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A Day by the Pool in Kaochiau – Remembering When Gaoqiao was worth visiting….

Posted: May 4th, 2016 | No Comments »

For anyone who knows the horror of Pudong it’s rather hard to imagine the suburb of Gaoqiao (home to the ridiculous Holland Village among other monstrosities) as a popular resort location though some of the old (Song Dynasty) town still manages to survive. But it was, in the 1930s, for humidity weary Shanghailanders…just fifteen minutes from the sweltering Settlement…but here are the pictures to prove it….in the days when a little trip Pootung-side to Kaochiau was worth the drive….(click to enlarge)

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Here’s Gaoqiao in 1937 – shortly before the bombs rained down on Shanghai in that last sweltering summer of peace in the city…

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