The Scavengers -Vince Edwards (1958) - View from Penha Hill, Macau

When I fist saw this next scene it immediately brought to memory a location mystery that cropped upon Gwulo many years ago and had us all scratching our heads. If you follow that link and read the comments you'll see we had a hard time reconciling it with anywhere in Hong Kong despite the fact that the image's original title had it located in Hong Kong. I guess it's a good lesson in how you should always treat any photo description with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Suffice to say it was eventually located thanks to an local discussion forum called Uwants which I have used myself in the past when looking for older images of obscure areas in Kowloon and Hong Kong.

This is a now very much changed southwest view from Penha Hill in Macau looking towards a cluster of islands that have now been absorbed into the Zhuhai mainland next to Macau. The low, stone wall of the Penha Church courtyard is quite obvious in this image (and it remains the same to this day). It wouldn't surprise me at all if the stone bench seen bottom right is one of the ones still there today.