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­ì©«¥Ñ openwheel ©ó 20-1-2009 02:03 µoªí when i was a boy, i live in cameron road, near park hotel, can see the eastern part of tst , at that time only can see the rail road and british army's facility. every morning can  ...

 

Austin Road is full of oldcake memories also....... I remember so many buildings there, like Kiu Fung, Ka Wah, etc. etc.

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­ì©«¥Ñ openwheel ©ó 20-1-2009 02:40 µoªí yes, nice to meet u guys too,  the army facility is half round type, i was study in tas sun school and alwasy go to "hoi kee" buy snacks, haha .... i was live in opposite of park hotel, now ...

 

I rememeber there were secret places in Kowloon Park we played at (those "¨¾ªÅ¬}")

 

please come back to this forum often and let's chat more

 

time to sleep, good night my oldcake friends!

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­ì©«¥Ñ ©_«L2007 ©ó 20-1-2009 23:08 µoªí   ¦n¥¿ªº¹Ï¤ù~~

 

long time no see

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­ì©«¥Ñ openwheel ©ó 20-1-2009 02:03 µoªí when i was a boy, i live in cameron road, near park hotel, can see the eastern part of tst , at that time only can see the rail road and british army's facility. every morning can  ...

 

Here is an oldcake photo with Park Hotel in the background, taken in 1979. Remember those bicycles with shock absorbers?

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Bro 999, this is me when I was living in TST (pic taken inside Kowloon Park), I was just a skinny little boy... you think those Uncle Sings want to harrass me? 

 

 

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yes bro, and they used to have big sales when I could afford to buy normally expensive shoes like Bally/ Lanvin/ etc.

 

their sister shop "Shui Wing" was on Kimberly Road. Later it became Kimberly Snooker Place.

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­ì©«¥Ñ 999 ©ó 21-1-2009 00:47 µoªí §ÚçÜ会 !! §A¬[³æ¨®¦n¥¿,Á×¾_¦n«lËÝwor!! «e½ü¸û¤pªº?  

 

No la, they only like handsome guys like you

 

The bike was rented from Kimberly Street, about $2/hour, the front & back wheels are both quite big... there was a special kind with smaller front wheels and very long forks (called "long fork", i.e. "Cheung CHa", sorry I don't have my writing pad tonite...)

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­ì©«¥Ñ openwheel ©ó 21-1-2009 01:26 µoªí at tst near "Miden terrence" there is a hong kong telecome, remember at early 80's there is no long distance call need go to there pay money and then go to the small room to make phone call. it i ...

 

yes, and sometimes send telegrams too

 

from that place, you can walk to the right and up to this park:

 

 

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­ì©«¥Ñ openwheel ©ó 21-1-2009 01:33 µoªí yes, there is a signal hill park, when small normally adult not allow us go there ..... but there is a good place and can go inside the signal tower nowdays , the park  the washroo ...

 

maybe that's why I felt so happy & free whenever I went up there

 

 

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­ì©«¥Ñ klluk ©ó 31-1-2009 00:32 µoªí Anybody who had rent bicycle at Kimberley street (not Kimberley road) , there were two. I always rent bicycle and rode to TST East

 

yes, two shops, ªQÂ× & ¶¶Â×.

 

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­ì©«¥Ñ klluk ©ó 31-1-2009 00:32 µoªí Anybody who had rent bicycle at Kimberley street (not Kimberley road) , there were two. I always rent bicycle and rode to TST East

 

picture for you, klluk c-hing: ("¦¿®L¤­ª÷" still exists, you can go & have a look sometime)

this picture was taken more than 30 years ago

 

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More Kimberly Street:

 

 

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­ì©«¥Ñ klluk ©ó 1-2-2009 15:59 µoªí Yes, after that there become Robertson fast food. (Hope I am not get wrong !)

 

that must be really long ago. I remember it's already Robertson fast food as early as 1978......

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­ì©«¥Ñ openwheel ©ó 19-3-2009 22:28 µoªí here is the link hope u guys can see, i take the photo from my cell, and cannot direct focus  to the boss,   http://s588.photobucket.com/albums/ss326/sarushan/

 

Let me help (thanks for the pic!)

 

 

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­ì©«¥Ñ ¬¥¦hÂĤñ ©ó 21-3-2009 18:34 µoªí ¤X¯Q­ô­ô§r... ¦y¨F©C¦³ÉA³¥¦n³¥­¹¦n³¥ª±Ëݧr???

 

sorry bro Áo, I did not see this until now

 

Shopping: Harbour City, Ocean Terminus (many good restaurants inside too, like Cova, StoneGrill, etc)there's also a D-Mop outlet on Chatham Rd (e.g. $3000 Y3 shoes discounted to $700), other clothing outlets on Ganville Road, etc

 

Food: Tai Pin Koon on Granville Road, Chui Hung Chuen at Miramar Ctr, Siu Nam Kwok at TST ctr, etc etc

 

You can give me a call next time u come to HK, I can be your tour guide  

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­ì©«¥Ñ hongkongman ©ó 16-3-2010 18:01 µoªí ¤wÅܤSªº¦y¨F©C,¤µ¦~¤ºÀ³¸Ó¤Ñ¬P½XÀYªº¤Ú¤h¤]·h¾E¨ì¦yªF,¦y¨F©C¤]¨S¦³³Ñ¤U¦h¤Ö©¹©õªº¾ú¥v¥i­«¬B¦^¾Ð§a!¥u¦n±q¤å¥¼©M¬Û¤ù¤¤§ä´M..............What a pity.............. ¤j®a­«¦^¤骺¦Ñ¦yYMCA,¬Ý¬Ý¦³ÉN¤@¨Ç¦^¾Ð¥S§a ...

 

thank you sir!

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­ì©«¥Ñ hongkongman ©ó 17-3-2010 18:04 µoªí one more photo of old T.S.T Train Station in 70,s and also opposite  the Old YMCA Hotel.Hope you will like it.And  you might also saw it from your childhood.Do you have any memory? ¦³«D±` ...

 

Thanks for this classic picture   Sure, I think I had taken KCR from that station....... and those Nissan Datsun taxis are a classic too Let's go out and have some fun/ food in TST sometime....... like u said someday we may be gone just like these classic oldcake places/ things better enjoy while you can

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­ì©«¥Ñ hongkongman ©ó 31-3-2010 16:57 µoªí Thank you for appreciate Sir,You are a old T.S.T Neighbor.So Do you still remember  this very very old photos in T.S.T.It was changed a many years ago.Hope it can make you back good memory.Woo S ...

 

Oh yes yes, big thanks for this photo, that's Park Hotel and once I got hit by a car on that Chatham Road   And those "swiss roll" barracks are deep in my memory....... To the right of Park Hotel there used to be a Times bookshop........

 

In fact I lived right on that street where the Hotel is (Cameron Road)....... the house was sold in 1989 and all my toys/ newspapers/ etc were thrown away without my consent

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and I confirm what I saw a few days ago: the entire New World building (i.e. where Tokyu used to be) is demolished! Gone!