HK Bill Wed, 08/11/2021 - 18:00 prevnextoldernewer Date picture taken unknown Gallery Undated Shows place(s) Junction of Waterloo Road and Prince Edward Road West [????- ] Log in or register to post comments Comments houses this has a vague air of Kowloon Tong Garden Estate about it, but I don't recognise the style of house (they look to be 3 storeys). Possible match to Grampian Road houses posted by Klaus, but I'm not so sure now. Does anyone recognise it? Log in or register to post comments Waterloo Rd or Duke St area? Hi Phil, I'm not sure about the exact location either, but agree it looks a bit like Kowloon Tong (or the fringes of it). There's a photo in this SCMP article with buildings that look a bit similar (https://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2171675/kowloon-t… ) (sorry for the lengthy link) Cheers, Liz Log in or register to post comments Re: Photo A now and then photo appears here Looks like at the corner of Prince Edward and Waterloo Roads Log in or register to post comments Houses thanks guys, I had a sneaking suspicion moddsey would recognise it. I can't seem to get that link to work Liz, I'm not sure if it's my ineptitude or the fact that SCMP is now behind a paywall. Log in or register to post comments Link It's my link to the SCMP article that's faulty - I'll see if I can replace it with one that works. Thanks. Log in or register to post comments My first guess was Grampian My first guess was Grampian Road, so it's good to have the correct location identified. Here's another view of the houses: Boys on Kadoorie Hill c1937. Photo by Tom Hutchinson., by barbaramerchant Log in or register to post comments
houses this has a vague air of Kowloon Tong Garden Estate about it, but I don't recognise the style of house (they look to be 3 storeys). Possible match to Grampian Road houses posted by Klaus, but I'm not so sure now. Does anyone recognise it? Log in or register to post comments
Waterloo Rd or Duke St area? Hi Phil, I'm not sure about the exact location either, but agree it looks a bit like Kowloon Tong (or the fringes of it). There's a photo in this SCMP article with buildings that look a bit similar (https://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2171675/kowloon-t… ) (sorry for the lengthy link) Cheers, Liz Log in or register to post comments
Re: Photo A now and then photo appears here Looks like at the corner of Prince Edward and Waterloo Roads Log in or register to post comments
Houses thanks guys, I had a sneaking suspicion moddsey would recognise it. I can't seem to get that link to work Liz, I'm not sure if it's my ineptitude or the fact that SCMP is now behind a paywall. Log in or register to post comments
Link It's my link to the SCMP article that's faulty - I'll see if I can replace it with one that works. Thanks. Log in or register to post comments
My first guess was Grampian My first guess was Grampian Road, so it's good to have the correct location identified. Here's another view of the houses: Boys on Kadoorie Hill c1937. Photo by Tom Hutchinson., by barbaramerchant Log in or register to post comments
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this has a vague air of Kowloon Tong Garden Estate about it, but I don't recognise the style of house (they look to be 3 storeys).
Possible match to Grampian Road houses posted by Klaus, but I'm not so sure now. Does anyone recognise it?
Waterloo Rd or Duke St area?
Hi Phil,
I'm not sure about the exact location either, but agree it looks a bit like Kowloon Tong (or the fringes of it). There's a photo in this SCMP article with buildings that look a bit similar (https://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2171675/kowloon-t… ) (sorry for the lengthy link)
Cheers, Liz
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A now and then photo appears here Looks like at the corner of Prince Edward and Waterloo Roads
Houses
thanks guys, I had a sneaking suspicion moddsey would recognise it. I can't seem to get that link to work Liz, I'm not sure if it's my ineptitude or the fact that SCMP is now behind a paywall.
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It's my link to the SCMP article that's faulty - I'll see if I can replace it with one that works. Thanks.
My first guess was Grampian
My first guess was Grampian Road, so it's good to have the correct location identified.
Here's another view of the houses: