網友"桃花源"傳來舊相一輯, 並囑咐可選其中精彩的在網誌中發佈, 無以名之, 逐以''穿越時空的影像"為此輯網誌的標題, 是為記.
中環大牌檔，我懷疑這里是嘉咸街
生氣勃勃的市集
童年記憶中的小販形象 1
童年記憶中的小販形象 2
童年記憶中的小販形象 3
拜土地公
5,60年代免費教育尚未推行，兒童經常在街上連群結隊地遊蕩，他們的父母都忙於揾食, 根本無暇照顧自己的子女
香港仔的漁民子弟
父子情，我很喜歡男人穿著的那雙長白襪和鞋(又或者是水靴)，這讓他看起來很精神煥發
琳瑯滿目的大牌檔，真教人難以選擇
5,60年代非常盛行的街邊寫信佬
街邊小販，我真的很想知道那五仙賣的是什麼？
街頭市集，我真的很喜歡這種舊街風情
舊街風情
碼頭苦力
香港仔的舊樓，留意右邊哥喇汽水的招牌
位於香港仔大街的精緻洋房，此排洋房已被拆卸, 留意左邊"shell"的招牌
60年代德輔道中。左邊是太子大廈，右邊是渣打銀行和匯豐銀行
60年代遮打道，從畢打行望向對面街的告羅士打行及連卡佛百貨公司
雨夜霓虹燈顯得份外淒迷，這里是皇后大道中
雲咸街的人力車車站，右邊是娛樂戲院，注意戲院商場內的模漢百貨公司, 5,60年代模漢在尖沙咀的總店甚為著名, 專賣貴價來路貨
雲咸街的人力車車站，左邊是娛樂戲院. 留意拿著水煙筒的男人, 那水煙筒雖然形似鴉片煙槍, 但我不信他敢於光天化日下拿著鴉片煙槍在中環招搖過市, 另外還要注意右邊的轎，我相信這張照片拍攝於50年代末至60年代初，轎幾乎已絕跡
域多利皇后街的人力車伕，左邊是中央街市
60年代初中環閣麟街
真的有一種穿越時空,仿如隔世的感覺～
回覆刪除Yes, viewing old photos never fail to amaze me, the atmosphere of the old time do have a special charisma that make one feel so very enchanted~~
刪除小販形象( 1 )==見到有二箱新奇士橙,不禁想起以前的橙味,
回覆刪除現在甚麼牌子都無橙味,時空也倒退了.
Not only oranges, I am afraid that most of the foods on our dinner table have lost its original taste, as 90% of them came from supermarkets, what "freshness" and "originality" can you dare to expect?
刪除I agreed with you .
刪除皆因土地,空氣,水源受污染和科學化用料加速成長,
所以食乜無乜味.
I suppose, this is the price to pay for rapid development, both in terms of economy prosperity and the consequence of population explosion. In any case, the mathematical increment of food supply can never catch up with the exponential growth in population, no matter how fast technology advances~~
刪除水煙筒跟鴉片烟槍分別很大,完全不相同,曾於六十年代在元朗,去過烟格,水烟筒係基層工人,如苦力,三輪車夫,人力車夫,棧莊伙記嘅恩物,咱同村叔父係永樂街棧莊做時,老豆晚上去同佢傾偈,兩人梗係輪流吸食,又曾經跌親,又瘀又痛,哈,用大碌足水煙筒裡頭的煙水,一茶就止痛去瘀,好神奇,佢地話的煙火可以用嚟救命喎!
回覆刪除而家,僑居地唐人街仲有得賣噃,都幾多老外買嘅,可能用嚟吸大麻!呢邊買大麻同可卡因易過買菜,仲有舖頭開明車馬賣吸食工具,好鬼靚㗎,唔敢帶返家鄉,目前話仲係禁毒,但係冇差人理,上到法庭一定冇辦法定罪,定罪都好少要𠳝監,同家鄉好唔同!你係英國留學都應該知,西方國家毒品好泛濫,難攪!
大麻味道到處有,聞聞吓,都幾鍾意枕大麻味,真係聞咗成個人醒咗啲㗎!
