Hong Kong 70s & 80s Photo Gallery by Tom Jackson at pbase.com

Hong Kong 70s & 80s

I was brought up in Hong Kong in the 60s and went to the Peak School and KGV. These photos were mostly taken by myself on a Kodak Instamatic and Olympus OM10 between 1965 and 1990. A few other photos were given to me and some slides were bought from a street vendor in the late 70s. I hope you enjoy this bit of nostalgia as much as I did compiling it.

Cat Street Hong Kong	Cat Street Hong Kong	Cat Street Hollywood Road	Balcony View 1971
Balcony View 1974 Hong Kong	Balcony View 1980	Star Ferry Kowloon	77_Robinson_Rd
Robinson_Road	JRC	Walkway_Central Hong Kong	Aberdeen Hong Kong
Tsim Tsa Tsui Hong Kong	Tsui Ping Road Hong Kong	Repulse Bay Hong Kong	Man Mo Temple
Kindergarden	HollywoodRoad	Hollywood Road Area	Harbour View
Bank Of China	Repulse Bay Hong Kong	Tai Pak	Vendor Hong Kong
Star Ferry	Alleyway	Hollywood Road	Aberdeen
Deepwater_Bay	Deepwater_Bay	Deepwater_Bay_1	Repulse Bay Panorama
Balcony_View_NW	Rickshaws	Third Street	Pokfulham_Road.
Happy Valley	Aberdeen Hong Kong	Bank Of China Hong Kong	HKU
Harbor View	Pokfulham_Resovior	Wanchai	The Hilton
Central	Botanical Gardens Hong Kong	Big Wave Bay Hong Kong	Bigwave Bay
Lyndhurst Terrace	Deep Water Bay Hong Kong	Boat People Hong Kong	Bonham Road Hong Kong
Lyttelton Road	Lyttelton Road	Honiton_Road	Oaklands Path
Robinson_Rd.	Oaklands_Path	Oaklands Path	Oaklands Path
HYF Car Ferries Hong Kong	Cat Street Hong Kong	Causeway Bay Hong Kong	North-Point
Sai Ying Pun Hong Kong	Sai Ying Pun	Sai Ying Pun	Western Street
Kau Yan Tsung Tsin Church	Park Road	Ladder Street	Cheung Chow Bay Hong Kong
Cheung Chow Hong Kong	Cheung Chow	Cheung Chow	Cheung Chow
Lamma Island	Lamma Island	Hong Kong Club Hong Kong	Club Street
Connaught Road Hong Kong	General_Post_Office	Princes Building Hong Kong	Connaught Road Hong Kong
Connaught Road Hong Kong	Central Hong Kong	Des Voeux Road	Hennessy & Johnston Roads
Tram_Driver	Yuen Long Hong Kong	Cotton Tree Drive Hong Kong	Court House Hong Kong
Deep Water Bay Hong Kong	Wong Tai Sin	Wong Tai Sin	Wong Tai Sin
Tai_Pak	Dragon Dance Hong Kong	Duck Shop Hong Kong	Aberdeen Hong Kong
Aberdeen Hong Kong	Vendor Hong Kong	Habour Hong Kong	Habour Hong Kong
Hatton Road Hong Kong	Trams	Hatton Road	Panorama
Hilton Hotel Hong Kong	Chater Road	Fountains	HKU Hong Kong
HKU	HKU_Campus Hong Kong	HKU_Residence Hong Kong	HKU Hong Kong
Blake_Pier	HKU	Victoria Hong Kong	Macau Hydro Foil Hong Kong
HYF Ferries Hong Kong	Ferries Hong Kong	Jordan Road Hong Kong	Jumbo Hong Kong
Junk Hong Kong	Pleasure Junk Hong Kong	Working Junk Hong Kong	Hydrofoil
Walla Wallas	Walla Wallas Hong Kong	Kai Tak Hong Kong	Ladder Street Hong Kong
Western Street	Lee Gardens Hong Kong	Lions Hong Kong	Peel Street Market Hong Kong
Water Street & Second Street	Waterstreet	Sheung Wan Hong Kong	Food Street Hong Kong
Mini Bus Hong Kong	No 12 Bus Hong Kong	Ocean Terminal Hong Kong	Peak Tram Hong Kong
Habour View Hong Kong	Peak View_87	Lugard Road	Hatton Road
Peak Cafe Hong Kong	Peak Cafe Hong Kong	Peak_View	Harbour View Hong Kong
Procession Hong Kong	Court House Hong Kong	Repulse Bay Hong Kong	Old Shops Hong Kong
Chater_Road	Central	Star Ferry Hong Kong	Star Ferry
Connaught Centre Hong Kong	Statue Square Hong Kong	Street Scene Hong Kong	Aberdeen Reservoir Hong Kong
Pokfulham Reservoir	Temple Hong Kong	Tiger Balm Gdns Hong Kong	Haw Par Villa Hong Kong
Tiger Balm Gdns Hong Kong	Tiger Balm Gdns Hong Kong	Tram and Trailer Hong Kong	Johnston Road Hong Kong
Des Voeux Road Hong Kong	Trams Hong Kong	Vegetable Market Hong Kong	Harbour View Hong Kong
Nathan Road Hong Kong	Peak Tram Terminal Hong Kong	Star Ferry Hong Kong	Tram Hong Kong
Central Bus Terminal Hong Kong	Vendor Hong Kong	Central Street Vendors Hong Kong	Steamed Peanuts Hong Kong
Yaumati Vendor Hong Kong	Wanchai Hong Kong	Typhoon Shelter Hong Kong	Wanchai Hong Kong
Wanchai Hong Kong	Causeway Bay Hong Kong	Causeway Bay	Worship Hong Kong
Balcony View Hong Kong	Causeway Bay Hong Kong	Down Town Hong Kong	Harbour Hong Kong
HKSB Hong Kong	HKSB Hong Kong	HKSB	Peel Street Hong Kong
Stalls Hong Kong	Queens Road Central Hong Kong	Queens Road Central	Typhoon Shelter Hong Kong
YMCA Kowloon Hong Kong	10000_Buddas Hong Kong	Stanley	Stanley
Stanley	Stanley	Macau	Macau
Macau	Macau	Macau	Macau
Macau	Macau	Macau	Macau
Macau	Macau	Macau	Macau
Macau	Macau	Macau	Macau
Ching Chung Koon Hong Kong	Lock Ma Chau Hong Kong	Nam Sung Wai Hong Kong	New Territories
New Territories	New Territories	New Territories Hong Kong	Shatin Seafood Restaurant Hong Kong
Tai Po Hong Kong	Wanchai Hong Kong	Street Scene Hong Kong	Hong Kong
1 University Path	Repulse Bay Hotel	HK University	Repulse Bay Hotel
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
KGV 5th Form ?	KGV Disco photo	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong

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Edwin McNeill		08-Jun-2017 20:04
A late but great find Tom. I was in Kowloon, York House, Beacon Hill and went to SGS 1959/61; my army father worked in the barracks next to the school. We travelled a lot but Hong Kong holds my fondest memories, what an ace place to turn teenager. Nice one and thanks for refreshing some fantastic memories.

Guest		24-May-2017 10:00
Hello, I'm script editor on a BBC1 series called The Last Post, written by Peter Moffat and following the lives of the Royal Military Police and their families in the 1960s and 70s. We are currently researching Hong Kong during this period for a possible second series (the first is set in Aden) and are keen to build up as vivid and holistic a picture as possible of the area and life within it at that time. The show will not just be restricted to life within army barracks so we are keen to hear from civilians as well. If anyone was interested and happy to talk - either on the phone or to simply to share some memories/photos over email, we'd love to hear from you. My email is ellasjones @ gmail.com. Very best, Ella

Vincent Mellor		10-Apr-2017 15:07
Hi Tommy, Vincent here! We used to live next door to you in HKU. Loved the photos. Now I'm retired I'm planning to do some scanning & add to the huge interest in those heady days that so many people enjoyed. Sorry to just learn that your mum passed away. My mum is still going at 92. Dad died 20 years ago. He loved Hong Kong, spent 30 years there. It was an amazing life for all living there. I'm still in touch with a lot of people from those HKU days in the '50s,'60s & 70s. We meet in Gerrard St every year. Bards, Mellors,Greens, Simpsons, Blundens. We've had Goulds, Hodgsons & Szczepaniks too. My brother Jerome goes to HK almost every year. I last went in 2000. Saw your photos of Greenwich, quite recent ? That's where we live now. Really enjoyed your photo's & see-ing your family. Stay well, be good. Vincent Mellor

Michelle Dexter		23-Mar-2017 11:16
I'm loving these photos, they have provoked a lot of memories. I lived in Hong Kong as a child from 1978 - 1980 whilst my father was on a 2 year posting. I went to St Andrews School and we lived at Exeter House at Kowloon Tsai. I also have very fond memories of going to the pictures every Sat morning at Pilgrims Way. My father has since been back to visit and this is something I wish to do also. Thanks for sharing these photos.

Phyllis		20-Mar-2017 02:20
Hi Tom I'm highly interested in getting hold of a high resolution print of a photo in your precious album collection! can you contact me urgently on this? I need it in 2 days time....!

John Butler		29-Jan-2017 17:25
Hi I served in Hong Kong in 1980-81 and have been trying to find/contact Alison Ayres who worked at Lo Wu camp teaching horse riding. If anyone knows Alison or her family please forward me their contact details or give them mine. John Butler johnb4245@gmail.com There was Alison her sister Babera a brother I didn't know who lived in Germany and their mother who seemed to work at Lo Wu riding club and their father who was a flight control officer at Ki Tak airport. I would appreciate anyour assistance including photographs.

David Abbott		04-Dec-2016 02:52
Great Photographs Tom. I love HK and went to school at St Georges from 57-59. We live in Castle Peak Hotel for 6 months until quarters became available at Sek Kong. My father was the SSM at Tai Lam Barracks for over three years. my brothers and I used to go to school in a Bedford bus over Tai Mo San on route twisk. I served there too and also ran the Garrison FM contract from 1995-1997, then a couple of other companies in HK and Singapore. I go to HK every year for the Sevens and am lucky to have a son living in DB.-Ngor Jeung Yi Heung Gong. When I win the lottery I will move back-LOL

Mark Tarrant		15-Nov-2016 06:04
I was interested to see John Eyre had imported the first 9 Borneo polo ponies into HK. My mother ran a horse-riding stable for handicapped children near Sha Tin in the early 1970's. We had two Borneo ponies - 'Ganet' and 'Tommy'. 'Ganet', I recall was a chestnut & feisty and kept wanting to bite the much milder Tommy who was grey/black. Ganet even managed to get half of my older brother's arm in his mouth and refused to let go! Before we had our stables, as children my brothers and I used to ride these ponies at Sek Kong. Another Borneo pony 'Sherpa' was the feistiest of them all (although the smallest). They were all stallions so no doubt believed they had a point to prove with one other! Tommy was my pony and sadly, whilst grazing along the single-lane access road up to our house in Lower Shing Mun slipped and tumbled down a steep bamboo-covered hillside that faced Sha Tin Heights. The vet was called who put dear Tommy out of his misery (I think he had broken his back). He was buried were he lay. The last time I saw Sherpa was in the late 80's/early 90's when he was at the Cassino Lines stables.

John Eyre		28-Sep-2016 09:41
I soldiered in HK in the early 1960s and was sent to Borneo by John Stevenson to import the first nine ponies so that polo could be started in HK. Tony Grimshaw supplied a vet sergeant to help me. We were allowed to import the ponies on the monthly landing ship which sailed from Singapore to Jessleton in Borneo to Hong Kong. The sergeant and two of our regimental grooms flew to Singapore and constructed stalls on deck on the passage to Borneo. Meanwhile I flew to Jessleton to collect ponies and we then had about a five day passage to Hong Kong. I think I still have some ancient slides of our journey. Please let me have your address and I will make contact. John Eyre.

pat		10-Aug-2016 14:12
I was looking at a pencil sketch in my possession by Mr Kong Kai-Ming. Am originally from Africa and now reside in the UK. This sketch was given to me by an Old Colonel in his late 80's/90's,who probably , and later posted to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe),in Africa the British army in Hong Kong many years ago it is titled 'Gracious old home in Caine Road, Mid-Levels' and is an original pencil sketch of an old and rather elegant looking building. He gave it to me saying it was worth a lot of money. Strangely, I accepted it graciously, but didn't think it could be valuable. Does anyone know if these pencil sketches by this particular artist are valuable? Please contact me by e-mail.

Kel		12-Jul-2016 18:14
Great Photos of Hong Kong Tom, thanks for sharing them mate. I lived in Hong Kong '72-'74, I was a scaley brat and lived on Sunderland Road (now gone, been turned into a massive apartment complex), my dad was a scopey in the RAF and stationed at Tai Mo Shan. My sister was born there, and has since re-visited twice to see how much it has changed since the early 70's and to see where we once lived as she was still a baby when we returned home in late '74. Thanks again for some great pics tom.

Guest		21-Jun-2016 04:20
Went to St. Andrew's Church for one year in kindergarten 1965-66. I have always wondered whatever happened to everyone afterwards. Got my very first punishment standing outside the classroom, because the Indian girl sitting in front of me turned around and spat a big bad spit at my feet. Others saw it and thought it's my own spit, whisphered from one person to another till it reached the boy who's the prefect or something. He stood up and reported it to the teacher. I was called to stand before the teacher, and she asked me if I did that spit. My English was very limited but I kept saying "No" everytime she tried to make me say"Yes". I was not angry at all, just very puzzled. Would be fun if anyone at all remember that episode after all these years :) Grace C.

John Ingram		12-Jun-2016 00:46
Hi, loved the photos. I was a RAF-brat living in the married quarters in Sunderland Rd back in the early 1950's. It was a wonderful experience for a young lad to escape post-war Britain and rationing. I too attended Gun Club Hill School but fear I spent most of my time looking out the window. School report read "John has a very good memory". As I recall, it was a very social time with plenty of parties for the kids and outings almost every weekend on an RAF bus or in the back of a gharri.

Guest		31-Mar-2016 12:43
Thanks Tom for sharing all these nice photos of old Hong Kong!

Mark Stansfield		28-Feb-2016 19:48
Amazing pictures, brought back so many memories. Then I saw a comment from Pete Jackson on 25th Jan 2010, talk about a small world. I was born in Hong Kong in 1970 during my parents 3rd tour of Hong Kong. Like many my Dad (Eric) worked at Little Sia Wan. We went back to HK for another Tour from March 1979 to July 1981. Like Pete Jackson we stayed at the K Y Mansions, Shui Fai Terrace on Stubbs road. We lived on the 2nd floor and Pete Jackson I think was on the 9th (out of 12). I went to the Gun Club Barracks Primary school with my Younger Sister.

Tom Jackson		18-Feb-2016 23:28
It's the Marco Polo Hong Kong hotel now. A magnificent place to stay in Tsim Tsa Tsui.

Ken		18-Feb-2016 22:40
Hi, I was in Hong Kong in Dec. 1972 on leave from the USS Enterprise. I stayed at a place simply called the Hong Kong Hotel on the Kowloon side; beautiful view of the bay. I cannot find any reference of it ever existing. Would like to know what it was really called as it was a beautiful hotel. Does it sound familiar to you?

Maurice		23-Jan-2016 10:06
To anyone who was at KGV school. There is a big reunion organised for 22-26 March 2016. Please Google google KGV Alumni and link to the website for more details.

Richard Winter		28-Dec-2015 22:51
I was stationed in Gun Club Barracks 1974-76 with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, i just loved HK, eventhough i was on the pier when the first boat people arrived from Vietnam , and on patrol when the border policy changed for people escaping across the border into HK through the new territory border posts, some sad and some fond memories,

Willy Wilson		10-Oct-2015 20:46
Hi Tom, this is just wonderful and sitting here for the last hour watching the rugby and reading all the comments. as a young lad on his first posting these photos just put me back, I was a DJ with Jimmy Ellis at the Fleet Club and stationed Gun Club Barracks Kowloon. Honk Kong was my induction to life at the tender age of 17 back in 1974, would be nice to here from anyone who was around at that time.

Carolyn		11-Sep-2015 01:18
What a superb trail of memories, thank you! I went to Beacon Hill Primary in the early 60's and then on to KGV. I'm looking for photos of the Gurkha polo camp in Sek Kong that Major Anthony Grimshaw and Lt-Col John Stevenson set up, starting with some Borneo stallions. The rides up to the border with Guangdong to watch crowds of people with red flags working on construction projects set me up for life with an inseparable connection with China.

