Hong Kong children's party 1953 香港 五六十年代

[bbbb1015]

睇到D小朋友攞住碗飯個樣好開心好滿足,,個 個年代既細路仔雖然窮但係我覺得真係好正..

[iloveup3up4]

Ha Ha 學校有奶粉派的年代.

[siuwahchan]

Mr. Rogge;

So many times we say this "great", or" Awesome" and so many vocabularies have lost their essence, that I speechless. Thanks A Million and God Bless!

[MichaelRogge]

@siuwahchan Thanks and carry on giving your comments. Friends of mine organised this party.

[connie59do]

My mother told me one of the happiest thing during her childhood beside having her mother by her side was a cup of milk and a biscuit she get from church monthly. I remember going to a sponsored fair like this in choi hung estate in the early 80s. Back in the days a little plastic piggy bank I won from the fair kept me happy for months. Nowadays my little niece won't stop whining until she gets the latest toy she sees on TV and it just be days before she nag for another toy.

[yusiana12]

Nice..... to see so many happy Children. thank you.

[ChineseinCanada]

Wow, my mom was born in HK in 1953, and my dad was 2 yrs old when this vid was taken

[gardener2002]

a bottle of soft drink was a dream when i was a kid in those days. i can see that half piece of salted egg in the bowl they got, it was delicious especially the yolk. btw the only show i could watch by then was the one on the street that sold chinese medicine or snacks. there were circles of audience.

[noellecms]

A huge influx from mainland China after the Communist took over made a lot of homeless and hungry kids. I was born in 62. This reminds me of a lot of stories my mother and my elder brother and sisters told me.

[lampeterlam]

Simply excellent and touching! Could be a very good material for teaching the Hong Kong children today of how to treasure their life and what they have already owned. Children living in those hard old days were much more easily to be contented: just a bowl of rice or a bottle of pop could fill them with great joy. Unlike the children who live in a more affluent world today, they wouldn't feel depressed so often nor would have ever thought of committing suicide. They were poor yet blessed.

[pluto1930]

相對以前的小朋友,現在這一代的小朋友真的非常幸福了.

[googlebly]

一粟一飯, 當思來處不易.

半絲半縷，恆念物力維艱.

於富足豐饒的今天, 大家應心存感激.

知所惜福.

[googlebly]

Mr. Rogge, Long time no talk! This is an educational clip that the kids of today in those richer countries should take a look. Materialism ruined all kinds of people of the world. More, more, and more!!! What a shame to most of us. By the way, the background music has made this clip a remarkable piece of retrospect. Salute to you once again!

[woohayeah]

Micheal, thanks for your video, i show it to my mother, and she say she maybe one of the kids that day, she wonder how can you keep the video in this good condition, and she spend another hour to see all your video, it bring a lot old family story for us at the next few day.........BTW, many thanks to you and give me a chance to the old wanchai before I born !!! ^^

[yannigk]

wonderful film!

[5282A]

These kids would be my parents age. It was a time of simplicity and its amazing how a bottle of soft drink lit up their faces. We've surely come a long way from then. Thanks for sharing a bygone era with us.

[arthurson2]

this is the year my mother was born.

[mydoggie]

Excellent touching movie. Thanks for sharing. Yes, looks like Wanchai. Could it be Southorn Playground?

[MichaelRogge]

I see that we only differ a year in age, so the scenes I took should be very familiar to you. You are from HK so you would know best where this children's party was held. I remember distincly that it was in Wanchai. So it may well be the Southern Playground. I wonder whether it is still there?

[bobchewaing]

Hello Mr. Rogge,

Is Christmas today ! Merry Christmas.

Thank you for your kindness. You donated so much time and efforts for the needy children. This was good karma and after 55 years you still sharing this wonderful Hong Kong history with us. You really is a scholar.

[Bouncybon]

Yes, Michael - the playground was still there a few years ago when I was in Wanchai again. By the way, like you, I thought it was Southern Playground. In fact, I discovered that the correct spelling is 'Southorn'.

This archive film is a very important treasure of that time in the history of Hong Kong. The dear children are so happy with their meal. It is so touching. Yes, I am sure many of them grew up to better things.

[Roodosutaa]

@MichaelRogge I'm only 30 but I don't remember Southorn Playground ever had a roof and concrete pillars? Maybe it did in the 50s - could be a school playgound perhaps

[hotbloodchris]

it's still there.... but become a resting place for the elderlies, football pitch for middle-aged football players and some young Eurasian basketball players...

[MichaelRogge]

@hotbloodchris Thanks for letting me and other viewers know!

[hotchocolatification]

Dear SIr / Madame,

Thank you for sharing this clip with us. I am a 1980's baby born in Hong Kong but however, it is time for me to find my root. As Hong Kong seems foreign to me since I have backed to Hong Kong for holiday from England last year.

Regards from a 1980's girl, England

[leefaichai]

michael, thanks a lot!

[bobchewaing]

It appears the stadium was in Wan Chai. The double happiness Dim Sum tea house was just across the road. Children were contented with so little. A good lesson for us.

[maidestone]

So nice to see so many innocent faces shining with anticipation and happiness.