我早些時候從報紙讀人則新聞; 加拿大聯邦衛生部一項預定在4月1日生效的新法例，將全面禁止私人種植藥用大麻，不過溫哥華聯邦法院一位法官上周五裁定，目前持有合法種植藥用大麻牌照的人士，可以繼續在寓所種植藥用大麻，直到一項挑戰有關法例的訴訟有結果為止。該聯邦法官也裁定，目前可合法藏有大麻人士，可繼續藏有最多150克大麻以供自用. 加拿大對大麻的管制果然寬鬆. 又，當我在英國留學時，住在隔壁房間的同學經常抽大麻，並多次建議我應試試，但我成長於一個家教相當森嚴的家庭，所以儘管非常好奇, 但最終仍是不敢嘗試，，不過，我同意你的說法，大麻煙有種非常奇怪的味道，每當他在他房間抽大麻時,我都聞到一股很奇怪的氣道~~
刪除全面禁止私人種植藥用大麻是因為政府決定為了避免太多爭奪大麻而產生的罪案,(每月都有死人,槍殺等等),政府因而判給一些"藥廠"用統一標準種植,從而官賣而已,從此可正式發售!有政府人士更揚言海洛英官賣!如今,大埠係派針筒同埋設有吸毒休息室給"道友",真係好鬼人權同民主㗎!
刪除It really is a debatable case, should marijuana be legalized so that the supply is controlled by the government hence diminishes the crimes evolved from within? I suppose the 3 main vices, prostitution, gamble and drugs are the forever problems that any government have to face, and mere suppression cannot make them go away. In fact, many western countries have, in one way or another, legalized the former 2, and I am seeing a trend that restriction on less serve drugs ( eg marijuana) will be lifted in the not too distance future, as calls to remove sanction to such drugs are getting high~~
刪除又打錯字,上段煙火實為"煙水"至啱!"鎖嚟",細仔係僑居地讀中學時,曾經同咱講過,有同學食果啲咁嘅野,唔少人添噃,好在佢冇"上"咗呢課!
回覆刪除I am so glad that your son was able to resist such temptation. In fact, in western countries, having had the experience of smoking marijuana was regarded as an important criteria judging whether he/she has entered the adulthood. Steve jobs once remarked that his hippies days ( including smoking pots, of course) was an important period of his life when he came to realise who in fact he really was~~~
刪除睇到呢輯相,諗到小販,小販同大牌檔,其實對"基層"嚟講,係一條出路,唔知阿乜水,係末代港督時發咗狂咁"趕盡殺絕"大牌檔同小販,咁,香江歲月又少一環"好嘢",基層又少咗出路。
回覆刪除有樣嘢又好鬼騎嚟,呢兩三年,僑居地大埠猛咁鼓勵街邊"大牌檔",家陣大埠條條街都有大牌檔,好鬼舊香港"飛耳濡(Feel)"今年仲開放銀行區街道,鼓勵同叫人做小販噃,奇呢!
幾前"民怨"冇咁犀利同多小販多大牌檔有關係㗎,因為好多人搵到生活呀嗎!
It is not a secret that the reason why Government is so harsh to hawkers is because it is under pressure of gigantic property developers and sizeable shopping malls, if street-side hawkers flourishes, the rental value of their malls will be diminished as tenants businesses will be affected thus having a detrimental effect on the rents, to make things worst, people will tend to go to the street and be hawkers as they dont have to pay sky high rents. For these reasons Consortium will do everything they can, including exerting pressure to the Government to do away with hawkers~~~
回覆刪除如今大埠市府剛跟家鄉理念相反,就專門在最黃金地段設"大牌檔"(其實係食店小卡車,好鬼靚㗎,賣老番快餐,日本快食同埋䓤油餅北佬嘢等),發牌及管理都有程序,如果投到牌,發達㗎!
刪除大埠本身馬路都好窄,同家鄉差唔多,家鄉以前有啲雪糕車,雪糕三輪車等等,都冇乜阻交通,其實都可以諗下!
有冇留意,啲懷舊相裡頭嘅人物,神態都係好淡然,平和,淡淡的,安穩的,好奇怪,家陣呢啲淡然"冇晒",路上行人都係有種唔知點形容嘅"壓迫"感!細佬每次回鄉,路上,地𨯒上,巴士上都見到有人喃喃自語,有人眉頭打晒縐!
啲懷舊相裡頭嘅人物,神態都係好淡然,平和,淡淡的,安穩的, Now you say it, I do have the same feeling, I suppose there is are significant differences between the people then, and the people now, and one of the major difference is mindset, ie the people at that time were much more easily satisfied, they have to struggle for living everyday, and many of them were survivors of the great war, so much so that they were happy with very simple and even impoverished livelihood, as long as they are now safe and is confident that they will not be starved to death tomorrow should they work hard today, what more need to ask for?In nutshell, I think they have already"睇化晒". I believe their kind of cognition is unthinkable for today's Hong Kongers~~
刪除50-60s一班兒童張相片,
回覆刪除這位男孩衣著和髮型跟我以前一模一樣,
很有懷舊feel啊 !
Haha, so do I, what they wore, and they way they look resembles to those of my peers in my childhood too~~
刪除Hawker---Uncle 賣的可能係生果之類,
回覆刪除因為木頭車上有鐡線圍住,
五仙一 個沙梨 or 雪梨,
當年生活模式是這樣,我是否很聰明 ?
I think so, from the very limited clues ( the rim of his trolley) I believe he was selling fruits, apples, oranges, pears or the like, and yes, you are so clever as to be able to deduce from the circumstances, although I believe you weren't a post 60s~~
刪除FU哥講起沙梨,好似又係記憶,家陣唔多覺又唔多流行,往普多是酸甜腌品,所謂"鹹濕野"也,的小販叫做鹹酸佬,以前,,,,,好耐嘅以前,中環兵頭花園大堂果便入口,有一長期"鹹酸佬"係度擺賣,啲酸芥菜,蕎頭,馬蹄,尤其酸芥菜,落啲芥辣,嘩,醒神!啲行咇差人大多時間單埋隻眼,唔多理,但係耐不耐,佢就要自動"献身",有重要日子,佢地又會叫佢識做,自動消失,果陣時,"警民關係"好唔錯㗎!
刪除如今有一位數以億萬身家女大款,好多時都會多謝幾個行咇差人放佢生路至有今日,就係"灣仔碼頭水餃"創辦人咯!
Uncle On 這段回憶,又想起童年每日零用錢花費於幫襯單車雪糕佬或士多,
刪除去買雪凍南華李,沙梨,波蘿,蘋果等等生果,每件五仙,
已經很滿足及令人回味了.
Uncle On's description of "鹹酸佬" really brought back sweet memory, I remember when I was a kid, my mom sometimes would take me and my brothers to Victoria Park. At that time there was a children playground by the entrance and we loved to play the see saw and things while my mom sat in the pavilion and rest. The same as Botanic Garden, there was a "鹹酸佬" stationed near to the entrance and sold all kinds of preserved vegetables. What can I say, I have the same liking as yours, the 酸芥菜 , same as you, I used to put on mustard and sesame , such refreshing taste still lingers till now (btw, I havent come across any 鹹酸佬 in the street for a long time)~~
刪除以上有張"牛雜麵檔",風味十足! 因制作牛雜程序多,現如找一間牛雜麵檔都有難度,我記憶以前西環北街近吉直街,也有一間雲吞&牛雜麵檔.
回覆刪除Its not easy to find a genuine "牛雜麵檔" nowadays, and I think you are right, the process of preparing offal are far too complicated, hence not cost effective in today's economy situation ( wages too high). I cant remember the 雲吞&牛雜麵檔 you mentioned above, do you remember the name of the stall? The most famous, and in my opinion most tasty粥麵鋪 was 桃園 ( cant remember if they sold 牛雜 now) situated by the end of Belcher Street, of course it was closed long time ago~~
刪除"桃園" 這名字有點印象,但有點模糊!童年時西環有很多大排檔,值得我們回憶,在街上大排檔食東西時,碰到街坊&朋友邀請他們坐下食點東西&聊聊天,碰到朋友多時,由細檯 轉了大檯,那時感覺街坊人情味很濃! 現大排檔進了地鋪,街上經過的街坊都看不見了,除非坐近店鋪門口才看到,大排檔是以前街坊交際的特式地方,在這裡食到風味食品,看到人情味,友情等等,以前時常跟波友,同學,朋友到大排檔聊聊天,大聲說細聲笑,感覺很"正".