Rolando Guerzo		18-Jul-2015 05:39
I remember studying at Royden House from 1983 to 1987. Me and a bunch of some of my classmates hate French classes, so we often jump off the 1st floor windows behind the school just to avoid French lessons. Ha ha... memories. Fortunately we still manage to graduate junior high (form 4). I'm now working as a Background Screening Analyst. Btw, can anyone tell me how and where I can obtain a copy of my credentials attained at Royden House? After a terrible flood here in the Philippines I lost almost all credentials, including a precious Betamax copy of our breakdance performance in TVB and ATV! Back then, we were the best breakdancing group in Hong Kong, proudly from Royden House School!

Tom Jackson		15-May-2015 10:20
The one on Queens Road near the wet market was called China Products and the one by the Star Ferry Kowloon side was called China Emporium I think. There was also the CAC, China Arts and Crafts (Daguilar Street ?) near the Gloucester Hotel on Queens Road. That's as far as I can remember back in the late 70s. Tom

RON MILLS		12-Apr-2015 06:51
FROM A REALLY OLD PERSON 79 IN JULY 2015 MY NAME IS RON (TINY ) MILLS, I WAS STATIONED WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN HONG KONG FROM VERY LATE 1955 TO VERY EARLY 1957, JUST OVER 2 YEARS. YOUR PICTURES REVIVE SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES, ME AND A MATE CLIFFORD (LOFTY) LOWE MET WITH A COUPLE OF AMERICAN SAILORS FROM THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA, WE TRIED TO CONTACT THEM SOME YEARS LATER BUT HAD NO LUCK SHAME. THE WERE JOHN STITLE AND DICK POSNIAK. WE HAD A GREAT TIME SHOWING THE AROUND. SO MANY MEMORIES. RON MANY MEMORIES

Guest		31-Mar-2015 04:04
More pls ! we all find memories here !

David		30-Dec-2014 17:28
Was detached to HMS Tamar in 1982, as a 17/18 year old it was epic, never go a chance to return as yet but these photos hold such happy memories, may be we shared the same Star ferry?? thanks

Matthew		24-Nov-2014 22:16
Tom, Thank you for the great trip 'home' - great pictures from my childhood! I went to Kennedy Road Junior School in the '70s and Island School in the '80s and while it has changed considerably, it is still possible to catch glimpses of old Hong Kong (if you go looking for them)! Thank you again for posting these. Matthew

Amanda Capern		10-Oct-2014 22:46
Tom, I have so enjoyed seeing the photographs. I was born in HK and went to KGV 1968 to 1975. Great photography for the time. This is a thank you. Amanda Capern

Tom Jackson		30-Sep-2014 21:26
Frank, Your cab would have taken the cross harbor tunnel. There is no bridge. Tom

Frank Murphy		30-Sep-2014 15:36
Dear Tom, Nice page. I was in the USN 1968 - 1972 and had R&R several times in Hong Kong. I once spent the time at the Peninsula Hotel. I think I as able to take cab there from Wan Chai but can't remember 100%. Was there a bridge at that time? Or would I have had to taken a ferry? Many thanks Frank

Guest		25-Aug-2014 21:22
Dear Tom, I too have many heartfelt memories of Hong Kong, through bad times of WW II and good years at DBS. My family lived in Kowloon Tong, North Point, Central, and Tsim Sha Tsui. Your expert photography enlivens my remembrance of places, people, and things as if they were only yesterday. Thank you not enough. Best from Robert KTS

Guest		31-Jul-2014 18:53
I lived in Hong Kong from July 74 to August 75. I worked at the Furama Hotel, and lived in Caine Road, followed by Conduit Road. Hong Kong is a magical place, it transformed my life and I still think of it as home. An amazing selection of photos.

Guest		14-Jul-2014 05:25
Thanks for a blast from past! I spent four short by memorable years in my primary school years in HK. 1979-1983 I think... Lived in Taikoo Shing (the massive apartment complex built I believe in the old dock yard area) and went to Quarry Bay Junior School. Before the school moved to Victoria Barracks, when it was in Quarry Bay, I recall sooo many steps we had to walk up to get there. Such fond memories riding in the double decker and mini buses,bbqing on the beaches, going to Ocean Park, visiting the neighboring islands by ferry... Loved it, and miss it. Too bad, a lot of the sights and sceneries do not exist anymore. So thank you so much for sharing these precious shots!

adele		13-Jul-2014 13:50
Hi Mike I don't remember the names of the girls that you mentioned from The Scene, but my boss there at the time was Beth Simpson, from south Africa, I think she still lives there, I was only 19 years old then,worked during the day as secretary, and three nights a week at the scene. Was a very posh place then,everyone was smartly dressed, I remember the fabulous wall of fishtank,aquarium,meant to be under the sea. I still have many records from there marked from slow to fast,depending on the mood, and dimming the lights etc, very cool at the time I am a grandmother now,pity I don't have any pics from inside,however I believe that another scene has been created there, but very different inside.The management sent me a pic but it was taken long after I left in 1970.DJs today are very different. Glad someone out there remembers the place,side entrance from Hankrow Road if I remember correctly and part of the Peninsula Hotel. They put us up for the night the year that there was rioting and many people marching with their little red books and chanting for chairman mao.I always tried to catch the last star ferry back to Hong Kong Island as I lived at Caritas House andit was frowned upon when doors had to be opened after 2am. closing time for the scene was 2am,Beth used to let me leave early to catch the last ferry.What memories and so innocent by todays standards. Hong Kong is not the same now,most places I revisit arnt. adele

uncomfortablynumb		19-Jun-2014 01:10
And Thank You Tom Jackson for the great pictures

uncomfortablynumb		19-Jun-2014 00:55
An R & R to Hong Kong in 11-67 during the Viet Namh war. Still remember the smell of spicy foods and a very different lifestyle than the states. Wish I could remember the name of the hotel during that time period. The local young lady that I was with was a hell of a lot smarter than I was. And now Hong Kong seems to be a magnet to me for some reason..time will tell. Everyone in Hong Kong...please have a good day.

Mick		10-May-2014 07:47
Served in HK based at Sek Kong in 1974-5 and had a married quarter in Castle Peak then moved to the ones in Kam Tin, brilliant place to live and enjoyed every minute of it.

Guest		05-May-2014 21:36
As a child with only faint, distant memories of growing up in Hong Kong in the mid 70s ,,your photos has brought back such happy moments ,, it's also brought back memories of my sisters poor fashion sence lol ! I have a bundle of vintage pictures of my family's time in Hong Kong including Stanley Fort School, Sai Wan Officers Club, The Peak and the Sai Wan Dollys dragon boat race and much more to which I will be posting on a new face book page especially for all those Hong Kong veterans out there. I hope people will enjoy it equally.

Gina Arymar		05-May-2014 20:45
Wonderful photos. Brought back memories of happy times! I first visited HK in 1969 on holiday from Singapore and armed with a book produced by the Church Army travelled around HK and the New Territories by bus! Susequently I returned in 1982 with my husband and 2 year old son. I taught at Boundary Junior School, Kowloon Tong and lived at Winchester Mansions Kowloon Tsai. Also spent a lot of time at the USRC next to Gun Club Barracks.

peter hulm		28-Apr-2014 21:57
I worked at Ocean Park from 1981 until 2002. Your beautiful photos brought back so many fond memories for our family. Anyone that would like get in touch please : peterhulm@btinternet.com

Julia Boyle		26-Apr-2014 10:03
What a wonderful bunch of Pictures Tom Jackson...brilliant...

Michael Talan		26-Apr-2014 05:58
I came across this site by accident. I to was born in Hong Kong at the Matilda Hospital. Went to the Peak School until the 1970's, then went to boarding school in Australia for a few years, until I came back to Hong Kong and finished my schooling at the Island School in 1976.

Sarah Lovatt Dawtrey		28-Mar-2014 11:09
My god what a blast from my past. I was born at St Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay. We lived in Stanley all of my life, until I left on 4th July 1976 for London. Went to Quarry Bay Junior School,1964-1970, then Island School 1970-1976. Came back to HK Dec 1982 to be married the following Feb '83 at Union Church Kennedy Road. Both my kids were born at Canossa Hospital. We live in Ho Man Tin Hill Road.So who remembers Catch 33 - above the Old Vic Pub run by the Hilton, the Front Page - down the Wanch, The Basement- opposite the KCC & Finally the Juke Box - Hang Kow Rd near the Bottoms Up? My husband Tony Dawtrey along with a few others from Round Table Started Wings Discos, back in mid 70's. I was in London but came home for a few holidays, so Catch 33 was I 1st place, not that we knew each other then. Had my 21st in the HK Club,Feb '80, then we youngsters hit the Go Down and the Back Bar,& partied all night long. The Go Down/ Back Bar been my haunt since I was about 14+.As my parents knew the owner very well, it was the only place they would let go alone. And always had to catch the last #6 bus at 11.30pm back to Stanley But always managed to miss the police raids, as I was sitting in the restaurant having my noodle supper !!!!!! say no more on that topic.The Bull n Bear, the Jockey, Saturdays spent in the Pit stop snack bar, the road below Thingammigs that deep dark hole in the basement with that whole wall mirror. Not a pretty sight in the day time. True we all talked about taking photos when we were younger, but some did and some didn't. I've got some lurking about but not in a place I can readily get to.We left HK in April '95. Tony left China Light & Power Co. after 24 years of service. We now live in Andorra, but the inside if the house looks like CHINA/HONG KONG all over the place.You can take the girl out of HK but you can never take HK out of the girl. Born, raised, schooled, married & kids there, & it's still home. Our son requested that his ashes be scattered there, off the beach at Yeung Shu Wan, Lamma Island. he died in march 2012. Still waiting to be able to go home and do as he wished. I want my ashes scattered on Stanley Beach when the time comes. My brother & sister still live there. One day I'll be back !!!!! thanks for the very heart warming memories.

Guest		24-Mar-2014 17:35
Fantastic, I am going back next month for the first time since 1973, my home at the time was overlooking the harbour in Mei Foo Sun Cheung and I watched the QE1 burn from my apartment window, history in the making. Looking forward to visiting and seeing how different everything is. thanks for the memories

Greta (Wilson) Brown		28-Feb-2014 14:28
Wonderful photos - thank you for sharing - I went to Quarry Bay Junior School in 1955 - then onto KGV till 1964 - lived in Conduit Rd then McDonald Road - and when started secretarial work at Taikoo Dockyard moved to my own apartment in Tin Hau Temple Road - left Hong Kong (reluctantly) in 1972 and your pictures have brought back so many happy memories - I really did leave my heart in Hong Kong !! - Greta

Guest		28-Jan-2014 09:20
Brillant site I am trying to remember going to The Peak in 1970 as a visitor with my parents but my memory is getting tired. Your site is terrific and I enjoyed seeing Hong Kong as it was. I was under the impression I went to the Peak by bus, but I can't remember. Anyway. Great photos. Thanks thoroughly enjoyed them. Raine

Guest		12-Jan-2014 16:44
Hi I lived in HK from September 1985 - March 1986 (brief in comparison to some of the people on here) but made the most of my time there. I worked in a kindergarten in Chi Fu Fah Yuen, went to a nightclub called 1997, shopped in Stanley Market every weekend, met friends in The Other Place every Friday night for cocktails before heading off to Mad Dogs where we would start upstairs and work our way downstairs where every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night there would be a 60s & 70s disco. I met the man who would be my first husband in there and he proposed to me one starlit night on Discovery Bay. I went back to HK on business in 1997, just before the changeover but it wasn't quite the same experience as living there, as I stayed in hotels and was driven everywhere by limos provided by the client, so could not re-live the experience of riding the mini buses or Star Ferry. Not sure I'd like to go back now as I'm sure not a single nightlife venue remains and I would feel quite sad about that!

Guest		19-Nov-2013 18:46
We used to live on the peak 20 mount austin road 1969 we were part of jardine Matheson sea going staff and would very much like to know if anyone have old photos of there also Stewart terrace the peak Many thanks peter and hazel Piriou

Guest		19-Oct-2013 02:24
Hi Tom, great photos..........as everyone else says, they bring back great memories. I lived in Stanley Fort from 66-68 and Vista Panorama, Rhondda Rd Kowloon Tsai from 69-71. Went to St. Andrew's primary school in Kowloon. Adele, I remember the Scene discotheque, I used to collect match books. I had one from there and the Purple Onion, The Bottoms Up club and Suzie Wong's....and many more that I can't remember. I do remember my older (16) sister getting in trouble for going to the Scene........... Martin McCabe, my sister also went to St. George's from 69-71, do you remember a Susan Williams or Gayle Parry. Amazing stuff....cheers Tom, Mike

Chuck		30-Aug-2013 01:42
Tom, thank you so much for posting these photos. What a great blast from the past. I grew up in Hong Kong 76-94, returned briefly from 02-05 and have been back here again since 07. Have you ever considered revisiting some of the spots where you took your earlier photos to photograph the view today?

Veronica		25-Aug-2013 18:09
Wonderful to see photos; I was married to a soldier in RAMC stationed at the military hosp 68 - 71 and my youngest son was born there. When ew went back to UK He loved to tell people that he was born in Hong Kong. He and his brother were very fair and I remember people wanting to look at them and touch their hair as the sun made the hair almost white. Remember water restrictions, bathing 3 kids and myself in 1 bowl of water! Main things I remember was how crowded it seemed,even late at night; cant imagine it now - and how embarrassed I was trying to haggle! Still have beautiful rosewood cedar chest now over 40 years old, wish I could go back again but never have. Thanks for bringing back all the memories

adele		27-Jul-2013 05:59
Hi I also enjoyed your photos, I went to Hong Kong in 1966 from Australia...don't know if you remember the Scene discoteque at the Peninsula Hotel, well I was one of the DJs there,then worked for Cathay Pacific at Kai Tak Airport for a few years ,was married at St Theresas church in Kowloon Tong,lived on both side of the harbor,loved the star ferry,took my daughter back to visit in 1996 before changeover,would like to go back but feel images would not be the same,old memories are the best.Loved the photos we used to go to shatin to the restaurant on the water, swam at deepwater bay, went to functions at the repulse bay hotel,and even had a night swim at big wave bay, oh the things you do in your youth, too many good memories, thanks for the pics. adele

Jim T.		17-Jul-2013 03:35
Wow! Worked out of Hong Kong, Seismic ship Kirsten Bravo, doing Oil Exploration in South China Sea in 1979, and remember it well. Especially each day taking Star Ferry back and forth to HK island from our digs at the YMCA in Kowloon! Stayed there for six weeks waiting for our Chinese working visa. Your pictures are fantastic, what a great trip down memory lane these have just provided me, thank you. Jim T-V ictoria B.C.

