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Au Trou Normand (French Restaurant, First Location) [1964-????]

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-01-01 22:58

Date Place completed:

c.1964-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

SCMP reported in 2003: Founded by a former French paratrooper, Bernard Vigneau, in 1964, the 60-seat restaurant was a slice of Europe in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The restaurant was located at 6 Hankow Road (probably inside the Hanchung Mansion which opened 05/1962), at least until the 1980s.

It moved later to 4B-6H Carnarvon Road. <Read more ...>

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1963 Hankow Rd TST

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-01-01 22:04

Peninsula Hotel on the right, then Hotel Merlin, next possibly Metropole Building under construction,and behind Peking Road is Mohan's Building.

YMCA building on the left. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1963

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Au Trou Normand 1980

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-12-31 21:53

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1980

From the "Hong Kong Tourist Association Official Guidebook" , year 1980. <Read more ...>

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TST Christmas

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2020-12-24 19:13

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

2014

Merry Christmas to all of you, and a happy new year. <Read more ...>

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Temporary Buildings near Signal Hill [c.1920-c.1927]

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-12-22 01:11

Date Place completed:

c.1920-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1927-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Reclamation of land at the southern end of Tsim Sha Tsui was finished around 1905. This was in connection with the proposed Kowloon Canton Railway. Since 1899, the government discussed several plans and locations for both the railway line and the terminus. <Read more ...>

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