a bit fuzzy due to the scaffolding, I well remember the bamboo out side our windows on the 13th floor, tempted to try climbing down but no....
From the completion of the foundations, the hospital just shy of 1,000,000 sq ft was completed in less than two years.
Tom
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital
The building behind and to the west of the hospital to which you refer is, I think, 'Cliffside' which was 13 stories high and was built around 1963-1965. Are you Dick Holloway's son?
Yes, although the Hollway
Yes, although the Hollway doesn't have the second 'o'. Who are you?
QEH II
I'm Vaughan Phillips. We have met once when much younger. My father Brian was your father's friend. Brian passed away in 1995. We lived in Cliffside from 1965 to 1968 - happy times. I said Cliffside had 13 floors but now think it was 12 due to superstition on the part of the builders. It is also much larger (wider) than I remember. Cliffside was replaced by 'The Regalia' tower blocks in the mid-90s and the four Kings Park Rise blocks (which were built in 1951 I believe) had a similar fate.I found this website by chance only a few days ago as I was looking for photos of Cliffside and Kowloon Hospital. We lived in house no. 1 near Kowloon Hospital from about 1961-1963 where I met you when you visited and I remember seeing everything on top of the hill being razed to the ground in 1968 to make way for the new buildings. Kowloon Hospital was built in 1925 I think. Of course, I would not recognise much of HK now. Probably just the Star Ferry!
I remember you and your
I remember you and your family fondly and well. My email address is
tom at tomandjos dot com
I look forward to hearing from you.
Tom
Cliffside
Hi Vaughan… I’m Rob (Robin) Large. We lived opposite you on the 12th floor at Cliffside, my dad was Cliff Large.
You and I were good pals for a while when your family lived at Kowloon Hospital… I remember your amah used to cook us roast chicken for lunch… the things you think of!
As you said… Happy times…
Cheers, Rob
QE hospital neighborhood
Camera is looking in the northwest direction. Of course the hill is King's park directly north of the hospital. The road at the bottom right corner is Wylie road. The lawn at the bottom left corner belongs to Club de Rocreio.The short buildings west of the hospital belong to former Grantham college of education. Of course it now has been taken over by the hospital. The square building at the middle of the left edge is the lands tribunal. The picture just missed the famous Kowloon Methodist church further left.
This picture shows that part on the left.
https://gwulo.com/media/16253
annotated picture
It may be useful to identify the buildings in the photo. The label R is the "cliffside" built in 1963 for hospital staff mentioned in above comments. It was demolished around 1995 to make way for the Regalia garden.
https://www.midland.com.hk/en/estate/Kowloon-Kingspark-The-Regalia-E006…
Sandwiched between cliffside and the Grantham college is Saltash which one time was the dorm and classrooms for the college.
https://gwulo.com/node/15289#17~22.30999~114.17225~Map_by_GovHK-Markers…