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Those of us who "hike" must all have passed, at some time or other, along Black's Link. Has anyone given serious thought to how this pathway from Magazine Gap to Wongneichong Gap came to be named? Who was Black? It is believed that the pathway in question was completed about 35 years ago, though an older hillside track probably existed before that, and formed a link with the Tytam area from the Peak, in the days before the motor road, continuing to Repulse Bay, was even thought of.

To digress for a moment, it should be mentioned that the pathway from Wongneichong village (now Blue Pool Road) going up to Wongneichong Gap, then on to the reservoirs at Tytam, and beyond towards Stanley, is one of the oldest suburban roads on the island, having been built within three years of the founding of the Colony. In an old chronicle of 1844, it is recorded that there had just been completed a good road from Happy Valley (as it is now known) over the hills to Tytam Bay and on to what is now named Stanley, where troops were quartered at the time.

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ROADS Those of us who "hike" must all have passed, at some time or other, along Black's Link. Has anyone given serious thought to how this pathway from Magazine Gap to Wongneichong Gap came to be named? Who was Black? It is believed that the pathway in question was completed about 35 years ago, though an older hillside track probably existed before that, and formed a link with the Tytam area from the Peak, in the days before the motor road, continuing to Repulse Bay, was even thought of. To digress for a moment, it should be mentioned that the pathway from Wongneichong village (now Blue Pool Road) going up to Wongneichong Gap, then on to the reservoirs at Tytam, and beyond towards Stanley, is one of the oldest suburban roads on the island, having been built within three years of the founding of the Colony. In an old chronicle of 1844, it is recorded that there had just been completed a good road from Happy Valley (as it is now known) over the hills to Tytam Bay and on to what is now named Stanley, where troops were quartered at the time. 33 875

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ROADS Those of us who "hike" must all he ve passed, at some time or other, along Black's Link. Has anyone given serious thought to how this pathway from Magazine Gap to Wongneichong Gap came to be named? Who was Black? It is believed that the pathway in question was completed about 35 years ago, though an older hillside track probably existed before that, end formed a link with the Tytam area from the Peak, in the days before the motor road, continuing to Repulse Bay, was even thought of. To digress for a moment, it should be mentioned that the pathway from Wongneishong village (now Blue Pool Road) going up to Wongneiohong Gap, then on to the reservoirs at Tytam, and beyond towards Stanley, is one of the oldest suburban roads on the island, having been built within three years of the founding of the Colony. In an old chronicle of 1844, it is recorded that there had just been completed a good road from Happy Valley (as it is now known) over the hills to Tytam Bay end on to what is now named Stanley, where troops were quartered at the time. 33 875

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Those of us who "hike" must all he ve passed, at some time or other, along Black's Link. Has anyone given serious thought to how this pathway from Magazine Gap to Wongneichong Gap came to be named? Who was Black? It is believed that the pathway in question was completed about 35 years ago, though an older hillside track probably existed before that, end formed a link with the Tytam area from the Peak, in the days before the motor road, continuing to Repulse Bay, was even thought of.

To digress for a moment, it should be mentioned that the pathway from Wongneishong village (now Blue Pool Road) going up to Wongneiohong Gap, then on to the reservoirs at Tytam, and beyond towards Stanley, is one of the oldest suburban roads on the island, having been built within three years of the founding of the Colony. In an old chronicle of 1844, it is recorded that there had just been completed a good road from Happy Valley (as it is now known) over the hills to Tytam Bay end on to what is now named Stanley, where troops were quartered at the time.

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