Jose Barros		20-Jun-2013 01:54
My brother sent me this site. Ialso went to SFX from 1959 to 1962 and regognise alot of the teachers names. Went to KGV to finish off and left HK in 1966. Lived in Kowloon Tong. My wife Suzanne Baker also born in HK and who I met at KGV lived in Kadoorie Ave. Lots of good memories and comments

Guest		28-May-2013 03:26
We arrived in Hong Kong Feruary #rd 1954;I studied at the Saint Francis xavier,school,on Maple Street,Shum Shui Po,with my brother Reny,I was Form -! student,our principle was :Brother Kenny, a Canadian,my Teachers name is :Brother James,he,is Bald;so we the students named him "Bald eagle",and Brothers calls us ?Rebels,brother edward is our physical instructor,a robust,wide shouler,Portugese,he is very nice to all of us,our Math teacher?we nick-named him brother Bang bang,because the moment he enters our Class-room he would bang his rattan cane on his desk,he is a real "Meanie",we live on Hankow ROad,near the YMCA,no.6-A apartment house,my Dad got an Aviary on the roof -top,he rears homing pigeons,life in Hong Kong those early days? are private-parties,with every one chipping a dollar to buy the Soft drinks and sandwiches!sometimes we all go to the beach at Lai Chi Kok,to cool off or just rent a row boat,and do some casual paddleling.there was very few radios,in those days,so we subscribe to Reddifussion,a box like contration with "Pipe"music"A" for English an "B" for the Chinese channels.there was no television as yet ,so we teenagers make do with what ever occupies our time.My Dad is a Musician,and I took up drum lessons,and played with my Dad at the King Wah Restauraunt & Night Club,My first girl friend ?was a girl Named Irene Mak,she is Eurasian,her Dad is English,and her Mom is Chinese;she is exceddingly Beautiful,her Dad works for the Hong Kong Tram service as an Inspector;with free housing,but since Irene got a lot of brother and sister? forced herself to be a Dancing girl.after work at the King Wah Night Club?she invited me to have snacks;behind the night club ,where there are lots of Tai Pai tong,or food market,I had a small bottle of whisky,and we both drank,and finally she invited me to retire in a small hotel,and thats where I lose my Male virginity,Irenes virginity was takened by her Uncle,because she was alone at the house ?her Uncle offered her a coke laced with sleeping tablets,when she woke up she felt pain on her private part!her Father kick out the Uncle from their house!she was crying while telling me her story!any way I told Irene ;life must go on move forward,I stll miss her to this very day,her Beauty is what gets me right into my Soul,I can never forget her ever.AMEN

Tom Jackson		26-May-2013 23:24
Kin, None of these images are for sale. Just enjoy them for what they are here. Tom

kin		26-May-2013 13:47
dear Tom , I have a project about the time tunnel and I think your picture are perfect, how much of the usage if I use it for the commercial use? pls reply for further if you interest. many thanks kin kinhui2008@hotmail.com

Amy Barnes		16-May-2013 20:18
Fantastic photos! I was born in HK in 1965 and lived there until I was 13 then came to the UK to Boarding School. These photos are brilliant- priceless--took me right back to how it was. I was actually looking for photos of Shatin Heights and Shatin Inn- both weekend treats when I was a little girl. I haven't been back to HK for 20+ years- somehow finding it hard to see it for how it is now. We lived in Kowloon on Perth Street- just behind KGV for quite a while then moved to Bonham Road then Tai Hang Road. So to see some of those places in your photo collection was a-maz-ing! Thank you so much for putting this together!!

Chris		13-May-2013 09:32
Hi, I stumbled across your photos by accident - I was born in 1970 in Kowloon Tong, but lived on Conduit Road from c.1972 to 1991. In one photo, I can see our flat, with the next door block under construction! Fantastic nostalgia, Thanks for sharing.

miketemple		13-Apr-2013 16:34
Great photos, and lots of memories of Hong Kong. Mike Temple, ex-Taikoo and HUD, 1969-1992

alison		04-Mar-2013 19:03
How wonderful to see your photos. Thank you so much. I lived in HK from 1958 to 1974 with a regrettable break for two years at boarding school between 1969-1971. I too was at KGV leaving from 5B in 1968. My mother was head of music there as well until she went to Island School in 1967. My husband Cliff Sparks also taught at Island School. I'd not realised how much I miss the life we had there, although I know that by 1974 it was changing faster and faster. What a wonderful place and way to grow up it was.

Karen Li		04-Feb-2013 22:39
Hi !!! i randomly browsed old hong kong and your pictures came up, i was born in the 90s but im greatly into the old hk !!! soo great to see all these amazing pictures!!! :) thanks for sharing and im so touched by it !!!! xx

Steve Orpin		15-Dec-2012 05:53
Hi, Steve Orpin here, great seeing these montages of HK.was there 67- 71, we lived at Quarry Bay, my Father worked at Taikoo Dockyard. Remember you well Tom, I was in 5c at KGV, and recall blurry shared memories of parties, Chung King Mansions, coffee shop and Disco, ThingGummyBob bar in central, The Blow Up disco in Wanchai, The Purple Onion ..? somewhere off Nathan road think we all were in every disco going at the time, despite the tender ages of being 14-17! LRC on the peak, numerous parties, had the time of my life, and by the time we left I was 17 going on 25..! Names that come to mind, Chris Aitkin, (met him in London in the 70's)Gerard Burke, Denis Sartain, John Hubbard, Vanessa Kessington, Sue Woods, Alan Peddigrew,Lesley George, Kieron Chatterjee, RichardMercado. I'm sure more names will flood back. Great that you have taken the time to share your pics of our wonderful HK.

Guest		24-Nov-2012 11:57
Thanks for the memories. I went to school in Kowloon in the 1960's (DGS) and lived at 251 Prince Edward Road. Phyllis Kotewall

Estelita Ondiz		25-Oct-2012 19:45
Fantastic photos Tom brings back so many memories,lived in Hong Kong for two years with my friend LEE CANA would love to see her again once again thanks for the memories

Howard Jones		12-Oct-2012 02:40
Ah Tom, you're a star, I lived and worked in HK from June 1979 to Sept 1990 and your photos recall so many fond and treasured memories of a unique and wonderful place, I still visit at every opportunity and although HK is constantly evolving and reinventing itself the magic remains, mainly through the people of HK, I worked at HMS Tamar as a civvie having arrived for a 5 week holiday and deciding to try my luck at life there, I lived in Lockhart Rd next to the 369 Shanghainese Restaurant, still can almost taste those noodles!! I even remember some of the people who have contributed to your comment page, Tommy Banks as a member of the HK Football Club, Bob McKirdy's son, never met him but I remember his father, Bob is legend, great guy! I'll be back in November with my father to celebrate his 85th birthday, again thanks Tom, wonderful photos and fabulous memories

paulduffield		05-Oct-2012 09:56
Great photos and memories! Thanks for putting them up. A name appears below of Nigel Woods who I think I may have gone to Island School with late 70's early 80's. Plus I used to go sailing with the school. If you can forward my email address to Nigel it would be appreciated. Even the mention of the camera names brought back some memories... The OM10 so does anyone remember the Minolta XD7 and Canon A1 from the same Era :-)

sailordave		03-Jul-2012 14:06
Tom, this is a wonderful collection of pictures, brings back great memories of my time in Hong kong 1974 to 1976. I served in HMS Tamar and lived in Kennedy Road. My eldest daughter was born at the BMH in Kowloon September '74. Many thanks for sharing your memories. Dave

Kym Honey		27-Jun-2012 00:58
Hi Tom I lived and worked in Kowloon Hong Kong in the late 60's early 70's at the Miramar Hotel living in Observatory Road Kowloon, Oh what a time that was, your photos bring it all back how wonderful to see it again as it was, thank you for posting them such good memories from then, oh to be a time traveler and do it all again Cheers Kym Honey

Keith		21-Jun-2012 19:19
I lived in Hong Kong from 1977-80. I also went to St. Andrews and was googling it when I came across your pictures. They bring back some good memories. I lived on Broadcast Dr.

Sylvia		13-Jun-2012 21:52
Stumbled upon your pics by accident - so glad I did. We lived in HK 1977 - 1980. Vista Del Mar New Territories then Lion Court Stanley. Attended St Andrews then Sek Kong primary before being sent back to school in the UK. Holidays were great - sailing at Little Sai Wan and other places. Reading some of the comments here amazed me. So many familiar names - Little Sai Wan, Tia Mo Shan, HMS Tamar, Sek Kong, Victoria Barracks, Stanley Barracks, Repulse Bay. Thank you for sharing your phots Tom.

Sylvia		13-Jun-2012 21:49
Stumbled upon your pics by accident - so glad I did. We lived in HK 1977 - 1980. NT then Stanley. Attended St Andrews then Sek Kong primary before being sent back to school in the UK. Holidays were great - sailing at Little Sai Wan and other places. Reading some of the comments here amazed me. So many familiar names - Little Sai Wan, Tia Mo Shan, HMS Tamar, Sek Kong, Victoria Barracks, Stanley Barracks. Thank you for sharing your phots Tom.

Guest		02-Jun-2012 16:32
Great pics. I moved to Canada 20 something years ago and your photos certainly bring back my early childhood memories. Thanks.

Guest		18-May-2012 17:00
Tom : I also lived in 104 Robinson Road from 1967 to 1972. After that I left Hong Kong. The photos has brought back lots of memories, particularly the ones in its immediate neighborhood. Thanks, Vincent

Guest		19-Apr-2012 20:58
I move to UK in the mid 60; these is the memories money cant nuy thank you peter L

Monica		11-Apr-2012 20:12
Awesome photos. Thanks for the memories!

bob fisher		07-Apr-2012 11:05
hallo, my name is robert fisher and i taught at st. georges school bfpo1 between 1972-1979 and lived variously at kadoorie avenue and perth street kowloon. great times,happy memories.

Pat. Overton		23-Mar-2012 05:14
I went to KGV from 62 - 65 and lived in Vivian Court. My sister was at Peak school where my mum was a teacher. She also taught at Kennedy Rd. School. I have so many fond memories of living in HK and your photos brought back many happy memories.

Guest		15-Mar-2012 22:02
Brilliant memories. Lived on Peak (Kellett Heights) and went to Victoria Barracks infants and Primary from 65-69. Then lived at Repulse Bay and went to St Georges in 74-77. Miss it hugely and have been back but not the same. Karen Nash (Haggerty)

Linda Mettler		23-Feb-2012 18:03
Thanks Tom. You've captured HK's unique character so beautifully. My family moved there in 1953. We lived at the Peninsula Hotel and then on Headland Road. I went to Royden House School and then KGV before going off to boarding school. Was married at the HK Club in 1971 and lived in Century Tower, Tregunter, the Roslyn, and Woodland Heights until we left in 1996. My children were born in Canossa Hospital and attended GSIS. Hong Kong will always be "home" to all of us!

barbym		20-Feb-2012 05:11
Barbara Gabriel Mackenzie Sorry that last post was from me...didn't realize I needed to register etc.

Guest		20-Feb-2012 05:06
Reading through the comments came across one from Ken Cassels. Jackie was in my class at KGV. Would love to re-connect. I have been going back to HK nearly every year for the past 15 years so have seen it change and change...lately changed a lot but still so fabulous. Dad also has an amazing pile of photos of HK from the 50's but are with my Mum in Calif. will try to get some back. Dad was such a camera and movie buff...he took endless shots. Grew up in Kowloon, Kaddorie Avenue then moved to Clearwater Bay which was pristine back then in the early '60's. We used to go water skiing in Hebe Haven and it was smooth as glass. Fabulous.

Barb Gabriel Mackenzie		20-Feb-2012 04:56
These are absolutely fabulous pics. Am now going to go through all my old pics and get them sorted for posting on FB Chowfan Wow thanks. Am born in HK, parents from Shanghai and Dad went to Central British School in Nathan Road in the '30's. I attended Kowloon Junior and then KGV, graduated in 1965. Left HK in 1995 and now back in Asia and retired to Bali. Barb Gabriel Mackenzie

Nigel Woods		18-Feb-2012 01:59
I stumbled across these and had to pinch myself. Fantastic memories. Was in HK from 78-82 O & A levels at HKIS. Lived on Ventris Rd Happy valley then Repulse Bay. Sailed from Stanley with school, spent more than a few rotten nights in clubs in Central & Wanchai! Great food, great friends, sleeping out on the beaches after parties, junk trips to Lamma & Lantau, camping on Sunset Peak, incredible freedom as a 16yo growing up. I feel sorry for my own kids here in sububia now. Nigel Woods

Guest		12-Feb-2012 11:45
I was a navy wife through 70s and 80s and was out in HK in 1971 and again in 1980 - the last time with my two eldest children aged five and seven who went to St. Andrews School in Kowloon. We lived in army transit flats in Perth Street Kowloon. From our balcony eleven floors up we could see Chequerboard mountain and watched the planes line up for Kai Tak Airport. It was such a privilege to be there during this period, and I loved learning about Chinese culture. We enjoyed travelling around on the ferries, trams, buses and trains - such a great public transport system. HK was a special place. Thank you very much for these wonderful memories. If only one could really travel back in time. Is the old Marine Police building still standing?

Richard		25-Jan-2012 04:26
Had an extended family holiday in HK summer of 1970. Your wonderful photos have reminded me of what a magical time we had there. Thanks so much.

Bryan		22-Jan-2012 20:43
I was born and raised in HK living in Kowloon during the late 50's through the 60's and 70's. Went to KJS and KGV These wonderful photos capture the essence of the HK that I remember. Thank you so much for posting them.

Ken Cassels		16-Jan-2012 09:07
So surprised to recognise Dave Jones in one of your pics - took me right back! How did you know him? I met him in the early '70s at the Pitstop. I was born at the Matilda in '53 & lived at Braemar Terrace, Saiwan, Kornhill West and 53 Stubbs Road. Went to school at Quarry Bay then boarding school in Scotland. My sister Jacky was at KG5. Dad worked for Swires at Taikoo then organised the setting up of HUD. We left in '76.

Tim Oldfield		30-Dec-2011 11:28
Enjoyed the photos. I lived in 77 Robinson Rd from 63 to 66 so your site broughjt back happy memories. Tim Oldfield

Priscilla Richardson		28-Dec-2011 14:51
Hi Tom These are great photos. This is the HK I remember and love, much better than how it is now. You won't know me but my grandmother was good friends with your mum and I used to have dim sum often with them so I knew your mum well. I remember you and your sister from the photos she would show us of you. It's so random how my brother found this website of yours, so I felt I should send you a message. I live in London,UK now but go back to see my mum all the time in HK. She also knew your mum well. Sadly my grandmother passed away last year but she used to often reminisce about your mum. Take care, Priscilla Richardson

linda foster		25-Nov-2011 00:32
We lived in Sek Kong N.T.from 84-88 my husband was RAF and we lived in Peng Chau court Sek Kong 1 of our children was born in Kowloon at BMH and just looking at the photo's brings fond memories of our life out there....sadly my husband died a few years ago but i would love to return with the children one day (all grown up now)great photo's..thanks

angus		21-Nov-2011 05:49
Hi Tom, I am making a Bio for my grandfather. May I use some of your photos?

Pam J		14-Nov-2011 08:44
I lived in HK for 9 years, left last year, fab to see Robinson Rd and Johnstone Rd in Wan Chai where I lived! Brings a tear to my eye...

Guest		26-Oct-2011 20:43
wonderful photos of a very special place...lived in hong kong from the early 80's to late 90's...thank you for sharing them..

Graham White		19-Sep-2011 21:39
Superb collection of photos - I wish I had visited earlier!

Jim		16-Sep-2011 19:48
Many fond memories of Running the streets of WanChai in the 70's and 80's. The China Fleet Club was great place to spend time while inport. Now I didn't just do the normal Sailor on Liberty thing, I did do some of the Touristy things as well. Tiger Balm Gardens, Victoria Peak, etc. etc. A friend of mine had a suit custom tailored while their from purple crushed velvet, boy did he look like a pimp wearing it! I remember having a Suit made of Double Knit material, (remember it was 75). I also remember leaving a shipmate behind after a visit in 82, the victom of drug abuse. I remember there was a big deal the first time I was there in Oct. 73, Don't know what it was called all I remember is that there were hundreds of people swimming across the channel from HK island to Kowloon. They all passed just yards off the Bow of the ship I was on. I really wish I could have spent more time there.

Mary Kelly		07-Aug-2011 01:56
I went to Hong Kong when I was 8 in 1969 for a month. Your photos have given me so much pleasure and brought back many memories. Thanks for sharing them - they're wonderful and you're magnificent for going to the trouble. Thank you again.

Jimmy McManus		29-Jul-2011 20:59
Great photos brings back a lot of memories was posted there with the Queens Own Highlanders from 1980 until 1982 also met and married my beautiful wife there had a fantastic time Hong Kong is a fascinating city

Roberto		28-Jul-2011 07:27
Lived in Robinson Rd. form 1969 till 1973 then moved up to Conduit Rd. - Thanks for the memories, great pics.

Guest		12-Jul-2011 15:39
Ellen J . I was in HongKong 1969-71, fabulous place, your photos are brilliant.

Guest		08-Jul-2011 16:01
Amazing photos Tom! I lived in Pokfulam as a kid and went to Kennedy Rd Jnr School from 76-77. Your pics of Stanley brought back amazing memories and reading comments, I too remember the Galley fish and chips under the Connaught Ctr. Lived there again from 96-99 and my son was born there. Just about to move back there in August - feels like going home! Thanks for the memories! Jill

Mike L		19-Jun-2011 09:37
Ha, just remembered after reading some of the comments, that my sister Rosemary went to st Georges school as well (wasn't that in Kowloon?)

Mike L		18-Jun-2011 22:15
Great photos! My dad was in the army and we were there from 1977-1980. Lived in Rosemary towers North Point. I was only a young lad and went to Victoria Junior School from 1977-1978, the entire school was then transfered to the Gun Club Juniors from 1978-1980. Great memories, would like to go back just to visit, but suspect it has all changed now.

Steve J		17-Jun-2011 17:21
This collection is just so good to see! I was in the forces in HK from 1997 to 1980, first at Victoria Barracks and then in the newly constructed Prince of Wales building (HMS Tamar). I took some photos, but when you are living there it's not something you think of. Thanks for the memories. I revisited in 2001 for 3 months with my job. God, how the place had changed in only 20 years...but then the pace of change in HK was always fast !

Matthew		31-May-2011 05:34
I was born in Hong Kong in 66 and went to HKU in 85-88. I used to walk around HKU off lessons. Some of your photos bring me back my memories of those good old days! I wonder if we can organize a joint effort to locate all the photos and take a present view on the same location!

B. Matthew Wong		20-May-2011 19:18
Nice photos. I lived in HK 1966-71. I attended HKIS and my brother went to KGV for one year before joining me at HKIS.

Christine Murray [ nee Kipling ]		08-May-2011 10:21
Hi Tom , Just getting round to trying to find some old friends from St George's school. 1970 - 73 and came across your gallery . Abolutely brill

shane grayson		01-May-2011 16:18
Hi Tom I'm Shane Grayson - went to St Georges 69 - 72 and 75 - 78. Great photos. I even saw Pendragon Apartments in Stanley - where I lived. I have a ton of old 35 mm slides from this era...taken by my father and now rescued/digitally enhanced. Mail if you would like any. Shane

Murray		21-Apr-2011 11:40
The memories - I lived in HK 1989-1991, dad worked for the British military, although we're Aussies. I found this site from a link after looking up my old school in google maps - Gun Club Hill Barracks School. Prompting me to comment were the following: Aw Boon Haw Gardens (Tiger Balm Gardens) - not there anymore :( Also, photos of all the junk in Aberdeen, last time I was in Hong Kong, 2006, there didn't seem to be the junk in the harbour?? The main reason for posting is: Does anyone have photos of Stonecutters Island??? I remember going to the pool (with a diving board) a few times as a kid and would love to match my distant memories to some pics. Cheers for the trip down memory lane Tom.

David Abbott		19-Apr-2011 05:26
HiTom -Excellent and just as I remember it-fantastic, Dad was in the Army and we arrived at Kai Tak and then Castle Peak in 1957. Brothers and I went to St George's Kowloon Tong. We lived in Sek Kong Village, Army Qtrs, No 1B and 52B until 1962. I returned to work in HK in 1995 and left in 1997, returned again in 2000 and left in 2004. Some of the best years of my life spent there. These pictures brought all the memories back. Despite all the changes I would go back tomorrow to walk the hills and the Maclehose Trail, Tai Mo Shan,Lantau Island, Po Toi Island, Tai Tam, Shek O, Aberdeen, The Peak walk and so on. I only wish I had the forethought that you had to take this record. Well done, David Abbott

Altan		03-Apr-2011 08:12
very cool. i bookmarked that sit- i never made this before.

oscarspaz		25-Feb-2011 04:53
Thank you for the pics. Born in 1967; lived in Mong Kok; left HK in 1985 to UK to study. Looking at the pics brought back dome very precious memories.

Sally		18-Feb-2011 21:14
I was just trying to find my old flat at 35 Conduit Road...oh SO SADLY now clearly gone! - anyway, these are WONDERFUL memory pictures - thanks so much for posting them - am returning for first time since 1966...so I guess I cannot be surprised that things have changed - my walk to work every day was past Stanley Goal - now I believe something COMPLETELY different - ah well...change happens, but these have been wonderful to look at. thank you so much

Steve		14-Feb-2011 12:35
Oh btw. I am always explaining to people here in mainland China that many English/Europeans were also often born in HK and that these people are infact also Hong Kong people. Here they seem to think that ONLY Chinese people can be called Hong Kong people in mainland China & that is very racist thinking in anybodies book! When they ask where do I come from I say Hong Hong, they often look at me confused as if I am joking and then ask where my family is from....

Steve		14-Feb-2011 12:19
I live near Nanjing, Jiangsu in mainland China now. Hong Kong was and is a very important childhood memory and made me feel part Chinese ( I am 100% Anglo), but my wife is Chinese and I love so many Chinese things. Living in Hong Kong introduced me to a different culture than my own and led to a love for & respect for Chinese things that has stayed with me my whole life. I am 41 now! I still feel retrayed by the UK govenment about the handing back of the whole of Hong Kong and not just the NT as was agreed in the 99 year lease!

TonyO		03-Feb-2011 03:02
I was stationed in Hong Kong with the RAF between 1970 - 1973, living in Flat 6 of the 1st Block on the left as you entered Sunderland Road. I worked initially at Raf Kai Tak in GRSF, but on promotion was moved upto Tai Mo Shan, and then subsequently back to GRSF at Kai Tak. Loved the place and we had to be collected from Departures by RAF VC10 cabin staff as whole family unwilling to leave. Am back in Hong Kong this week for a look at how its changed, with a trip up to Tai Mo Shan this afternoon, before Chinese New Year celebrations this evening. Mostly totally unrecognisable (particularly Kai Tak and Sunderland Road, although Osbourne Barracks remains the same. Also the people and side streets which are all mostly as they were, particularly the people who were always polite, helpful and friendly, whilst not allowing 'Gweilos' (not sure of the spelling)to interefere with their lives too much! Would like to make it back again before I finish my 'bucket list'.

KTo		27-Jan-2011 01:31
Thankjyou for sharing.

Terry Evans		16-Jan-2011 20:52
My parents lived on Stonecutters and Argyle St from 1956 until 1984. My brother Peter Evans and I served in the forces in HK at various dates and we return every 2 years for thwe HK Rugby 7's. We love HK. Alwys have done and always will. Thank you Tom for some fab photos. I went to Minden Row then St Georges and finally KGV prior to a career in the RAF ending with a Tour as SATCO at Sek Kong in 1997. What a place it still is.

Peter		01-Jan-2011 22:41
I was born in Hong Kong, and these photos bring back sweet memories. Thank you. Can I copy some photos for my personal album?

Nicola Newbery		24-Nov-2010 00:26
Does anybody have any photos of Hoi Ha Wan at the far end of Sai Kung Country Park? Developers have bought up land all down the river valley and around the coast, even plots of land under the sea in the Marine Park, and are advertising 50 luxury houses for sale. We need photos of the coastline to show that the sea inundated the agricultural plots decades ago, not within the last 10 years as the Government is claiming. Nicola Newbery

Martin McCabe		19-Nov-2010 01:28
Attended St Georges from 1968 to 1971.Knew Shelagh Kelly,Niki Wayne,Caroline Bowman,Steve Taylor from KGV,Miss them all.Your photos are so ecovative of that time,was the highlight of my life. Skippy

Guest		18-Nov-2010 08:02
Superb stuff, Tom. I first landed in HK in '79. I've been in and out since then. Lovely to see that some things simply haven't changed - and to be reminded of what HK used to look like.

Eileen Cheng		16-Nov-2010 04:42
Dear Tom - Thanks very much for these photos. By now, they are a true TREASURE and please don't ever lose them. It is very sad seeing Hong Kong change colours. Eileen

Kenneth Kitt		16-Oct-2010 22:57
What great pictures. Was smashing looking back. I was in Hong Kong from 1976 till 1979, was 19 when i left Hong Kong, have wonderful memories. First stayed at the Hotel Merlin in Kowloon, that’s gone now. Went to King George V School, 2 Tin Kwong Road, Homantin, Kowloon. Lived at No 6 Cox's path off Cox's road, sadly no more. Was a member of ( KCC } Kowloon cricket Club and the ( KBGC ) Kowloon Bowling Green Club. Can remember going to the YMCA in Kowloon, that’s where i learnt photography, have so many pictures of Hong Kong, don’t know what to do with them. Thanks again.

W. Yip		16-Oct-2010 03:30
Mr. Jackson: Enjoy viewing thru your Hong Kong 70s and 80s photo gallery in the internet. I grew up in HK in the fifties and sixties and these pictures bring back many a fond memory. I wonder if I can copy a number of these pictures from your gallery for my own collection. Thanks, W. Yip

Mike G		12-Oct-2010 00:27
Excellent album. I had two bites at the Hong Kong cherry - National Service 1950-52 and in the movie business 1977- 2002, so I recognize many of your locations. So much of the old city has gone that even shots from the 70's and 80's seem like ancient history. I wonder if you or any of your correspondents remember a nice bar close to Fanling station on the KCR - it was called "The Better 'Ole" and I've never seen a photo of it. Very best wishes.

Andrew Johnson		01-Oct-2010 09:16
Dear Tom I'm writing a novel loosely based on the year I spent teaching English in HK (1976-77). At the time I took about 1000 photos, but all but a few of thee were accidentally destroyed years ago. I just came across your treasure-trove of images today, and the pictures have prompted all sorts of memories. I'll doubtless drop you another line when I've had a chance to look more closely t these images. They bring back wonderful memories. Very best wishes Andrew

Zain Mirza		27-Sep-2010 19:51
Hi Tom. Great work. Brought back good old memories. Was in HK from 79' - 83. Studied at Royden initially and moved to HKIS. I do believe Mrs. Rudge was the principal then and used to be called in for all nuisance i created. Lived on Robinson Road for a while before moving aongside Hopewell centre. Miss the place like hell. Visited HK acouple of times but not the same. Might have a couple of the old pics. Will try and send them for you to add to the gallery. All hats off. Thanks again

wayman		15-Aug-2010 23:07
I lived in Sek Kong village from 1957-60 and went to Sek Kong junior school (forces school). We used to have the local vegetable man visit every week (wonkee)he'd carry three baskets either side supported by a stick over his shoulders. Full of every imaginable veg you can think of. Xmas 1959 saw him coming down steps to our army bungalow as drunk as a lord after so many army families had given him a drink! We had a locely ahma who used to teach us chinese. Never did uunderstand why her room had an elsen toilet but we had a plumbed in toilet. They'd empty her elsen every week. Mr eastcrabbe was the headmaster of sek kong school. I still have the old camphor wood chest my parents bought in about 1958. I could never part with it!! Kids used to have lovely camp days where you could have a ride with a ghurka soldier in a trap being pulled by a muel. Typhoon Mary was horrifying - I remember furniture, dogs, cats - all sort of items coming down the storm ditch to the side of our house. We arrived in h.k. on board Nevassa and returned home on the Oxfordshire. Happy days and happy memories!

Steve		01-Aug-2010 21:05
There was a topless bar in Wanchai in 1973 called "Mikado Club.' All the girls were very pretty and polite. No hustling. Had a girl named Rita Lam working there. We hit it off. Went out several times. We saw "The Soylent Green" together. I'm wondering if you remeber this place? Always wondered what happened to Rita? I was on U.S.S. Constellation carrier so my days were limited. If not I think Rita and I would have stayed togther. Anyone reading this feel free to e-mail me at tjs11452@aoil.com Thanks.

Ken Hargadon		01-Jul-2010 15:50
Hi Tom lived in Stanley Fort with 1 Kings Regiment in 1972/74 and was sailing instructor at Stanley services Boat Club, the best posting I ever had, lots of memories but very few Photos and none of the boat club or the staff which is sad but think you for the one's you put on. Stanley has changed a lot.

Guest		07-Jun-2010 04:37
What a great collection! For those who recally their times in Hong Kong you might like to know there is now a Google Streetview of Hong Kong. So, if you can remember your address just go to Google maps, type it in and you may well find yourself looking at the very building(S) you lived in!

Nigel Lambert		30-May-2010 12:05
Hi Tom, thanks so much for your album, we lived on The Peak from 1963-1973, both my brothers were born at the Matilda. We all attended The Peak school before being shipped off to boarding school. HK is still a huge draw in my life, I had the pleasure of introducing my wife and children to the HK experience just after the hand-over 1997-2000, we lived in Sai Kung. HK has weaved its magic for them too. They’d go back in an instance. Love the photo’s take me straight back, the sounds, colours, smells… We were all so privileged to have lived there. Keep up the good work, cheers Nigel

Robin		22-May-2010 08:39
I turned out OK honest lol

Robin		21-May-2010 08:18
Believe it or not, but 100% true. I as a blonde haired 11-13 year old English boy used to work for the following bars in Wanchai during 1969-1972.The Playgirl Topless Bar,The 747 Bar, The Pussycat Bar & a couple of others I have forgotten the name of.How it came to pass was my Mother used to run a Hi Fi store called Gilmans in the China Fleet Club during those years.I used to spend all day in the bowling alley in the same building.I got friendly with loads of bar girls who brought sailors galore in every day.I ended up showing groups of sailors around HK as their tour guide for USD$ 20 a day each.I then used to take them to bars in Wanchai, The Purple Onion Disco in Kowloon or Thingummys Disco behind the Kings Theatre in Central in the evenings and got got paid to do so.I was earning more a week than my mother was earning in a month lol.Yes I know you had to be 21 to get into a bar, but when you have a group of 10-12 sailors with you with 6 months salary to spend they all used to let me in. Also I bet we were at school together June

Alfred Cheung		19-May-2010 09:56
Alfred Cheung, I am a film director and is looking for photos of 70's Tsimshatsiu, streets and bars, anythings that could help my art director to know what it was, it is a story about stories told by a young boy who lived with those bars girls in TST during Vietnam war.

Guest		17-May-2010 12:13
Hi, great photos, can anyone give me a photo (image) of an old HKG street name sign ? ie Tung Choy Street etc.. many thanks

Denis Way		15-May-2010 09:44
Hi Tom - Just came across your gallery and enjoyed seeing some old scenes and even a face or two I recognise. I'm working on a non-commercial history project just now and there are a couple of scenes that are ideal for it. What's your procedure for contributing image/s for something that that? Denis.

June Row		02-May-2010 14:13
Thank you for the photos, what alot of memories! I was born in HK and went to Quarry Bay and Kennedy Road Junior School then for a term at Island School. We left in 1970 when I was 12yrs and I haven't been back since. Strange thing though, HK and Macau still feels like home to me and maybe one day I'll go back! Still have family there. June

Guest		25-Apr-2010 18:44
the film w. part of DBS even had a bit part "Monsieur Beau", pere of Georges & Francois who were at KGV!!

Peter		19-Apr-2010 05:29
Tom, Watch the new Cantonese movie of HK 1969 "Echoes Of The Rainbow" with English subtitles. It was shot at Wing Lee Street, Sheung Wan and features Diocesan Boys School against KGV. Many of the scenes are like your album here.

craig mitchell		09-Apr-2010 05:56
I was in Hong Kong from 1977 to 1980. I attended Vic Barracks school until we were relocated to Gun Club barracks, Kowloon side. I was also in 4th hong kong cubs/scouts group. Be good to hear from others. My dad was in the RAAF (Australian)at Little Sai Wan. I have been back recently, amazed to see how little the public transport has changed, still the same old red Toyota Crown taxis..... lol

trevor harvey		18-Feb-2010 20:12
I did national service in the RAMC and was in hong kong 1961-62 clearly before the building boom of the 90s? so many of your photographs are similar to my own album ,well done for preserving "how it was".I Was a medical orderly at BMH MOUNT KELLETT for most of my time in hong kong [not a midwife to put your mind at rest!] and thoroughly enjoyed every minute.A recent regret is that i didn't do any historical research on the hospital nor do i have a photograph of the building, do you ? that would be good thanks [at 21 i think i was more interested in thegirls eastern and qarancs!!!!!]

Guest		30-Jan-2010 05:39
These photos are an absolute treasure!! I have to say, it's weird how many people seem to have lived on Robinson Rd and went to Royden House and/or Island School, just like me. Love the pictures of Lyttelton Rd and Oaklands path. Used to visit those areas ALL THE TIME!

Pete Jackson		25-Jan-2010 21:05
Hi Tom, Thanks for the wonderful photo's, you've managed to bring back some of my most special memories. I first went to Hong Kong with my family back in 1967 as a 11 month old baby, my dad worked at Little Sai Whan\Victoria Barracks and we returned back to the UK in 1970. Our second spell was from 1977 to 1980, we lived at K Y Mansions, Shui Fai Terrace, Stubbs Road. My dad worked at HMS Tamar and along with my sister we attended St.Georges school. Lucky for me my wife took me back in 2006 for my 40th birthday and I must say, even after 26 years, the magic is still there. Hong Kong is such a special place and will live forever in my memory.

