Corgan Neutral Newbie February 14, 2007 Share February 14, 2007 (edited) this was still ard some yrs back rite? Edited February 14, 2007 by Corgan ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 Amah with little girl, 1967 Changi junior school, 1966 kampung days ,1967 Haw Par Villa , late 50s sgt mess RAF changi, stamps 1957 before Malaya was granted independence from Britain sembawang gate Rotheram Gate at the other end of the Naval Base singapore river chinatown, 1960 singapore airport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 (edited) Chong pang junction 1968 Edited February 15, 2007 by Dumber Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 AA motor in 60s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider 3rd Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 The bldg with vertical window and strips looks very familiar....I think its still around. Maybe in Boat Quay area... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 very nice !!!!! keep the pics flowing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfpoon Clutched February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 nice pictures...some of them look like JB today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 Xmas...the xmas tree seems to drop many leaves Chua Chu Kang Road outside the base in the direction of Bukit Panjang mess, RAF Tengah in 1963. Female manual worker from china, dubbed "Concrete Nannies" so called because they adopted kids from poorer families and did manual work. The money was used to give the adopted kids a good education. The hats worn were usually red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty 4th Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 Looks like a street near Jalan Besar... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyz 5th Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 Very intresting photo...still trying to figure out where is Chua Chu Kang Road outside the base in the direction of Bukit Panjang. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 could the base be Tengah airbase? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 R N Wireless station Kranji Singapore River, 1968 street scene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 (edited) sorry..after some searching...what appears as Choa chu kang road today is near CCK cemetery..CCK road is along Tengah airbase.. but CCK is actually quite long...it also links to Keat hong camp Edited February 15, 2007 by Dumber Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 Morning Coffee, Dover Rd, Bus Stop, Singapore 1966 Kent Bowl and Cinema. Dover Rd, Singapore. 1968 Orchard road, 1968 Bugis street Hock Lam Street A side street between North Bridge Road and Hill Street. Queen street Mt Faber Bras Basah Road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty 4th Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 Last time they label the roads as大马路，二马路 三马路 四马路 etc... Anyone know their mapping to current roads? Eg.. North Bridge Road = ?, Victoria Street = ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 (edited) Nices pix. These got me going on my search for more details on Sago Lane. I have heard a lot of the d.houses and I find it so bizarre. Below is the link of the write up and some old pix of such houses. http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001971/S...0/Skerly10.html Edited February 15, 2007 by Silver_blade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear February 15, 2007 Share February 15, 2007 Great article circa 1972. Things were simpler then. Now we are getting out of the looking after the aged parents scenario. We have to build our own retirement funds now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumber Neutral Newbie February 15, 2007 Author Share February 15, 2007 nice ! Sago street was also known as " dead people street" as in hokkien..the street was all funeral palours..coffins..necessarities for funeral...similar like today's sin ming ..the lane where funeral wakes are held ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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