2008年3月6日 星期四

60s street view of Hong Kong


Water chesnuts for 10 cents

Old former street



Typical 4-storey post war buildings with the laundry on bamboo sticks



Chinese Rest



The policemen in shorts...



US President's Liner and a wah-la-wah-la in front...



A wah-la-wah-la in front of the Star Ferry terminal.

CHN herbal medicine shop with the unlabeled drawers for the various herbs


Recently the PRC government has made this
"leung-cha" "cooling tea" a heritage item of HK



Candies


Junks and a barge with a crane with North Point in the background


Another herbal medicine shop



Tea shop



A dry goods store with dried fishes hanging in front.



Goodies



Incense sticks



Incense sticks and 'netherworld money" store



At the end of the day she'd carry the two baskets with a bamboo pole



Bean sprouts and tofu shop


Dinner and cookware store


pickles...(L-R) ginger slices, olives , papaya, garlic and ginger chunks


Tea shop


fruit store....Wow, look at the prices

Blind erhu musician beggar and his guide

Sugar cane juice store. Usually the other half is the CHN medicinal tea "leung-cha" store.
In the 50s, this is where one can go pay and watch TV...


A blind musician couple

noodle shop

Nathan Road in former time



Headquarter of the colonial masters



View from the Peak


Looking east towards Causeway Bay with the typhoon shelter on the left.
The white neon sign is the Daimaru Dept Store on Patterson St .
The first JPN dept store in HK


Children at play. These are usu. children of the streetside stores

Typical street scene above Central.
The girl in her school uniform is minding the merchandise while trying to study.
The lady on the right with the pigtail was most likely an "amah", a servant

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