Steve J		15-Jan-2010 21:42
This collection is just so good to see! I was in the forces in HK from 1997 to 1980, first at Victoria Barracks and then in the newly constructed Prince of Wales building (HMS Tamar). I took some photos, but when you are living there it's not something you think of. Thanks for the memories.

Peter		29-Dec-2009 01:22
Thank you so much for your reply on JRC. Your website is a visual encyclopedia of HK. I lived in HK in 1998-2000 in Old Peak Road and on weekends used to walk Conduit Road towards HKU. I could see vestiges of the past and would wonder who lived there and what it was like then. Your pictures particularly of western mid-levels bring it all to life and the comments are really insightful. I was amazed that you bought the picture of Yuen Long from a street vendor in the 70s. You must have been one remarkable kid to have had the foresight to collect such photos.

Andrea Stead		12-Dec-2009 06:42
How Fabulous to see the place of my childhood..I was six months old when I moved to HK with my family we eventually lived in Shouson Hill and went to Kennedy Road Junior School from about 1964- 1976.. I went back this year for the first time and really felt at home, just by being in that climate and seeing all the beautiful tropical vegetation..How lucky we were!! I would love to know what happened to all my friends.... Any ideas apart from google ??Thank you for such a great page

Guest		10-Dec-2009 16:55
Catherine L... I just finished reading Booth's "Gweilo" and needed to recapture all those roads and landmarks that had disappeared when I was last in Hong Kong - in 2000... Such nostalgia... I spent all my school years there. Kennedy Road Junior School, then Island School... lived at Borrett Mansions and Shouson Hill. Although I've lived in Paris mostly ever since, my roots are back there. Strange when your roots seem like a distant dream.Thank you for the pictures.

calumcharlwood		29-Nov-2009 18:08
hi i went to primary school at the army barracks victoria between 77 to 79 my dad was in the navy we stayed at happy valley collins block forth floor number 7.keen to here from anyone who was there at that time aged 8 to 11

Max Kagi		25-Nov-2009 14:25
Wonderful! .. I was 3 months old when we moved to Hong Kong back in 1960. I left for good in 1977, so most of these pictures really speak to me. I lived in Sha Tin, Tai Wai and went to St. Jude's Primary school on Waterloo Road and then to boarding school in England to finish off my education. I was back for my summer and winter hols, though!! Silver Srand, Clear Water Bay, and the Kowloon Tong Club were my favourite hang-outs! I would have loved to have gone to KG5, but Dad wouldn't have it. It's still my home even though I haven't been there since 1977! Thank you, so very much!! .. for bringing back so many wonderful memories. God, I miss the FOOD!! Cha Siu Bao and Cheung Fan! Doh-jai Lay!

peter king		20-Nov-2009 06:44
Hi Tom I was born in Hong Kong in 1963 and I went to Victoria Barracks Junior and Senior schools. My Dad worked at Little Sai Wan and I lived in various places including Stanley, Mid Levels amd Hong Lok Yuen. I went to boarding school in England in 1975 but came back for holidays. Do you have any photos of Pendragon (housing complex near Stanley Fort) as I saw it mentioned many times in the comments? Those were the happiest days of my life Thanks peter king

rob rivers		12-Nov-2009 19:58
Brilliant Tom. I lived in Honk Kong from 79-84. Loved every minute of it and still miss it now. I lived near Deep Water Bay (Shouson Hill...but not sure of spelling) went to Stanley fort school which was far more advanced than the school i'd left in England!. My Dad worked at Little Sai Wan. Came back to England when I was 10. Wish we had stayed over there.

Alan Blundell		21-Oct-2009 12:28
Great to see so many photos of HK. I was only there a few years, 1974 to 1976. Father was attached to the Royal Engineers HK. Lived at 247 Prince Edward Rd, and went to school at St Georges School (Forces School). I havn't been back there since but have seen up to date photos of HK. In the seventies the tallest building was the Connaught Centre on Hong Kong island - Oh how it's changed. Thanks for making this web site.

robin Saunders		19-Sep-2009 09:21
My Name is Robin Saunders 51 now, i went to HK in 1959 aged 1 til 1973 father was in the army,brother Paul went to KGV I went to Quarry Bay, Kennedy Rd junior school, Glenealy + Island school til 1972.( i still have a hatred for my geography teacher Mr Gardner after all these years lol ) Places i lived at are, no 3 & 16/18 Conduit Rd,66 Robinson Rd,10 Pokfield Rd,3 Mcdonnell Rd twice,also Victoria Barracks& Stanley. I watched the QE1 burn in HK harbour while at the Island school, also watched the Japan Airlines 747 take off and crash into the sea while at school. Even now HK feels like home, not been back since 1980.

Zoe		14-Sep-2009 09:38
Hi, Thanks for posting such wonderful pictures, i have just shown my two daughters what HK looked like when Mummy was little! I came to HK in 1976 aged 3 and went to Peak School and Island school. After a few years out studying and travelling I found myself drawn back to the only place I have ever called home. I have since settled in Big Wave Bay and gave birth to both my children in HK. Everything is so so different now and I often find myself trying to explain what it was like way back then... Makes me kind of sad to remember the pieces that have been lost, many of the old markets, the squatter villages, the almost deserted beaches... but there are still remnants of the old HK and of course the energy and pull of this place remain unchanged. Thanks again Tom fantastic trip down memory lane.

Paul Van Alstyne		06-Aug-2009 20:13
Wonderful job Tom! Like so many people that have posted a comment I also lived in Hong Kong during the time that many of your photographs were taken (1967 to 1975). I went to KJS and KGV. I lived in the NT (Chinese University of Hong Kong) so views from our flat were a bit different than yours. Really well done, thanks for all the work in putting it together.

Omar Fares		29-Jul-2009 20:28
Your effort putting up this precious pictures is priceless. Work of genius. Congratulations from Brazil!!!

Bon		28-Jun-2009 17:38
I am a local guy and was born in 60s. I like oldies very much. Thank you very much for sharing such precious photos.

Ian		18-Jun-2009 11:18
I have a picture of Nathan Road in 1973 just before Xmas. I was in Hong Kong on the Bencairn a ship owned by the famous Ben Line. Also have a picture of the Bencairn sitting at anchor in the harbour that may have been taken from Balcony view, cannot remember. Anyway great photos. I am in Hong Kong now for 2 weeks. Living in Wan Chai where the only thing left of the old days is the China Hand Pub that is really in name only now.

Guest		05-Jun-2009 06:36
I'm so glad I found these online too - I lived in HK as a child, from 72 to 79 and these are exactly how I remember the place! I'm going back soon, for the first time in 30 years. I'm not expecting it to be the same but I will try to look up Glenealy School and my old apartment building on Po Shan Road, the botanical gardens where our amah bought us ice blocks and of course a trip on the Star Ferry ... where do the years go?!

Ann		05-May-2009 17:05
These photos bring back so many memories from the best years of my life in HK 1976-1996. I've been back twice but it's not the same - no sunshine for a start! Many thanks for all your efforts in sharing these pics on-line Tom.

Jay		20-Apr-2009 17:45
Thanks Tom. Great photos and effort, deserve a salute from us who still enjoy the nostalgia.

sullysmum		15-Apr-2009 20:56
I lived in Hong Kong (stanley fort)from 1988 to 1989, hated being an abused army wife and mother but loved Hong Kong!

Ayesha		14-Apr-2009 23:48
I was born in Hong Kong in 1954 - your beautiful photos brought so many memories flooding back. They are a treasure for those of us who knew and loved the old Hong Kong. Thank you!

Tracy Lane (Dyball)		13-Apr-2009 22:25
Hi - thanks for the memories. I was born and raised in HK (1965-82), attended Beacon Hill and went to boarding school in Aust. I lived in Sha Tin and Clear Water Bay mainly and can't get away from the fact that HK will always be home. It has been a while since being back there and I know things have changed but I am hopefully going back in Oct this year. The photos are great - I remember so many of these places. Thanks again.

Tom Briggs		16-Mar-2009 05:08
Nice photos of Hong Kong

Billy Leung		09-Mar-2009 16:23
WOW - Amazing pictures! Being born in the 80s, I missed out a lot of the goodies but I've always loved finding out more about old Hong Kong! Thank you very much!!

Peter Leung		21-Feb-2009 21:35
Tom: Many thanks for the memories. They are so personal and touching. I was born and brought up in H.K., went to Wah Yan College,HK, worked as a reporter for SCMP from 1956 to 1966. It was just like yesterday. As a retireee now living in Los Angeles, I wish H.K. the very best ! Peter Leung

Geoff Bolt		21-Feb-2009 18:05
I lived in Hong Kong from 1977 to 1982 and still have friends there. My wife and I were married in Kowloon Registry Office, so Hong Kong has played a big part in our lives. My wife has instructions that when I die she has to scatter my ashes from the back of the Star Ferry - probably illegal, but I will be past caring at that time!!!!!

Julian M		25-Jan-2009 15:24
Tom - Thanks for this fantastic time capsule. I lived in Hong kong between 1967 and 1978. Went to Kennedy Road Junior School until 1972, and then on to boarding school in the UK. So many of these pictures bring back so many memories of happy times. I particularly like the picture of the previous Hong Kong Shanghai Bank building. - A clasic old building which I have previously tried and fail to find a photo of.

Anita Jaasani		15-Dec-2008 18:50
I lived in HK for about 2 yrs 1966 and went to Royden House. Many years later i met Mrs Leung a teacher at school on the streets!! That is the wonder of HK. Haven't been back for too many years, but the memories are still so vivid

Mimi		04-Dec-2008 23:02
Thank you so much for collecting these pictures. They certainly bring memories back. My family lived in Des Voeux Road West for many years before moving to 104 Robinson Road. The view from our balcony in the 70s was stunning. We could see the Kai Tak taxiway on a clear sky. The mud slide in Kotewall Road was so close to our building. We witnessed the army helping to clear the site and saved people from the collapsed building. Many of the pictures are so faimiliar. I went to school in Robinson Road. My parents and all the children we used to walk from the Peak down to Aberdeen passing the reservoir. Those were the wonderful days as a young teen. I now live in London (for the past 23 years) All of the rest of my brothers/sisters are now in North America. I can see quite a few who lived in Robinson Road and the vicinity.

Johan		03-Dec-2008 03:31
wow... these pictures really does bring my memories back... I'm a Korean guy who and lived in HK 86 thru 89... I was too little to take marvellous pictures like this. I see there's someone down there in the list who went to Stanley fort school, hey, I'm your alumni :)

Guest		04-Oct-2008 15:46
Hi John I lived in Flat 8, Vivian Court from 1965-1967 - it was only recently built then. I was there last year and it was covered in scaffolding whilst it was undergoing some rennovation work. I did take a photo but unfortunately the scffolding and netting obscured most of it. I well remember the little playground around the back of Vivian Court and the old BMH Hospital (it's gone now) right opposite. Cheers Bill

eddie		30-Sep-2008 05:29
I am hong kong . Today i see your photo. it is very nice. Memory for us are so important. I also have many photo of Hk-Aberdeen. Hope are of yours can post more photo in internet. If you all have any problems , can mail to me. Thanks

Vile		20-Sep-2008 14:49
These were the memories I've been missing - I only came to HK in 1990, but your pictures really help me to put the huge changes since then in context. Soon there will be nothing left except these records - I hope they survive for many years more!

John Sanders		18-Sep-2008 07:28
Tom, you've touched another expat's heart. I'm wiping a tear from every year from Vivian Court Mt Kellet 1985, to Swiss Towers Jardines Lookout 1990, to Fuk Hing Court Tai Hung 1995. You've given images to the memories of the best years of my life. Many thanks, John Sanders

Liz Hughes (Marshall)		15-Sep-2008 23:43
Hi Tom, just like everyone else, I just sort of take a big breath, and think "oh wow! that was then..." Also went to Peak School, KGV, & GSIS. Haven't been back since Jan'85. SO MANY memories - a huge chunk of my life, which I can't really communicate to / share with the people I know now, here in Lancashire. Hi to TOM BRIGGS!! I still have a drawing of yours, given to me by my late parents, and a couple of your books, with Colin Chriswell.. not to mention a painting of yours, which you tore up, at KGV, and I then sellotaped back together!! :) I have fairly recently inherited shedloads of slides that my dad took, of HK from about 1966 - 1980-something. I have digitised a lot; there are many more - it just takes time.. They are not of the quality of these pics of Tom's, but none the less, they do impart the essence of those times.. If anyone is really interested, let me know (liz_hughes@btopenworld.com)and I will try to make some of them available.

Rebek		14-Sep-2008 02:58
Good Morning Tom, It is the Moon Festival today and bliss to be strolling down memory lane this bright Sunday morning here in HongKong. Thanks very much. In touch...

Sue Myatt		07-Sep-2008 15:58
Sue Myatt (Woods) Like everyone else I have so enjoyed seeing Hong Kong as it was when I lived there from 1967 to 1971 (also a KGV pupil!) - what a magic place and also very hard to try and tell people about it. A superb collection of photos - I haven't been back since 1984 and there were already many changes in place then. I don't know if I will go back - I think I'd prefer to remember it then and the best years of my teenage life. I went from Manchester - imagine the contrast - it was unbelievable. Thanks for sharing these memories Tom!!

Braham Singh		07-Sep-2008 05:32
What is it about HongKong, it grabs you and never lets go. Thank you so much for sharing the treasure trove. I was there 88-98 and am still a permanent resident though residing in Virginia now. That marvellous stretch of green in Connaught Road's long gone though the walkway still carries its daily thousands to and fro work and from the ferries. I came across your marvellous collection while researching HK in the seventies for a book I have undertaken. Would be grateful to chat/interview any past resident with memories of that time.

John Ward		30-Aug-2008 22:38
Hi, what a fantastic look into the past! I lived in Hongkong between 1984 and 1986, my father was in the RAOC and we were stationed on Stonecutters Island. i was at school (st.georges) My best mate Jon Bagley used to go to KGV. Great pictures and great memorys, i remeber when i goy back to the uk how much i hated it and asked to go back to hongkong as soon as possible! Taking my wife next year and hopefully get to show some of the fabulous places i still remeber, again great pictures!

John Anderson		27-Aug-2008 03:11
Hello Tom: I am a fellow alumnus of Kowloon Junior and KGV, finished upper 6 in 1964, and was even a classmate of Martin Booth (complete with salacious stories best told only to a few fellow students). Your picturs are great, much better than mine own, partly due to an overly cheap camera with poor lenses. Since I too became a photographer, I wonder whether there is some way to download or acquire higher resolution versions for viewing on my computer. I have no commercial intentions, and have never actually sold a photo myself. Mine are all science journal micrographs already available in PDF form over the internet, that can be sent to anyone interested in "synaptogenesis." best wishes, M.John Anderson

Guest		17-Aug-2008 18:21
Hi Tom Thanks for the memories. The first part of my positively idyllic childhood was spent in Hong Kong (the other part in the Philippines). I also went to the Peak School from 1966-1968 and before that I was at Quarry Bay School. In the Peak School days I lived at Vivian Court and prior to that at Parkview Mansions (long since demolished) on Tai Hang Road. Do you remember PG Farms? That was always a great place for kids to go to. Also the yacht club for sailing. I remember when they opened Lion Rock Tunnel and we were able to drive out to the New Territories and go to the Sha Tin Heights Hotel. Amah Rock was the local sight to see. I've been back to HK quite a few times, the most recent being last September. Although it's still a wonderful place to go, I believe that it's lost some of its magic.

Tom Jackson		16-Aug-2008 02:39
She was holding my sister Jane. She left HK in 1996 and moved to Singapore where she died 2 years ago.

Guest		15-Aug-2008 17:57
was that you held by your mother near HK U. Is she still in Hong Kong?

Charlie Im		24-Jul-2008 15:16
Awesome photos!! Those photos reminds me of old good days at Royden House & Sear Rogers Int. school, back to 1981~1985. I recall that one of my friends, Wendy, tried to take my pants off at swimming pool during the P.E. class. - without any reasons! Man! She was so scary at that time!

Tom Jackson		22-Jul-2008 17:46
You're quite welcome. Thanks, Tom

余		22-Jul-2008 07:32
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P. Yu		19-Jul-2008 20:18
I am also from Hong Kong. I left when I was 15 years old . I am now 57 ! I am in the States a lot longer than I was over there BUT I still consider Hong Kong HOME. Your photo are excellent. There is no place like home!!!

Pamela		19-Jul-2008 20:16
I am also from Hong Kong. I left when I was 15 years old . I am now 57 ! I am in the States a lot longer than I was over there BUT I still consider Hong Kong HOME. Your photo are excellent. There is no place like home!!!

Kenneth		19-Jul-2008 14:58
I lived in Babington Path in the 60's. Walking past Bonham Rd, Lyttelton Road, Oaklands Path, etc nowadays was terrible. Then placid and green feelings were all gone gone gone. Went to School on Robinson, passing your residence every School day. Surely, to shed a tear of nostalgia. Thank you so much

Guest		16-Jul-2008 02:40
thanks for showing us the lovely Hong Kong, i think that period of time should be the most beautiful Hong Kong i have seen.thanks anson

Guest		10-Jul-2008 12:47
Borned and raised in HK and I didn't leave the place until I was 21. I have been living in Canada for 22 years. Just want to say thanks for the pictures. I was there 21 years and I had never took a single picture of the place. what ashame.

Sisman		05-Jul-2008 06:07
Loved all the pictures and they sure bring back memories. Lived in HK from 1973-1978 @ Macdonnell Rd (Mid-level) and attended Royden House @ Caine Rd. The best five years of my life. Thanks

vanessas		28-Jun-2008 07:14
best hour i've spent on line in a long time. i lived in kowloon 68-79 (kjs and kgv stock)and many of the shots in your album are exactly how i like to remember hk (not how it currently is). particularly enjoyed the street pictures, only thing missing is the shouting of the cantonese in the background and some characteristic smells. many thanks for posting this.

PSM		27-Jun-2008 04:24
Thanks very much for the memories. I lived in HK from 1968 to 1971 and went to the Far East Flying Training School. Stayed at Austin Road Tai Chi Gardens, then moved to 31 B Robinson Road. Stint in HK is one of thehighlights of my life.

PSM		27-Jun-2008 04:13
Thanks very much for the memories. I lived in HK from 1968 to 1971 and went to the Far East Flying Training School. Stayed at Austin Road Tai Chi Gardens, then moved to 31 B Robinson Road. Stint in HK is one of thehighlights of my life.

yoyo		26-Jun-2008 19:22
the pics of Shatin are really cool. Back in 1971 ( I posted a similar post on facebook HK Groups), a group of 4-6 of us 1st form Island schoolers, would on saturdays bus it to star ferry, cross the harbour, train to Shatin. get off train and rent bicycles for the day. We would traipse all over the countryside and as seen here in toms pics, it really was countryside. Wow on so many levels. Now if u let your 11 and 12 year old kids bee bop around un supervised, you'd be arrested for child endangerment. It was 100% safe in 1971 HK. Also, amazing how green it was. Shatin now is probably all concrete. Again, tom, thanks for the pics

Kerry		26-Jun-2008 09:51
These are really super photos. Lived in HK from 1978-1995. Had totally forgotten about streets like Des Voeux Road and Jordan Road and all the dripping air conditioners!

yoyo		25-Jun-2008 18:30
wow, so so so cool. Thanks. PS did we know ea other? I went to peak school 67-71. then Island school

yoyo		25-Jun-2008 18:01
wow, so so so cool. Thanks. PS did we know ea other? I went to peak school 67-71. then Island school

Melissa		25-Jun-2008 15:35
Hi I lived @ Pendragon from 1978-81 and went to stanley fort school , these pictures are really good and bring back some old memories

Pico Chiu		10-Jun-2008 10:53
What a stunning pictures! It brought up lots of memories when I was young in the 90's.(I was born in 1988) Hong Kong has changed a lot and I prefer the 70's to mid 90's(before 1997) because it is the best time of Hong Kong. I miss Hong Kong at lot!

Guest		10-Jun-2008 03:51
Hi Tom, Great pictures which have brought back a lot of plesant memnories for a lot of peopole including me. I was brought up in Singapore in the 50's and 60's and can imagine whow these pictures will man a lot to people who lived in Hong kong when you were there. They are good for me because I moived to Hong Kong in 1980 and have the honour to still live here. I lived at 71-73 Robinson Road, beofre I moved to Lyttelton Road and now I live on Conduit Road

Guest		08-Jun-2008 05:03
Hi,Tom, Do you have any picture of Shatin Inn? And do you know the exact location of it? I recently tried to revisit the place and couldn't find it. Much appreciate.

Guest		07-Jun-2008 12:17
It's awesome, I can still remember looking at the long white tail behind the boats in the harbour from the Peak. The good old days that gone forever.

pamela gregson		03-Jun-2008 17:14
hi there my family went to hong kong from 1960-63 had a carefull look to see if you happen to have taken a photo of my family,however were not on them but good photos anyhow. Please I wish to buy hong kong slides (type you put in a projector) please email me at contactpam@blueyonder.co.uk thankyou pam gregson incidently I lived at macdonnald rd and then we were near happy vally race course. (moving twice) my 2 brothers were born out there.

owen		29-May-2008 13:59
brilliant photos i was born in hong kong in 1990 and lived there till a few years ago shouson hill (unicorn gardens) and then mansfield road on the peak. i whent to peak school and then island before comming out to uk to board. The pictures are really amazing to me as i can see how much hong kong has changed from even before my childhood to the present. my parents came to hk in the 80's so for me to see what it was like for them is a treat thank you soo much for sharing these memories with us.

Ellen		02-May-2008 01:53
These are great pictures, blast from the past. Born in Hong Kong and went to Royden House on Caine Road during the 80's-90's. This is great.

Tom knox		30-Apr-2008 23:56
Hi Tom, I was born hk1947 went to quarry bay/KGV and lived in happy valley.Thanks for the great memories of my days as a child in hong kong.It was fantastioc to see all the old places and think of all the good thing we did and learnt to shape our lives.My time their will never be forgotten neither will all the friends I made and will never forget my life their,hopefully other will contact me at my emailpattoms@gmail.com

bill moss		30-Apr-2008 21:52
Great photos. I too lived on Kadoorie Ave in the 60s. I remember going down the stairs past China Light and Power, to walk to KGV.

ratheinkingbrandy@hotmail		26-Apr-2008 00:08
ah tugged on the heart strings loved seeing the pics - lived in HK 1979 81. Shouson hill and pendragon

Cheryl Lawrance		18-Apr-2008 22:15
Brilliant! I lived in Shouson Hill from 69-73 and I loved the photos. Went to St Georges and spent hours down at Deep Water Bay. Thanks

david McKirdy		14-Apr-2008 08:20
Thanks for the memories Tom, I am another Kowloon Junior and KGV boy (one or two years below you) My dad worked in Kowloon Docks and I still live in HK and love it. I recognise quite a few of the people in the early group shots and I am still in touch with quite a few of them through the KGV alumni. Dave

Joseph Roberts (Seattle)		06-Apr-2008 04:04
THANK YOU!!! What wonderful memories this brings back! I was in HK from 70-85, went to German Swiss School and then to Island School. Left in 85 to USA for university, and on returning in 92 for a visit I also found "there is no there there". HK changes so fast and people move in/out so quickly it can feel empty trying to find the HK you remember as a child. These photos bring back such happy memories.

Erin Barrett		02-Apr-2008 18:50
Arrived in '72, left in '73. Came back again in '77, and was in HK until '86. Now, I'm in the San Francisco area, and simply can't get back -- children, work and $$. But even if I could, a trip in 1994 taught me that "there is no there there," to steal a quote. Really, THESE shots are my crazy, magical childhood. I'm simply stunned. THANK you for creating this gallery for those of us who don't have the documentation.

Phil		29-Mar-2008 05:37
I grew up for a time in Hong Kong as well in the 80s. Thanks so much for these wonderful photos! I have some that perhaps would be a good addition.

mark		17-Mar-2008 14:03
Great photos. I lived in Hong Kong as a child on-and-off in the 1970s in Chungking Mansions, Kowloon, so it was great seeing the few shots of Kowloon.

Chui Wai Keung		23-Jan-2008 05:46
Thanks very much for share these photos. I grew up in HK, rode the Rosaryhill School schoolbus show in the photo " Mini bus Hong Kong", wittness the Cross Harbour Tunnel being built from my family home balcony. I came to love the Hong Kong of the 70s & 80s, the Peak View, the much lower skyline and the stunning night view without the glare. You helped to bring back all those sweet memories from my childhood. Thank you again.

Paul Slater		22-Jan-2008 10:26
Great trip down memory lane! I was in HK from March 1971 until heading back to study to UK in June 1988. I studied at Kowloon Junior School 75 to 81 then KGV from 81 to 88. Like my pal Sean Clarke mentions below, these are great photos and the group who graduated from KGV in 1988 are all heading back there this March/April for our 20 year KGV reunion. I am sure we will try and visit some of the old haunts if they are there but also the HK Rugby 7s. I recall great beach days down at Deepwater Bay, Big Wave Bay, Repulse Bay, Shek O, Dai Long & Castle Peak. Trips across the Star Ferry and up the Peak Tram. Remembering when the Connaught Centre was the tallest building in Asia which had a killer restaurant called the Galley in the basement for fish and chips!

Sean		22-Jan-2008 03:50
Hi Tom, Thank you for posting these. I arrived here aged 6 in 1973, lived in Shouson Hill, then Shatin, then Hong Lok Yuen (Past Taipo). I was schooled at Kennedy Road Junior School, then got sent off the board in the UK. Have many friends that went to KGV. I'm still here in Hong Kong after 34 years. I'm going to try and replicate some of these photos by taking them from the same spot so people can see the difference. All the best, Sean Clarke

Michele McQueen		16-Jan-2008 20:18
Thank you, Tom for posting these wonderful pictures of HK. I used to live on Conduit Road from 1969-1985 and used to catch the No. 12 bus home. How delightful to see these images now so many years later.

J.		13-Jan-2008 19:30
Hi Tom. I lived in Hong Kong as a child from mid-sixties to early seventies and went to Maryknoll school. It was very comforting to see the Honk Kong I remember once again. Thank you.

Guest		28-Dec-2007 12:40
Thank you so much. Went to Quarry Bay School when it still was in quarry bay, followed by Island School. Came back after uni to work for a while. The pictures really captured the HK I remember as a young boy. Cheers again for sharing.

matthew		15-Dec-2007 10:07
thanks tom. your photos collection is inspiring. they brought back memories in me when i was young, i remember some of the now-gone buildings and feelings after looking at them, especially the hilton hotel, the huge double HH and the wall the signage hung on. and the fountain!! i remember going there with my parents on weekends. it's very sad that some of the artistic buildings were torn down and became the glass wall buildings that stand today.

Bill heywood		09-Dec-2007 16:59
Hi tom great photo's love hong kong been visiting from 91 & lived there from 96-04 worked as construction manager on chek lap kok hated leaving & try to get back every yr if i can miss the people &the atmosphere each time i go back it changes, i know how chris patten felt when he left, but my son is still there keeping me up to date with what's happening (he is a dj in wanchai ) me i am sadly in uk at the moment but desperate to leave. Bill.

ace5150		09-Dec-2007 12:04
Fantastic trip down memory lane and to shed a tear of nostalgia. This is the HK I remember, not the corporate en masse office blocks with no soul. I lived at Victoria Barracks and attended Island School and these pictures stirred my memory for some very special times in my youth in the 1970's. Great to see some great pictures of Macau and the Lisboa Hotel/Casino. I remembered the hydrofoil trip very well. The Pokfulam Resevoir picture is where I played football as a lad as the grass shortage in HK was evident. Thanks for making a 45 year old very happy today.

T		09-Dec-2007 02:18
Wow, so much history, so much childhood memories. Looking at these pictures, I can almost hear the non stopping street traffic noise, feel the 90C tropical heat and smell the unique oriental fragrance in the air again. This is the old British Hong Kong I cherish and love the most, not today's new Hong Kong under direct supervision from communist Beijing. Thanks for sharing.

cliff Leung		02-Dec-2007 16:41
Excellent photos, Tom! I've always been facinated by old photos of HK! Your website is the best compilation that I've come across in a long time! You obviously know Dinya Kermani from KGV? (I think his first name was Dinya, as I've always just known him as "Mr. Kermani"!) He was my geography teacher at South Island School back in the early 1990's.

Ian		24-Nov-2007 20:26
A wonderful set of pictures that brings back memories of my time there 1975-77 in the RAF. Thanks for sharing.

Bonnie		13-Nov-2007 15:50
Thanks, Tom, for posting the photos. It brings back great memories

Axel Vogt		05-Nov-2007 05:06
Those pictures are definitely the Hong Kong that I remember as a child, Aberdeen, the views from Mid-Levels, the Star Ferry, Repulse Bay, the Thai Airways DC-8!! Now, living in California, it all seems so far away. Today's Hong Kong is...modern...shopping malls, air-conditioning, subways. It's just not the same, but I suppose, nowhere else is either. Thanks for the wonderful memories.

Agatha		02-Oct-2007 14:53
Hi Tom, I was in HK from 1980 - 1999 but now go back there every year to visit family. Your photos are brilliant and evoke so many childhood memories. I do love the ones of Cheung Chau; we went there every weekend to visit grandma. Many thanks!

Jae Joon Yoon		02-Oct-2007 04:31
What a precious photos. I lived in Hong Kong from 1971 to 77 and considers my hometown (I'm Korean). I lived at Connaught Road right next to Wing On Departmen Store which is now Bauhinia Suites and attended Royden House Junior School in Caine Road and later trasferred to Causeway Bay Junior School (Currently Bradbury School in Stubbs Road) in So Kon Po. Boy, these are awesome resources considering HK has changed so much. Thanks for the memories and God bless all those who like Hong Kong. Hong Kong forever!!!!!

Cliff Dawes		12-Sep-2007 11:07
Thank you for such lovely pictures. I was stationed in the Royal Air Force at Kai Tak in the from 1973 to 1975 and worked at the radar site at Tai Mo Shan. Your pictures bring back such happy memories of my life there

John Mac		03-Sep-2007 22:24
Great memories, thank you. I was in HK from 62 - 75 (my parents are still there). I went to Little Peak School, Peak School - (Victoria)(I had a crush on Miss Watson) and Island School (I was in Einstein).

KC shum		13-Aug-2007 05:32
thanks for your great effort, seeing your gallery just like traveling in a time machine. It bring me back to my childhood, such a touching memory. many thanks!!

Frank		04-Aug-2007 04:35
Oh, it must have happened in the summer that I was home visiting. I left for college in the U.S. in 1967, returned home for the summers of 70 and 71. (I put a college decal on #41 mailbox one of those summers.) So, you must have kept all these color negatives (or slides) all these yours. Super job!

Tom Jackson		03-Aug-2007 19:15
So, I occupied the flat below you in 1970 and had essentially the same view for a while. The Fatsan sank during typhoon Rose in 1971 and it was especially sad as well for us in KGV because the father of one of the pupils worked on board and died when it capsized

Frank		03-Aug-2007 05:09
Tom, I lived in Flat 41 from 1963 to 1967. I remember watching the Fatsan, the Tak Sing (and the Dai Loy) docking at different hours of the day. The Fatsan would leave for Macau at midnight. I think it was sank in 1964 or 65 during typhoon Mary (or Wanda?). So sad....

Alfred Tsui		02-Aug-2007 00:53
Hi, Tom, I am a secondary school teacher in HK, and your photos of HK in the 70s and 80s are just great. I would like to get your approval to use some of your HK photos in class. So that students can know more about the changes of HK. Thank you very much. Alfred Tsui

Tom Jackson		25-Jul-2007 01:38
Such a coincidence that I have been searching for the very same things. My parents took me to Macau many times on those ferries in the 60s. The Fatsan sank during a typhoon I think in 1971. However I have not been able to locate a single images as of this date. Let me know if you find any yourself. Tom

brendan yan		30-Jun-2007 03:03
i spent half of my life in hk. now i am in my mid-30s. Surprisingly, seeing these pictures didnt make me feel old, rather, it was like getting reacquainted with a long lost good friend. Every little detail in these pictures reminded me of things that were somehow buried deep in the back of my mind. It's a wonderful feeling. Though i must admit that i was a bit choked up seeing the photo of the old airport. i grew up in kowloon city and i remember every single building in that photo. thank you tom. thanks for sharing these photos.

