is 活水 still there? I thought it was long gone...  I've got to check it out in my next trip back to HK ...nice pics & narrative, by the way  ....thx

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原帖由 pashwawa 於 2007-12-11 10:09 發表


聽泉和活水(寶雲道)仍在﹐以前在前方的一幅空地﹐現在已被為一個小公園包圍了。
卅多年前﹐我學校在附近﹐我常到那裡。在萬茂台上來的途中游辟拍樹及竹樹﹐可制作辟拍筒玩。 當時治安不太好﹐我亦曾被些飛仔 ...

what a co-incident! I was mugged there around same time too (67 to 68).  My home was on 堅尼地道(二馬路)...  I used to walk to school with a classmate everyday... they took our watches & money...since then we took a detour & walked along  皇后大道東(大馬路) instead ...  did you happen to go to my school too ( Ki Lap Primary School on Star Street?

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原帖由 eric54 於 2007-12-14 21:48 發表

Had forgotten where the old pier was, we used to take it to cross the harbour & then  the Yuen Long bus to see our uncle - one of the few relatives that lived in Kowloon & New Territories... actually the pier's very close to our 'old' home - 229 Lockhart...   we'd had moved to  堅尼地道(二馬路) just before I was born but the address on my birth certificate is still Lockhart...    thx for the pics & the street map showing the old pier.....

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原帖由 asia.miles 於 2007-12-16 16:45 發表

小時候體弱多病，母親常帶我到貝夫人看街症，那種火酒味， 吊扇，黃色牆，棕色長木椅，舊式公共醫院的布局又瀝瀝在目。還有在收音機常聽到的”佩夫人止咳露“， 當時對“佩夫人“ 是否就是這一位“貝夫人”沒有 ...

I think 貝夫人 clinic was named after Governor Sir William Peel's (貝璐) wife, he served in the 1930s...  I used to go to there too, I guess that was the place for poor folks like us (that got sick every now & then)... I still remember it - long lineups to get a number & then wait to be called....   

thx for the memory!

Very good explanation, Bro Up3Up7...   I've learned something too!
thx!

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原帖由 pashwawa 於 2007-12-21 09:39 發表
消失的臺

臺(台)這名詞﹐在香港不是十分普遍﹐為人所熟悉的是摩頓台﹐諾士佛台﹐繼園台等。
據我所知﹐灣仔有萬茂台﹐南固台﹐竹居台﹐鳳凰台﹐賢華台。這些台都是在山邊的﹐我想台這名是用在山邊一幅較平坦的 ...

Speaking of 鳳凰台, does anybody remember the '打更老'? I was so scraed of him that I would either run or walk really fast past him whenever he's there...  ...I think you could tell time by the number of times he beats his drums?  ...and  he's there to drive away evil spirits?  ...  perhaps Brother up3yp4 or 牛奶Sir can enlighten us?

Thx

Thanks Bro pashwawa...

活水 looks so different now... it's all blocked off, a park bench, railing & stuff...  Gee, I remember going into the water, pushing & shoving around with my childhood friends!

It's on my places to visit list!
thx

I'm a Wanchai born & raised kid & that's my childhood story!
Thx!

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原帖由 mandy 於 2008-1-19 12:20 發表
1961年在輪候預防霍亂注射的市民，當中有冇你地份呢？？

I probably was in the line too as my house was just up Yin Wah Street (the stairway) at Kennedy Road!

I guess time was diifferent, circumstances were also different then...   most people (my family, for sure) were just struggling to make ends meet, I doubt anybody would care much about the environment or 'clooective memory'!