Hi there,
I was walking from Repulse Bay to Deep Water Bay yesterday, taking pictures using my zoom lens. When I browse over one of those pointing towards Middle Bay I recognize a familiar feature right next to the swimming area boundary.
I'll send the photo in later for verification.
T
The coastal pillboxes were numbered anti-clockwise around HK island, from 1 to 72, so this was the one with the highest number.
The map is not very clear, so the location is only an estimate. If it is still there, it should be visible from the ferry to Lamma - I'll take a look next time I head out that way.
If you have any memories or photos of how this looked, please leave a comment below.
If you are looking from the beach out to sea, this pillbox is at the back of the beach on your left.
As you walk towards it you'll see it has a metal door in good condition (not the original). I guess it is used as a store room for the people working at the beach.
I was expecting the pillboxes around Aberdeen to have been demolished already, so I was very pleased to get this email from Thomas:
I think I have bumped into one of these in March and didn't realise it. Here is an old photo of the location.
Now the location is boarded up for slope maintenance.
The wartime map shows this pillbox on the shoreline.
The pillbox is mentioned several times in documents related to the Telegraph Bay redevelopment, which was later named Cyberport. First there is the 'Final EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) Report for Agreement No CE 92/97' which says:
The wartime map shows this pillbox on the pre-reclamation shoreline.
I don't know if there are any traces of the pillbox remaining, but if you have any memories or photos of where it was and how it looked, please leave a comment below.
The wartime map shows this pillbox was on the shoreline, before Telegraph Bay was reclaimed and became the Cyberport development.
I don't know if there are any traces of the pillbox remaining? I thought I had seen a photo on the internet recently, with a comment that it was soon to disappear. But this report before the cyberport development started suggests it may have been left untouched:
The wartime map shows this pillbox on the shoreline.
I don't know if there are any traces of the pillbox remaining, but if you have any memories or photos of where it was and how it looked, please leave a comment below.
The wartime map shows this pillbox was on the seaward side of Pok Fu Lam road, in front of Queen Mary Hospital.
I guess it has been demolished during one of the road widenings, but if you have any memories or photos of where it was and how it looked, please leave a comment below.
This pillbox is shown as 'PB3' on a hand drawn map included in the War Diary of Major E.G. Stewart. I'm not sure if 'PB3' was the 'official' reference for the pillbox or just his personal numbering system, as there was another Pillbox number 3 on the Western shore of HK island, between Sandy Bay and Telegraph Bay.
