Charlie Wiskey

Wonderful. I remember the excitement in early September 1962, as my wife and I flew in as passengers in a Bristol Britannia, during the evening. The sight of Hong Kong lit up was stunning. We stayed in Kowloon for two years. For the first year, we lived in a flat in Grampian Road, on the final approach to Kai Tak and aircraft passed over every few minutes, with only 50ft to spare over our roof. They only had 35ft to spare over the last house in the road and before we arrived a washing line was taken off the roof by an aircraft. Washing lines were then banned!!