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Those single storey terrace houses in your pic were completely gone.

 

Those old HDB double and single storey terrace houses with enclosed gardens and some gardens are large like private houses are not part of Kim Keat Rd. They are more in Jln Bahagia and Jln Mamor and they exist before those single storey houses shown in your pic. They were sold long before Toa Payoh was developed. They were not for re-settlement cases.

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Ok..At least there is a picture of the SJI courtyard...

 

The pic of the courtyard is not part of the 1929 album by the same person. May be the photographer was from SJI. That why he did not take pic of it.

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From St Margaret Sch at Sophia Rd, go further uphill and you will find Mt Emily swimming pool. Was that the first public swimming pool?

 

Willow Sec Sch is or was near Cedar Sch. My friend's family was a jaga in that sch. I envied him for living in the sch quarter with huge huge compound.

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Mei Chin Secondary School........I hav my Highway Code Test there...... [rolleyes]

 

Vaguely remember my first highway code test was oral at maxwell road in one of the historic bldgs that appeared as pic #3. Few years later, re-took the paper test in the evening at Mei Chin Sec Sch.

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Willow Sec Sch is or was near Cedar Sch. My friend's family was a jaga in that sch. I envied him for living in the sch quarter with huge huge compound.

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where is Willow sec?

 

I notice there are many old schools which are already demolished long ago or no longer exist

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I broke my record when I down-ed 8 cans of Tiger Beer at the NCO Club during SISPEC end of course celebrations.

 

I'm not really a drinker, so that was an achievement for me. [laugh]

 

Ahh... all the memories of the NCO club.

 

SAF NCO club. I enjoyed many a cheap beer there. Pity beer no more. [thumbsdown]

 

The Fiat 600 was super fast for such a small car. Rear engined 600cc only.

 

 

I was member of the Club for $2 per annum after completing national service. Can't drink, so made use of the pool and tombola only and bought duty free beer for friends. The bldg has an earlier name when it was under the British. You know the name?

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I was member of the Club for $2 per annum after completing national service. Can't drink, so made use of the pool and tombola only and bought duty free beer for friends. The bldg has an earlier name when it was under the British. You know the name?

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it was named Britannia club before NCO club. The club was used for Brtish services men and family.

 

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Those were the days. Used to go there for satay when I was a child [thumbsup][thumbsup] . After we would run all over the park. Opposite was the padang, a favourite place, including esplanade and compound of St Andrew's Church, in the evening for copulating couples.

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Thanks for the info. Yes Britannia Club. Was also there for a xmas party when I was a kid. My dad worked for the British Army.

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can't rmbr much coz i was very young then..

 

think she was sitting at the back of class in front of sm cupboards engrossed with school work when she n anthr classmate saw a pair of legs walk past. N there was absolutely no space for any1 to squeeze thru. Both freaked out n ran out of the classroom. she fell ill soon after but luckily recovered lor..

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