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Title Year
02 Hilly Hong Kong The Peak
02 Hilly Hong Kong The Peak

1927
18 Hilly Hong Kong City from Peak Panorama
18 Hilly Hong Kong City from Peak Panorama

1927
03 Hilly Hong Kong The University
03 Hilly Hong Kong The University

1927
19 Hilly Hong Kong Repulse Bay Panorama
19 Hilly Hong Kong Repulse Bay Panorama

1927
04 Hilly Hong Kong The Cenotaph
04 Hilly Hong Kong The Cenotaph

1927
1970 peak Villas eternal 1966e.jpg
1970 peak Villas eternal 1966e.jpg

1970s
1930s Sikh Funeral Procession


1935
RAF Meteors arrive for scrapping-1962.jpg
RAF Meteors arrive for scrapping-1962.jpg

1962
Leighton Hill Flats, Hong Kong side
Leighton Hill Flats, Hong Kong side

1950s
View from 24 Austen Avenue 1952 - 1953
View from 24 Austen Avenue 1952 - 1953

1953
Chan Gardens opposite Kowloon Hospital. 1960/61
Chan Gardens opposite Kowloon Hospital.  1960/61

1960s
Happy Valley
Happy Valley

1956
Leighton Hill Flats
Leighton Hill Flats

1950s
King's Park flats
King's Park flats

1950s
View from Tantallon
View from Tantallon

1960s
Pagoda napkin.jpg
Pagoda napkin.jpg

2018
Talan2.jpg
Talan2.jpg

1960s
Talan1.jpg
Talan1.jpg

1960s
Review of "No, No Nanette"
Review of "No, No Nanette"

1939
c1900 Praya from Harbour
c1900 Praya from Harbour

1900s
c1894 Praya from Harbour
c1894 Praya from Harbour

1894
Horace Knight
Horace Knight

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24 Austen Avenue, Kowloon 1952 - 1953.
24 Austen Avenue, Kowloon 1952 - 1953.

1953
King's Park flats
King's Park flats

1959
Looking north from part way up HK Peak. c.1955/1956.
Looking north from part way up HK Peak. c.1955/1956.

1950s

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