刪除Haha,, can I invite you to browse my earlier blogs such as 西環的舊食肆, 西環的舊餐廳 as well as 童年美食(1), (2), (3) etc? in them i have had a rather detail account of old sai wan food stalls as well as restaurants to which I believe you must be quite familiar with~~
刪除作者已經移除這則留言。
刪除會看"童年美食(1), (2), (3)",回味一翻童年所吃,現西環只剩下"祥香"一寶,在老址,童年美食大部份消失了!只能回憶!
刪除Its such a natural development as, even before the MTR west line isoperational, the old kaifong style restaurants are almost replaced by those Lan Kwan Fong type of eateries which are now so very flourishing around the vicinity~~
刪除作者已經移除這則留言。
回覆刪除in the good olg days people are much happier and cares about each other
回覆刪除thanks to you in giving us back those old old memories
thanks a lot
Yes, I sure do miss the times when people were kinder, easier. Come to think of it as, life was slower and all so mellow, the winter was warmer, the grass was greener, the sky was bluer and, smiles were brighter, no doubt I am a died hard nostalgic~~
刪除打錯字, 唔識改, 總之多謝晒
回覆刪除1st picture should be 中環陳泗記大排檔 士丹利街 入
http://www.weshare.hk/uploads/12665/WIwIQrT_9sCkory7nZ8OiA.jpg
Thank you so much, its very likely~~
刪除大排檔牛雜==又再次令人回味,皆因現時沒有新鮮牛雜,
回覆刪除只有急凍大陸貨,傳統師傅買少見少,做不出以前風味,
因為去年曾經在潮州食店做買手.
my worry is that, 10, 20 years from now, all we can get from the market ( if there is still any left) can only provide frozen poultry, fresh meat ( of any kind) will be vanished once and for all in the name of public health~~
刪除讀各位的留言也是樂趣.
回覆刪除That is exactly my feeling too, I sure hope my net friends will leave their comments, in whatever aspect they feel like it ~~
刪除Few photos--Female hawkers.
回覆刪除60s 媽媽一有空閒,就會做一些小食,在樓下擺買,
刻苦耐勞,很有創意力,全心全意為家庭及建樹香港,
否則無昨日的香港.
Really? wow! your childhood experience is really a true mirror reflection of the very laborious Hong Kongers in the 60s to 70s. Mind tell me more about what your mother made? and how she sold them as hawker? I am really interested~~
刪除爸爸媽媽都是四邑開平人,記憶中做家鄉食品,
刪除如榚點,煎堆,糭孑之類,將食品放在大鐵盆內,
再擺在木箱上,大聲叫一毫乜,五仙乜,
就是那麼簡單.
That really is such a vivid memory of 60s life, we all work hard, in one way or another to make ends meet, but in a optimistic manner, no ones complaining, at least we never gave up hope and blame it on the Government~~
刪除萬宜大廈在砵典乍街的左邊: 中央街市之東是域多利皇后街, 右邊是租庇利街。
回覆刪除Thank you for your information~~
刪除But you hasn't changed the street name under the picture yet. (砵典乍街的人力車伕，左邊是中央街市) was wrong.
刪除You are right, the illustration has been updated accordingly, thank you~~
刪除那土地公在上环太平山街夾磅巷, 我番小學時每早必經之地, 那里滿天神佛, 神鹊占卦, 济公廟,水月宮,打小人等乜都有
回覆刪除I sometimes would take a stroll along Tai Ping Shan Street and climb up the stairs to walk to Bridges Street, I believe this is the last frontier of old Hong Kong where you can still find traces of the colonial remains, both in Chinese and Western styles~~
刪除舊街風情摄於樓梯街夾摩囉上街的弓弦巷, 街坊叫作竹树坡, 右面之石壁猶在, 其他建築己蕩然無存矣.
回覆刪除Thank you so much for your information~~
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