Thursday, May 12, 2022

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Lockhart Road, Wanchai

As Wang Yu follows the baddies car away from Kellet Island the cars can be seen turning left onto Lockhart Road at the intersection with Canal Road. How do I know this is Canal Road? If you look at the right hand side of the later images you can see the red squared wall of the B.A.T factory building. Looking at aerial photos it is quite clear that the B.A.T building had a rear annex that was connected to the main building via what appears to be a walkway. This rear annex occupied the space now filled by Lockhart House on the corner of the plot demarcated by Canal Road, Jaffe Road and Lockhart Road.

Another interesting factoid is that the wikipedia page for the Bowrington Canal states it was covered over in the 1970s when the flyover was constructed, however, the aerial images from 1967 show that the covering of the canal had already been completed by then, and it looks as though it was done already for when this film was made as there appears to be no evidence of the open canal in the first image below. Sadly I can't find any images between 1964 and 1966 for that area to pin down when the covering was done. The 1963 Govt aerial images show an open canal, so it's safe to assume the canal was covered some time between 63 and 66.

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