Sex: | Female |
Birthyear: | c.1931 |
Age at Interview: | about 81 |
Education: | No schooling |
Occupation: | Factory Worker |
Theme: | Community, Japanese Occupation |
Title | Nga Tsin Wai and its surroundings as they look now |
Description | The village’s moat was also filled up during the Japanese occupation and many illegal structures were later built on the original site |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-002 |
Title | Traces of blockhouses still remain to this day |
Description | A photograph of the corner opposite Nga Tsin Wai’s public toilet |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-003 |
Title | Distinctive pyramid-roof-style village houses |
Description | Nga Tsin Wai’s houses were classified as being mud, brick or stone dwellings. At the end of the main lane stood the village’s Tin Hau Temple |
Date | 2012 |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-004 |
Title | A typical 13-hang village house |
Description | A “13-hang” roof was one paved with 13 rows of tiles |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-008 |
Title | Stopping stones under the eaves |
Description | House’s stopping stones were used to mark its area |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-010 |
Title | Tile roof of the 13-hang village house |
Description | Some tile roofs had fir supports, causing termite problems |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-011 |
Title | The interior of Hung Gu’s home |
Description | This ceiling’s translucent tiles (top right) were used for light transmission |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-013 |
Title | The entrance of Hung Gu’s home |
Description | Immediately inside the gatehouse was located Hung Gu’s home (i.e. the stone house behind the Village Office) |
Date | 2012 |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Source | Photo taken by Hong Kong Memory Project Team |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory Project |
Note to Copyright | Copyright owned by Hong Kong Memory Project |
Accession No. | NTW-WCH-PIC-014 |