Great pictures. I lived in Dill's Corner Gardens in 67/68 and used to catch the bus to Shung Shui or Un Long. Shung Shui had a marvellous food market where I'd get 4 huge prawns for a dollar (1s 3d or 6p) and loads of greens for a cent. Didn't always need the NAAFI. I discovered a huge covered market in Un Long by following people down an alley. It was full of all sorts of general household things and so beautiful. I was also able to get lots of LP's in multiple colours for 5 dollars each, no copyright laws there, all the latest pop etc. Left them all with my husband in Guisborough when I left him. I'd occasionally go to Kowloon but it was too touristy for me. I know I wasn't really welcome in the outlying villages but heh it's their country.
Movement was limited part of the time as Madame Mau was threatening to come over the boarder and reclaim the area. The troops were dug in and I was quite looking forward to being flown to Darwin but Chairman Mau sent in the Red Guard to push her back. I thought one night that a bomb had gone off but it was just my coca cola exploding in the freezer, I'd forgotten I'd put it there. Left in the freezer for a shorter time it would pour out like crushed ice, lovely.
I will make time to send you some of my photos, at first I wasn't happy there but when it came to going home I really didn't want to leave.
I almost forgot to mention that free donations of blood was started while I was there and I just trundled along to make my donation and ended up being the first donator, just as I'd finished my donation the Colonel's wife walked in and was most annoyed as she was supposed to be the first donator not a REME corporals wife. I'd already had a run in with her when she thought she could order me to do some voluntary work and I said absolutely not. Bear in mind that I was the wife of a REME soldier so didn't have much time for the Royal Artillery hierarchy. There you go, that's army life. My husband just did his 6 years, joined up to get away from home, then left despite numerous attempts to get him to do his artificers.
Will be in touch with the photos. Great site.
Angie England
Dills Corner
I too lived at Dills Corner between 1975 and 1978. We first lived in Mei Foo Sun Cheun when we arrived until our army quarter was available. Other than the chit chats that terrorized me for 3 years they were good times. My children went to school Sek Kong, they first started at the Gun Club when we were in Mei Foo.
I live n Canada now, we never went back to England when we left Hong Kong
Dills Corner
Hi Freddie123,
Nice to read your message on Dills Corner . I lived in a village call Chuk Yuen which is midway between Dills Corner and Un Long ( Yuen Long ) . I took bus to Sheung Shui and passed by Dills Corner to my school in Fan Ling . That was 1969-1974. I was so admired by the beautiful Villa house there . Later on I knew they were built for the British Military familiies . I also met some students getting off from Public Buses there . Now the Houses changed to a Senior homes . I heard that area willbe demolished soon due to teh Government want to develope that area into a new town. I was living in Toronto for a few years , just interested which part of Canada you are living now.
Francis Chow