John Chan		26-Jun-2007 15:07
Very GOOD!

Peter		18-Jun-2007 13:38
Hi Tom, Great pictures and a wondefull effort you put in this, so we all can enjoy it. I was born there in 1966 and left with my parents in 1973 (they lived in HK since 1954) Lived in St. George's Court which is at the top of Kadoorie Avenue. My older sisters went to KGV. Its really fun looking at these pictures and reading the comments from others who have some connection to HK at that special time.

Tom Briggs		14-Jun-2007 21:50
Tom, how lucky you were to live in that magnificent city while you were growing up ... great memories for you and great memories for me as THIS gallery takes me back to the HK I knew ... thanks for sharing. Voted

midikorg		08-Jun-2007 23:19
Fantastic Album

Adrian		26-May-2007 15:25
Absolutely Fantastic photos, i'm so glad i found you. I arrived in Hong Kong when I was 1 year old and didn't leave until i was 16, between '75 and '91. I went back in 2003, but these photos are the HK that's in my blood. Thank you.

Jingle Tang		21-May-2007 17:50
It's Marvelous! The Old Hong Kong was sooo great and memorable! Thanks a bunch!

Carlos Prata		17-May-2007 09:14
Great collection of photos. I was born in Hong Kong, went to Quarry Bay then Island School (graduated in 1976). These photos remind me how fortunate I was to grow up in such a special place and community. I still live in HK but its not the same....

Guest		12-May-2007 02:06
thanks for bringing me my childhood memory... good stuff

Kevin Lau		07-May-2007 11:41
thanks for your old photos! its really great

tathei		27-Apr-2007 17:31
really great and thanks for your old photos of HK! are you a flickr member? i think there you may share these great photos to the largest photography community to the world! cheers!

Guest		26-Apr-2007 17:21
Hi Tom Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful pictures of the old HK. I was born in 1987 and it's so great to see what HK was like before that. I always wish I was born in the 60s so that I could see what you did, such drastic change of HK. I have always been living in the New Territories for the past 20years, so Kowloon and HK island are not where Im familiar with, I believe you know HK better than I. It is a pity that from the time I was born to now, HK has just been becoming more modern and international, but at the same time losing what I think made HK so special in your time. I prefer the old HK after seeing your pictures to be honest. Thanks again for giving me this opportunity to experience the 70s & 80s HK!! Cheers Calvin Chan NT West

caveman_lee		25-Apr-2007 15:33
A great collection, impressive and memorable ! Vote

Gordon LAM		25-Apr-2007 03:58
What a good meomery for me. I live in Sheung Wan when I was small. I am preparing to publish a book about the 60's 70's 80's photo of Hong Kong. This will be published by HKSAR Government for the mwnory of the 10 years annversary of HKSAR. Would you mind that I can use some of the lovely photo. We will print your name in the credit acknowledge of your delegation.

Ronald		24-Apr-2007 13:58
I'm happy to see that you added quite a number of memorable pictures, though I am not from the 70s. As seen from the comments below, seems many people from different countries come to stay in Hong Kong such a compact city. I'd like to ask what attracts you all or your family to come? I'm from Hong Kong and living in Kennedy Town. I think I'll never live in the mid-levels. Yes, the place is for middle and upper-class, but the crowded highrise blocks are too terrible.

Guest		21-Apr-2007 00:15
Carlo Cruz Wow!!! What a blast from the past!!! Your photos of Hong Kong are glorious. I love them. They shot me right back to when I lived there from 1974 to 1990 (age 2 to 18). I went to school in Kennedy Road Junior School until 1983 and then transferred to HKIS for high school. I used to lived in Park View Court on Lytellton Road and frequented the store in your photo. I particularly enjoyed your photos of the Hilton Hotel, Repulse Bay and Stanley Market too. Thank you for posting these terrific pics.

Danny Tong		09-Apr-2007 07:56
YES!!!!I feel so great that I'm not the only one who stuck in the golden era of HK.It's very hard for me to explain my feeling of that treasure moment unless one's had experienced the same stage.I used to keep telling people that I'm Chinese but,came from HK when I was in States or Canada.Thank you Tom for sharing these memories with us.

Eddie Ling		26-Mar-2007 02:54
This is a very very very great photo collection of old Hong Kong. It broght me a lot of old memory! Really enjoy by looking at them. Please keep posting your photos and I'll definitely check it out regularly! Again, thank you for sharing all these valuable shots. Good work!

Guest		26-Mar-2007 02:40
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing these photos -- it's very amazing that while there have been so many huge changes over the years, there are still things and places around Hong Kong right now that resemble so closely to some of these images here!

Daniel		23-Feb-2007 16:43
I was born at 1970 and brought up in HK. The photos are so excellent and impressive that let me see the quick development of Hong Kong. At the photo showing the harbour view in the past, Jardine House is the tallest in 70s and 80s. But now there are so many tall buildings around it. The most impressive photo is the past view of repusle bay. It was so small when I was a child but nowadays, it become so big. (I always go to there now) Also, I never see the former building of HK Club in Central. That "stone" building in the past is shown at your photo, but it was dismantled and is now redeveloped to a curtain wall and morden building. ha.. ha.. Thank you for your good photos.

Guest		21-Feb-2007 17:26
Tom, these bring back fond memories of the past. I went to Island school and left HK in the late 80s. Ever since I came back from the States, things aren't just quite the same anymore...hahaha thanks for your work.

Patrick		21-Feb-2007 04:02
Wow! I was born in HK and lived there until 1980 when I graduated from HKIS and moved to the US. These pictures have brought back a lot of fond memories for me. The beloved Hilton Hotel, the #12 bus that took me home to Seymour Rd, the tram with the trailer, Des Voeux Rd, Queen's Rd. Central......Thanks.

Guest		11-Feb-2007 19:07
Magnificent gallery! Just goes to show that the photographer's eye is oft times more important than quality of his equipment. Thanks for capturing a moment in time.

Steve Hall		10-Feb-2007 10:36
Thank you so much for sharing these images, I was there in the 60s, a wonderful place

Guest		06-Feb-2007 18:33
Very impressive collection of Hong Kong in the old days! Thanks for the precious sharing and I enjoyed viewing them all!

Michael P_john		03-Feb-2007 02:18
Hi Tom ! Great pictures & thanks for posting for our trip down memory lane. Born 1954 in HK,lived in Clearwater Bay & went to your rival school DBS. Went to Canada in 1973. I've brought my kids to visit the old home town as they reach a certain age to see how we used to live but its difficult to appreciate unless one actually LIVES there! As Martin Booth so aptly characterizes HK in his book "Gweilo" - Hong Kong is not just a bustling city its 'a state of mind'. Incidentally, he too writes about the Peak School in his book. Best Regards, Mike

johnsonlam		02-Feb-2007 01:48
Hello Tom, I'm born 1971 in Kowloon. Feel very warm and nostalgic when I saw your photos, thanks for sharing with everyone: Your photo show us the best period in Hong Kong, though our life is harsh.

chuck		01-Feb-2007 05:20
i was a police inspector in the Hong Kong of the early 1970s and it all seems so tranquil in retrospect... though it seemed such a madhouse then-- all we are missing is the sepia great photos...

c		29-Jan-2007 16:31
That was a wonderful trip down memory lane for me, even though I lived in Hong Kong years before many of your excellent shots, there were many photographs to bring back memories of a magical place. We arrived in 1955 and left in 1971. I attended both Peak School and KGV. I too loved taking the Star Ferry over to school and can still hear the sounds of the harbour. So many wonderful sights, smells and experiences. A place that is hard to really describe to people who have not been there, especially as children. Thank you.

jim cunningham		16-Jan-2007 08:18
hi thanks for a memorable trip back to the HK i loved as a kid in 74-76, i lived in what was Sunderland Rd, I had the great pleasure to go back last year for the first time. i was shocked and stunned, i knew it would never be the same but it had changed so much , sunderland rd no longer being there as we knew it but a new set of blocks. but the biggest shock of all was where was the sea and the ferry to the island from mei foo !!!!!! thats land reclamation gone crazy. if anyone had any old pics of footage i'd dearly love to get a copy of it al the best, jim cunningham

Tom Jackson		01-Jan-2007 21:44
Robinson Mansions was still standing as of Jan 06 for sure. I lived at No: 31 in the 70s when there used to a fabulous harbour view. You could see from Stonecutters Island all the way to Kai Tak virtually unobstructed on a clear day. Today, nothing, it's not what it used to be. Tom

Frank		01-Jan-2007 19:59
Tom, your photos are not only treasures, they remind me of home! I lived in the same building in those years, I was in #41 before I left HK for the U.S. Later, my family moved to #61 and I visited there too. I believe that building (Robinson Manison) is still standing today....

Tom Briggs		01-Jan-2007 19:55
Tom ... splendid gallery of 'old' HK. On my Potpourri Places gallery, I've got a few shots of HK in the mid-1960's which you might find of interest. Thanks for posting ...

hugh		06-Dec-2006 05:59
nice one. you'll have to figure out a way to allow other "expat brats" to post pictures. you won't get rich, but it would be fun to see more places and people... from the past.

Mark		16-Nov-2006 09:20
I would just like to write a short note to thank you sincerely for posting these photos. They really are inspirational and brings back a lot of fond memories. If only the government now would feel the same and stop knocking down historical buildings and building new ugly ones...anyway, thank you! ;-)

Gordon		11-Nov-2006 13:40
Tom, thks for this excellent chance to indulge in some nostaglia. I am a native Chinese-Hk...but left for UK in 91 and since then working overseas all these time. This is an excellent collection of my homeland which I would have proudly remembered. many thanks!

ELsie LEung		29-Oct-2006 07:48
Thank you for sharing all these wonderful photos and it bought back a lot of sweet memories.I was born in HK in the 60s and living in Tokyo now. There is a lot of change every time back to HK for a short vocation.

Sarah		24-Oct-2006 16:48
Bought back so many memoriesand made me feel very home sick. I was born in HK in 1967 went to Quarry Bay school and South Island School move to UK in 1995. Thank you so much for these photos reminded me of things I havent thought about since childhood

Guest		25-Sep-2006 18:54
I was born at RAF KAI TAK in 1975 my family returned to Uk when i was just 2. It was great looking at all your wonderful photos.just wandering if anyone has got anymore of RAF KAI TAK

Mike		19-Sep-2006 13:19
Was born in Hongkong and lived there to the mid 70's. Went to Glenealy then Island School! Great to see all these fantastic memory snapshots again! Wow!

Vanessa		08-Sep-2006 11:55
I attended HK Island school in the 1970's. Looking at your photos took me back more than 28 years to my teens( I left in '78). They brought to mind many happy memories of moments spent in most of those places. Thank you

Guest		08-Sep-2006 03:37
Thanks for sharing these great pics! I was born & raised in HK, left for Canada in mid 70s & have stayed there ever since. I went back recently for the the 1st time after more than 20 years, only to find just about all of the places that I grew up with are either gone or torn down & re-built. Your pics certainly brought back a lot of memories. I, for one prefer the colonial HK much more than the present Chinese HK. I guess the main reason why I had not gone back for a visit sooner... Anyway, I liked the harbour shots very much. I suppose with so many reclamation projects in proogress, I have to go back more often before they turn Victoria Harbour into Victoria River! Thanks once again!

Antonio De Rosas		24-Aug-2006 09:13
Great pictures Tom. I grew up in Hong Kong too ('65 to '82). I went to Quarry Bay, Island School and HKIS. Brings back so much memories. Thanks for sharing.

Guest		20-Aug-2006 10:41
Thanks for sharing your photos. I went to school in Hong Kong 1957 to 1960. I was very young. I just went back to see Hong Kong after 46 years and it has really changed. It was a two day visit but hope to do a longer trip next time. Thanks for sharing. H. Wong

Ling		16-Jul-2006 14:02
Thank you for sharing all these photos.

Art		13-Jul-2006 01:37
I've recently moved back to HK after 15 years in US, and now living in an apartment in Shelly Street, man, the picture looks so different then now lei, now this place is full of nice cafe and restaurents, it's part of the "SoHo" of HK. These picture sure brings back alot of memory too, as I grew up around Tai Hang Rd. when I was young.

Tony Wardle		20-Jun-2006 22:22
Hi, I lived in Sunderland Road from 74-76, knew Jude of course. I still have some pics of the place and a movie (super 8) we made around Osbourne Barracks next door. Now thankfully in digital fornat after 30 years in a loft in Andover, UK. I also played for St Georges rugby team during that time and still have some cuttings from the SCMP paper for the 75 season. I am still in contact with the Nelson twins who were at KGV during the same period and after I went to scholl with them in Keny. Email me for pics if you want Regards Tony Wardle

Ian		17-Jun-2006 20:56
Wonderful phoyos, brought back lots of memories of when I was there in 1975-7 with the RAF. Great site. Have to go and dig out my photos now!

John Brown		15-Jun-2006 18:22
Just to say that the pictures are great and for anyone interested there is a web site for St Georges School at www.saintgeorges-hk.com

Addison		13-Jun-2006 21:04
Wonderfull photographs. I went to school there between 1967 and 1970, a very happy time for all my family. Does anyone have any pictures of St georges or RAF Kai Tak?

Steve		13-Jun-2006 08:08
I was born in HK in the 60's my family and I move to the US in 1978 for a better life not by choice. We live in ghetto part of kowloon place call Sou Mow Ping is a low income housing development. I miss the old HK very very much it just bring back so many memories. Thank you for sharing all these wonderful pictures.

jack		11-Jun-2006 23:26
For those who remember....these are wonderful and precious photos

Ricky		03-Jun-2006 19:51
Hi Tom, I enjoy your picture very much. I lived near HKU when I was young. And I went to school in Sai Ying Poon. Your pictures brought back a lot of sweet memories for me. Thank you Ricky

Man		02-Jun-2006 10:02
I'm come form Hong Kong and live in Aberdeen, Thank you for your post of Hong Kong old photos especially for Aberdeen, it bring back so many memories, Thanks a lot!

Tommy Banks		29-May-2006 17:19
Tom, great photos. Jane and I were in the same year at Island School, and I recognise quite a few folks in your photos (Lisa Sampson, & Veronica Needa to mention but two). I also lived in Robinson Road - No 84 just at the junction of Kotewall Road and Lytlleton Road and remember vividly the night of the Kotewall Road Disaster. Unfortunately, 67 people lost their lives that night. I remember hearing the noise of the block of flats coming down, but not knowing what it was at the time - then seeing the sea of mud flowing down the road. I have just returned from a week in HK and it till holds all the magic of home for me, even though I left in 1989. Thanks agin for posting your photos - and pass my regards, to Jane.

Jude		29-May-2006 15:35
Tom, what a great site!! Thankyou for sharing your photo's!! I was there 72-74, and what great memories they evoke!! Best Wishes, Jude xxx Siobian, I remember Sunderland Road well!! My Dad was RAF too, although we lived at Lizzie Court,Beacon Hill, just up the road!! I remember the Monsoon Drains you speak of, and there was also a Social Club (Lady Hughes) there!! I knew a few people who lived in Sunderland Road, and am actually in touch with one of them, along with old friends from the school I went to (St Georges)!! St.Georges is now an Australian International School, I believe, but it's not far from where Sunderland Road was/is!! You need to head up Waterloo Road, towards Lion Rock, passing Hampshire Road on your right! Sunderland Road is just a little further along, on the same side!! Good Luck and have a great time!! Jude xxx

Guest		18-May-2006 16:09
Your pictures are so kool. It really brings back good memories of how Hong Kong uses to be. Thank you for sharing.

Mark		17-May-2006 13:26
Siobhan, Hi. If you have any luck in locating Sunderland Road it would be great if you could let me know and vice versa. I was 7 in 1974, living at block 6,flat 6, Sunderland Road. My father was in the RAF and we lived there for two years. Even though I was so young I've got some very vivid memories. Certainly of a holiday to Cheung Chow, playing on Seiko beach, going to temple of a 1000 Buddhas and TigerBalm Gardens but mainly of playing in the storm drains in my flip flops drinking bottles of coca cola or cream soda. Great pictures Tom bringing some more memories back. Thank you.

Albert		20-Apr-2006 16:01
Thanks Tom! Your photos are great. I born in 1960 and all your photos bring back all my memories, especially those places that are no longer there.

