Kirkendoa

Sat, 10/25/2014 - 15:47

Photo courtesy of Siobhan Daiko.

Date picture taken
1940s

Comments

The house in the photo was located at No. 36 Severn Road, the Peak.  It is at the end of Severn Rd at near the junction of Plantatation Rd.  In the 60s when I first learnt to drive, I used to reverse our car into the garage of No. 30 Severn Rd next door by that right angle bend, because it would be a long way to drive down Plantation Rd and the full distance of Severn Rd.  The house at 36 Severn Rd was the Kirkendoa which was the residence of the Deputy Gen Manager of The Chartered Bank.  It was a modern house.

 

Lawrence, you mentioned you used to reverse around the 90' bend in Severn Road to avoid doing the whole loop the other way around. Remains of a path or driveway running towards No.30 can be seen today just around the 90' bend. Would it be the entry to your old parking space?

Severn Road
IMG_0001.JPG, by gw

 

Although the current building is only 66 years old, the owner, supposedly the head of Wharf Group, has secured building plan approval in September 2014 from the authority to rebuild it into a 2-storey house.