Everything tagged: chapter 8

Notes from moddsey:

The stone that formerly stood near the junction of Harlech and Hatton Roads on the Peak can be viewed here and its current location here

It reads:

Timeline

1888 - Opens

The was the original Hotel back then.  Low rise, high ceiling, with tiled roof.  Now it had become a shopping centre with restaurants, a Wellcome supermarket and various small shops.

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Martin Booth: "On a stubby headland was a small village and some low houses ..."

Here's how it looked in the 1950s:

Now closed, it has been earmarked as the location for the Kennedy Town MTR station when the ISland Line is extended.

Repulse Bay seen from Seaview Promenade