I've been looking through some of the "Alterations in house numbers" lists in the HJGRO. This one from 1936 is for King's Road, and as well as house numbers it also gives some useful information about what was along that section of the road. here are some that caught my eye (click here for the full document):
| New No | Old No | Lot | Remarks |
| 428 | IL 1705 | Ming Yuen Studio | |
| 480 | IL 2845 | Tsang Fook Piano Factory | |
| IL 1721 | "Budree Villa" at back on hillside | ||
| 482-562 | IL 2168 | "Western Bungalow" at back on hillside | |
| " " | "Eastern Bungalow" at back on hillside | ||
| 564 | IL 1393 | Marble factory | |
| "Tonrello" at back on hillside | |||
| Government quarries and Tar Macadam Department | |||
| IL 2320 | "Seven Sisters" at back on hillside | ||
| 566-694 | Vacant land | ||
| Kitchens for Bathing Pavilions | |||
| Police Station at back on hillside (Tsat Tze Mui) | |||
| 704-710 | 308-310 Shaukiwan Road | IL 3536 | National Lacquer & Paint Co. |
Regards, David
Tsang Fook Piano Co
Tsang Fook Piano company is still located along Kings Road today...an enduring business evidently. Surprising given the generally small flats many of us live in.
Can you imagine delivering a piano up the stairs in 1936? An old episode of Laurel and Hardy springs to mind!
Im on the 17th floor and one of the neighbours can be heard tinkling away in the evenings...