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where is this #2
« on: Monday 06 June 22 04:35 BST (UK) »
Hello Everyone,

Ruskie suggested I upload some more items for super sleuths, so here is another from my grandparents' photo collections. These 5 photos are obviously a set as they are the same size and have the same printer's stamp on the back. After the last thread I hesitate to suggest this is Europe, though I suspect it probably is.  :) I'll put the first here and the following 4 in the next post.

Any guesses or suggestions as to where they may be would be and when they may have been taken most welcome.

Thanks all in advance.

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« Reply #1 on: Monday 06 June 22 04:39 BST (UK) »
Additional photos

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 06 June 22 04:39 BST (UK) »
And 2 more

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« Reply #3 on: Monday 06 June 22 05:04 BST (UK) »
Ooo :) goody.  ;D

The first thing I noticed in the first photo was the unusual ‘stepped’ topper on the tower on the left. Photo possibly taken from a hotel window as it’s quite a high viewpoint.

I’m not getting a country specific vibe for this series.

I’ll have a closer look and see if I can see any pointers.  :)
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 06 June 22 05:12 BST (UK) »
Ok, first guess without any proof whatsoever nor any similar images -:
Lake Geneva.  :)

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« Reply #5 on: Monday 06 June 22 05:20 BST (UK) »
Photo 1.
Those are very substantial buildings in a city - so not a Pacific Island this time. ;)
Some kind genius will come along hopefully, and lighten the first photos so we can see the decorative finishes more clearly.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 06 June 22 09:52 BST (UK) »
Bulman, DUR
Butterfield DUR & N. YKS,
Earnshaw DUR
Hopps DUR & N. YKS
Howe, Richardson,Thompson all DUR

William Thompson violin maker Bishop Auckland
William Thompson jun. Violin maker Leeds

Richardson in Bermondsey/East Ham, descendants of William Richardson b. 1820 Bishop Auckland

Berger, Fritsch, Ritschel, Pechanz, Funke, Endesfelder & others from Czechia

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« Reply #7 on: Monday 06 June 22 10:27 BST (UK) »
Quote from: fiddlerslass on Monday 06 June 22 09:52 BST (UK)
could it be Hong Kong?

It could be the same stepped tower in the opening shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fqgGjOz2d4
The old HSBC building.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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« Reply #8 on: Monday 06 June 22 10:40 BST (UK) »
I think you're absolutely right. The stepped tower looks like the HSBC building ("Third Building") opened in 1935.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Building_(Hong_Kong)

Thanks fiddlerslass - I'm obviously not well travelled enough!

Thanks too Ruskie and Neale. I probably swayed you Ruskie thinking of the last thread where I mentioned that my grandparents had travelled to Switzerland and surrounds.  ;)
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