unknown new territories

Andrew Suddaby
Fri, 10/04/2024 - 21:24
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unknown new territories

Another photograph by an unknown member of the 367 Association.  Do the hills in the background give a clue as to the location of this very rural scene?

Date picture taken
1950s
Tags
mystery
Author(s)
Andrew Suddaby
Gallery
All Others (1945-62)
Shows place(s)
Kai Kung Leng [????- ]
Tsat Sing Kong [????- ]

Comments

Thank you all for your contributions.  Sek Kong valley would seem to be a likely location as the photographer was probably stationed at the camp there - but the photograph was taken in the 1950s by which time the camp would be fully operational.  In the bottom right hand corner of the photograph it looks like a bit of a road and there is almost certainly a river winding its way across the image on the right.  I suspect that the photograph was taken from somewhere outside the camp gate and not far away. One of my own photographs taken in 1957/8 (the colour slide showing the buffalo hides being dried and the children playing on the other side of the river) might be the same spot.

I believe that I took the next two photographs from somewhere  fairly close to the Sek Kong camp gate.  The second one was taken from the same spot but looking a bit to the left and the bends in the river  seem to resemble those on the black and white image.  Any thoughts.  Andrew

New Territories
New Territories, by Andrew Suddaby
New Territories
New Territories, by Andrew Suddaby

About halfway down, and thee quarters across from left to right, I think we can see Tsat Sing Kong at the foot of the hills. Look for the three dark doorways in a row, also seen at the right of the photo below.

Tsat Sing Kong
Tsat Sing Kong, by Andrew Suddaby

Andrew, I think you are correct. You can see the three house doorways followed by the smaller side door and then the hall/shrine door. Plus it's in the correct location for the village. Phil

Hi David and Phil,

I'm not quite sure where you have spotted the old buildings (if they also appear on my stitched panorama) but I was standing on the Kam Tin (?) road to the West of and not far from the main gate of the Sek Kong camp. It is very likely that the unknown young man who took the black and white photographs didn't venture very far from the camp, where I believe he must have been stationed.

Buffalo hides.
Buffalo hides., by Andrew Suddaby

Best wishes,  Andrew

Andrew, I was talking about the main photo, as I assumed you were when you mentioned seeing Tsat Sing Kong. Phil 

Hi Phil,

Sorry about my misunderstanding.  In another photograph of mine  'Buffalo hides on river bend' Thomas sent me a link to the collection of aerial photographs. I had a look there but as you will see if you can access my comment it has dawned on me that the pin for the location of the buffalo hide photo is very likely in the wrong place.  For the reasons I suggest it should really be right opposite the main gate to the Sek Kong camp and that would tie in better with the logical route that the unknown man and his pal would take to explore the area to the North of the camp - where I believe you and others have decided some if not all his photos were taken.

Any thoughts?  Andrew