Guest		12-Apr-2006 06:43
Dear Tom, Many thanks for such good work ! These pics are of especial importance to the study of the evolution of Hong Kong. Would be even better if you could add an extra column for addition of further HK photos by our readers. Regards, Alex A local from HK

Stanley Ip		07-Mar-2006 17:49
Your photos are treasures of HK. Thank you for sharing your treasures. Please keep this site forever and let other people in HK or from HK to know. Really brings back a lot of memories. All comments are touching, no need to say any more. Thank you. Stanley Ip - from HK now in Toronto Canada

ronny		03-Mar-2006 09:51
sIOBHAN, is it really called "Sunderland Road"? or "Sutherland"? if yes, this is what u wants - "Sutherland Street", where located in Western District. search it by yourself by the eletronic map service http://ypmap.com/en/viewer.asp?mapService=LocationMap_c

sIOBHAN		12-Feb-2006 21:35
Hi, Stubled onto this site my mistake, FANTASTIC! I was born in Kowloon in 74, and am only just going back in March...cant wait and your photos have inspired me to re-look at my old Hong Kong photos! Deos anybody recall a road named Sunderland road? I would like to go here on my trip in March, but an unable to find it so assume it has either been re-named or is not there! Anyone know where this road was?! Thanks!

Dado Marques		04-Jan-2006 06:14
Hey Tom, good of you to post these memory joggers. Ah, life was so simple then. I'm writing to ask if you have any pics of the KGV Rugby team 1970 - 1980. I played with the Kowloon YMCA team and enjoyed the clashes against KGV, (Tim Parsons, Brian Lieu etc) Int'l School (Roxy Roxbur) and other local schoolboy teams. Please drop me a note if you have any. I'd be very grateful. Thanks much.

koncasj		28-Dec-2005 15:29
Oh My God!! I remember all these place .. oh my god!! Thanks so very much for scanning and putting them up. Thankyou thankyou. I am going to show my dad as well ..

Everett		21-Dec-2005 17:51
Tom, thank you for taking the time to scan and post such wonderful images. Ah the memories...

Virginia		21-Dec-2005 02:13
Thank you so much for posting the pictures, must have been a lot of work scanning them. I have a little request - would you have pictures of Macau? I was raised in Macau in the 70s. Thank you x 100000 and Merry X'mas!

Guest		30-Nov-2005 21:45
Nice work. I was born and raised in Hong Kong. However, I left HK after 1970. These pictures bring back the part of HK that I have left behind. Thank you very much. I hope that you can keep this website running forever, because it is has tremendous historical significance. This is Hong Kong in its full glory before it was returned to China. The funny part is this is HK through the mind eyes of a tourist. For those who were born and raised there may not have treasured and appreciate these scenery. We were grew up with these things, and it had not become a necessity for us to pick up a camera to record these scenery. However, for a visitor, these sceneries of the eastern culture are very interesting. It has become very interesting to me after living in the U.S for over thirty years. Thank you again for so unselfishly and generously sharing your memory with us.

Guest		20-Nov-2005 18:27
Absolutely captivating. I have never been to HK, but I certainly feel that looking through your gallery has provided a valuable education, both in time and place. - Flared trousers and mini-skirts the first time round! Must have been a wonderful place to grow up. Whenever I see pictures of people dates decades ago, I often wonder what became of them. Anyhow, less rambling from me!

Tom Jackson		07-Nov-2005 14:30
Thanks for your comments. I lived on Robinson Road and remember the mud slide well. It cut right through blocks of flats on Littleton Road and caused extensive damage. Fortuneately there was little loss of life. Tom

Konrad Hans Traugott Goll		07-Nov-2005 13:36
Many thanks for sharing photos that I am sadly missing in my own library. I came to Hong Kong in 1976 and first lived on Conduit Road, right next to the 1972 mudslide really, later moved to Clearwater Bay. What was initially supposed to be a 3 year stay turned out to be 25 years almost. Left in 2000 with wonderful memories which photos like these bring back. Konrad

Eric		21-Jul-2005 17:20
Hi Tom, good job, pls post more this kind of photo, some view i have never seen before even though i am a local chinese and almost 30, what a shame!!! Keep up your good work.

Ronni		06-Jul-2005 14:04
Tom, I loved these photos - they brought back some great memories, My parents, brother and sister lived in HK (Mansfield Road) from 1966 - 1974. You may know Janet and Rob Mathers. Jan attended KGV and Rob went to Island School. I visited in 1973 and went back again around 10 years ago. How things had changed! Am visiting again in October and will take some of your photos with me as a comparison.

harry chu		20-Jun-2005 15:55
Tom, Wonderful job and thanks for sharing your memories. My family (wife & 2 kids) just returned from HK this month. We were there 15 years ago - My first vist to HK was way back in '71 and I remember wandering and exploring this beautiful compact city on foot, tram and buses. Your beautiful pictures brought back many fond memories. I wish I had viewed your site pictures before our holidays this year so I could compare the past and present. I hope you will do us a favour and show us HK Today vis-a-vis Your Past after your visit.

Dana		19-Jun-2005 01:40
I lived on Victoria Peak, Barker Rd. from 1966 to 1972. These photos trigger memories that I thought were lost forever. Beautiful shots and the Kodachrome color just adds to the nostalgia. Great work. Thanks.

Becky		10-Jun-2005 21:05
Tom, I live in Hong Kong from 1969 to 1974 and went to Hong Kong International School my elementary years. These are wonderful pictures and they have brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks,

Eldar Kadymov		01-May-2005 23:53
You almost have to publish this in "National Geographic", this is so damn cool, first class photoart ! Incredible talent !

Guest		27-Apr-2005 10:24
I had the great pleasure of visiting your great city back in 1970 for a few weeks, your shots bring back many happy memories thank you indeed. Rob H australia

Guest		25-Apr-2005 22:02
Excellent images through time.. i enjoy your web site..

Regis		24-Apr-2005 15:18
Thanks for sharing these pictures which allow traveling back in time and seeing HK a few decades ago. - - - - - - - - - A favorite selection of pictures shot in Southeast and East Asia http://www.thaiworldview.com/photo/index.htm

Franz Bauer		24-Apr-2005 14:17
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for posting Franz Bauer Hongkong 1991 http://www.pbase.com/bauer/hongkong

Guest		24-Apr-2005 12:10
very nice gallery Tom, a great journey in time, HK is so different now...

Guest		23-Apr-2005 14:01
this is really really wonderful. I wish I can collect pictures like yours...

Tom Jackson		08-Apr-2005 18:06
Thanks for your kind comments. I'll actually be in HK again for a week in July and so am sure to be shocked by the changes after having been away for so long. I might be inspired to do a "HK Then & Now" gallery if I can get enough shots taken from the same place as the old photos. Should be a hoot. Tom

tse888		08-Apr-2005 16:04
Oh my God, Your work is great! Thanks. Hong Kong has changed a lot, you should come and see, it's totally different than your pics! Thanks anyway.

Guest		03-Mar-2005 09:41
Hello, Your photos are very nice!!keep it up!! I would like to share my Hong Kong photos with you too. Could you visit it and give me some comments???thank you!!!:P and also would you mind put your photo on my website?? if you don`t mind,please reply me by email.thanks!!:P Eddie Chau http://www.hongkongtong.net

Tom Jackson		08-Dec-2004 18:27
Yes, you're right I got it confused with 26927676 which I took on the same tram ride. I'll update the caption. Thanks a lot, Tom

Guest		07-Dec-2004 22:18
25856300 is indeed in WanChai - I believe the pic was shot from a tram... between the southorn playground and the old wellcome store...

Guest		07-Dec-2004 08:59
Hi Tom, I can confirm that 25856300 is Wanchai since this is the area where I was borned, also I'm now going to work nearby everyday. The Lung Moon Chinese Restaurant (with white wordings on red as seen on top of the tram) is still in business now. Regards,

Tom Jackson		06-Dec-2004 18:04
Hi, You are quite correct on 7 of the frames, however 25856300 was not Wanchai but I think way West of the Star Ferry terminal possibly even near the old Macau ferry terminal. It was taken from the front of a tram. 26601084 was East of HMS Tamar but you may be right. I remember walking back towards Central from Causway bay when it was taken so perhaps had not quite reached Wanchai yet. The other Causway bay shot near Victoria Park was taken from a foot bridge opposite the old Hoover cinema. I'll add the additional information that you provided to the original captions. Thanks for your very informative inputs. Tom

Guest		06-Dec-2004 09:28
Hi Tom, my previous comments should be to you, sorry for the typo-errors.

Guest		06-Dec-2004 09:26
Hi Paul, thanks for sharing these with us. I add comments to some of the pictures so viewers can know more the scenes.

Paul Y.		28-Sep-2004 14:36
Hello Mr. Jackson, Your gallery certainly brings back memories. I grew up in the 60s and early 70s in HK. I came to US in 1974 to go to the U. here and stayed here ever since, so some of those pictures in the 70s means a lot. It is also nice to talk to a real person from KGV! I went to La Salle. I still remember the soccer (football) matches in the 70s. What a rivalry! Of course there were the athletic meets with DBS as well. Lots of great memories, thank you!

Guest		15-Sep-2004 18:59
Thank you, Tom. Thank you CP.

Guest		15-Sep-2004 18:44
From Paul. CP, I heard that there was a mudslide from the hill in the neighbourhood, in the early 1970's, around 1972. The neighbourhood is completely different today.

Crackpot		13-Sep-2004 16:02
Sorry, lady and gents, the second last sentence of my previous post should be read as "I cannot pinpoint when it was taken precisly" instead. Sorry for the confusion.

Crackpot		13-Sep-2004 15:54
Are you guys talking about image 26749307? If you are, I confirm that it was Tsui Ping Road in Kwun Tong. It was where Tsui Ping Road Estate stands today. The gutter at the lower right corner is covered nowaday. The white block at the far right side is Kwun Tong Maryknoll College. The gray block in the upper right hand corner is United Christian Hosiptal. They are still in service today. This photo seems to be taken next to the location of where Kwun Tong Swimming Pool is today. I pinpoint when this photo is taken precisly. It should be sometime around late 70's after the flood to early 80's.

Tom Jackson		27-Aug-2004 03:33
Paul, You may be right as the no. 11c bus actually stops several times on Tsui Ping Road. There is also an MTR station nearby at Ngau Tau Kok but I can't remember if the MRT went out that far in those days. All this is making me quite homesick for HK again but I probably wouldn't recognize the place now if I came back for a visit. Good luck with your search.

Paul		25-Aug-2004 18:05
Hello, Tom. Thanks for your offer, but it won't help. I hope someone can identify it. I wonder if this neighbourhood is Tsui Ping Road. Tsui Ping Road is in eastern Kowloon, between Kwun Tong and Sau Mau Ping. I am slightly familiar with that neighbourhood. The hills in the background look too tall, close, and steep to be Tsui Ping Road. If zoom len was used to take this picture, distance objects may appear closer than they really are.

Tom Jackson		22-Aug-2004 16:44
Paul, I just re-scanned the slide at max resolution and can give you the file if you like. There is a name in Chinese written on the block just about readable and I would guess (after excessive digital manipulation) that the 1st bus has route no. 11 or 11c displayed on its rear. I checked on the Kowloon Motorbus web site and it appears that no. 11 runs from Yau Ma Tei through to Wong Tai Sin via Kowloon Tong so it is likely that it would pass through Shek Kip Mei as well. However the route may have been slightly different in the late 70s. Tom

Tom Jackson		22-Aug-2004 15:32
Paul, I can't be sure if it was Shek Kip Mei but it was definately on Kowloon side not quite as far out as the NTs maybe Kowloon Tong area. I remember it had an MTR stop nearby. I'd date the photo circa 1980 maybe even a few years earlier. Check out an old MTR map for clues. Hope this helps. Tom

Paul		21-Aug-2004 20:09
I am reminded of those old buses with the engine at the front and stair at the rear. You paid the conductor and he gave a paper ticket. That picture of old estate in the second row. Is that Shek Kip Mei?

Paul		21-Aug-2004 19:58
I don't know where some of the photos were taken. If someone recognise a neighbourhood, can you identify it?

Guest		14-Jun-2004 16:05
This is wonderful...it brings memory back! esp when I am nowe viewing them at nite.

Alex Lau		07-Jun-2004 01:48
Thank you Mr. Tom. Your photo is stunning. These are great treasures. Thank you so much for sharing these photos. I just feel like I am in the movie of "Back to the Future". Keep sharing the great photo. Cheers, Alex

Wilson Lo		30-May-2004 16:47
Tom, you are appreciated for the pictures posting. It was really a good job and worth to recall our memories. I had landing in Toronto from HK more than ten years. I had a 7 years old boy whom born in here. He only can has the information of Home City from me and my wife. So the pictures is good material to show him instead verbally. When I grow up in Mong Kok area in 1960', the typhoon shelter closed my home where located with ferry pier. That’s why I still looking for more photos of old HK ferry pier and hopping it can help showing my kids the clear picture.

Don		19-May-2004 09:44
just like a time tunnel to take me back to my childhood... so many beautiful memories ...thank you.

late		27-Apr-2004 17:11
thanks for taking those photo, u help me a lot of the research part of clothing, thanks :)

james leung		27-Apr-2004 10:13
Great pics. thank you!!!!!!!!!

Keung		08-Apr-2004 18:57
WoW... Great pictures! Well done ^^

Rosa		05-Apr-2004 10:40
My God! Such wonderful pictures. Brought back a lot of beautiful memories. I lived in Central when I was a kid and every Sunday the whole family will take the ferry and go to TST to visit my grandfather. I remember those ferry rides very well. Thanks for the good work.

Guest		31-Mar-2004 15:35
This is an awesome gallery. I love seeing what HK looked in the 70s. How I wish I could experience HK of that time!

tarryn		30-Mar-2004 14:05
this is a wonderful gallery.. compile of all the works of life of the people and the buildings in hongkong~ running through the photoes, i can see not only the contrast of changes throughout the decades, but the smile in their faces, tells us that hongkongs are always waving their hands to us, seducing our souls and minds over. it is definately hard to resist the desirable to fill our hearts with their magnificent sceneries and they have already placed a magnet to attract us to their paradise of shopping centers and delicacy food palace that is famous to the world. Hongkong, an island of the asians's passion, and a land of fun and laughter~ you are the pride of we asians~ cheeronz~

raglan		19-Mar-2004 02:22
What a wonderful Good Pix gallery to share ! I'm living in hong kong and brought up in hong kong since i came here as a 6 yr old boy from mainland China. It really turned my clock back to the age which I was still studying, growing and dip into this town. A lot of memories tide out when I looking the pix - especially the Tsim Sha Tsiu Railway Station, Where vanished years ago, the First Place I Step on When I came Hong Kong W/ my family in 1975. What a Good time I have, TOM ! TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH ! I'll recommend this gallery to all of my friends !

Guest		14-Mar-2004 19:35
This is absolutely fantastic. A very unique gallery at pbase. Thanks

Guest		09-Mar-2004 02:45
I like watching the Hong Kong's old photos, especially the 70's 80's, coz I borned at this period. Thanks for your photos to recall my memories!!

Ricky Lam		08-Mar-2004 15:59
Hi Tom, Thanks you to share your photo, your photo make me to re-call my memories, re-call my school life, my good friend(he already passed away, I still miss him so much), dating my wife. It's a lot of things! I am eager to wait for another picture. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Ricky

Tom Jackson		08-Feb-2004 23:47
Hi Hina, Thanks for your comments. I will improve the quality of some of the scans and upload them again when I have more time. Just found another batch of old negatives so stay tuned ! Tom

Tom Jackson		08-Feb-2004 23:43
Hi Ben, Yes Hong Kong was and still is a wonderful place especially to grow up in. My favourite was going second class for 10 cents on the Star Ferry, getting right to the front and being sprayed on the way to school. Love your work too. All the best, Tom

Ben Leung		08-Feb-2004 17:27
Hi, Tom, You got a great photo collection of old Hong Kong! You brought my old memories back, expecially the tram with trailer! I remembered that I always chose trailer when I was a several years old boy. Thanks a lot for sharing your photos. Best Regards, Ben Leung

Guest		08-Feb-2004 17:25
thanks so much for capturing these and sharing.. or else i wouldnt have such a chance to look at this old hongkong! my parents' pics are mostly small and b&w..

Guest		08-Feb-2004 17:23
waoo... these are tresures!!!

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