Old days pics to share...

[Themuse]

[Themuse]

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[Whiteblackred]

haha..relive the memories, be thankful for the present and embrace the future. 10yrs later i'm still quite young man..might not even have a kid yet. haha! probably 20years later..then i got the chance to relay all these to someone else.

[Vit4wd]

Great pictures that brought back memories.

 

Credit must be given to the govt for bringing S'pore to what it is today. You look at some neighbouring countries that are still living in the 60s and 70s.

 

If not for a competent govt, S'pore would still be a 3rd world country today.

[Dumber]

Happy Lunar new year to everyone!

 

more pics to share...old pics make me ponder how CNY was like in old days

 

Chinatown, five foot way

 

street stalls in Chinatown

 

 

 

Festive season

 

 

Sago Lane, was known for its death houses, a place where the terminally ill and dying waited out their last days. Despite such depressing conditions, the dying still had to pay for their food, lodging and medicine. At this gallery, you will see the setting for a funeral and a moving story of a woman who lost her husband at the tender age of 21. Coolies, amahs and samsui women dominated these death houses. Being single, some did not want to be a burden to their friends in death while others did not have anywhere else to go.

[Dumber]

History of streets

 

Sago street

It was believed that there were many sago factories in this area in the past and that the street was named after them. Sago is used in food, especially puddings and grown in tropical areas. The Cantonese called this street Little Temple Street after a temple built there in 1895, called the Da Bo Gong. This area was also known for its death houses where the terminally ill and dying went to wait for their eventual death. Shops around these houses sold joss sticks, candles and other paraphernalia related to funerals.

 

Smith street

Many believe that the street got its name from the smiths or smithying trade, ie tin smiths. However, it probably derived its name from Sir Ceil Clementi Smith who was involved in Chinese affairs and was behind establishing law and order among Chinese secret societies.

 

Pagoda street

The name originated from the Sri Mariamman temple on the corner of the street. The high tower called the Gopuram in Tamil looked like a pagoda and therefore the road was named after it.

 

Neil road

Names after a British hero in the Indian Mutiny in 1857 which took place in Calcutta, India. The mutiny arose as a revolt against British rule in India and the ill-treating of the Indian soldiers. Other roads similarly named were Outram and Havelock Roads.

 

Ann Siang Hill

Ann Siang Hill was originally known as Scotts Hill after Charles Scott who owned the land and grew nutmegs there. When he died, the land was sold to Chia Ann Siang who was born in Melaka in 1832.

 

Telok Ayer

Telok Ayer in Malay means - street by the bay . It was once Singapores Southeast shoreline before reclamation turned it into a bay.

 

Temple street

The official name for Temple Street was Almeida Street. The land belonged to Joaquim Almeida, son of Jose Almeida, a well-known pioneer. Joaquim Almeida was a doctor on a Portuguese ship and when his ship passed Singapore in 1819, he saw the island and liked it. He returned in 1825 and set up a clinic and shop. He later branch into setting up a trading firm selling Portuguese and Chinese goods and made his fortune.

This street was also the concentration for Teochews.

 

North Bridge road

The bridge refers to the former Thomson Bridge across the Singapore River. J.T. Thomson was a colonial Surveyor, (Thomson Road is named after him). The bridgewas rebuilt and renamed Elgin Bridge in the 1920s. The road located south of the Bridge was known as South Bridge Road and the road North of the Bridge was named North Bridge Road.

 

Amoy Street

Amoy is the European term for Xiamen, the great maritime port in Fujian province,China. Fujian was the departure point for many of the immigrants to Singapore.

 

Fullerton road

Fullerton Road was named after Robert Fullerton, the first Governor of the Straits Settlement from 1826 - 1830. In 1826, the British East India Company formed the Straits Settlement comprising Penang, Malacca and Singapore. In 1830, the Straits Settlement came under the administration of the British East India Company in Calcutta, India. The Straits Settlements became a British Crown Colony in 1867.

 

Hill street

The street was so named as the road is at the foot of Fort Canning Hill. Hill Street was known as Ong Ke Swa Ka (literally hill of the foot of the king) to the local Chinese as it was where the first Government House stood.

[Nutty]

Old Adamn Road Hawker Centre

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Old Jalan Kayu Kampong

 

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Bus along North Bridge Road just outside Panasonic showroom

 

 

 

Paya Lebar Bus Company ticket. Notice how they translate 5-cent into chinese. Interesting...

 

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These pics are taken in Lorong Chuan in the 60s.

 

 

 

[Dumber]

thanks for the contributions

 

Serangoon Road - British Surrender

Lieut-General Yamashita Seen Somewhere In The War Front

Japanese Troops Storming Into Johore Bahru Locomotive

 

Front View Of British Surrender Party Arriving At Ford Motors

 

 

Massacre at British Military Hospital, Alexandra [/color]

10:00 a.m. Saturday, 14th February 1942. The "British Military Hospital, Alexandra" was caught in a heavy crossfire between the Japanese and the British forces. The hospital was hit by shells from both sides. There were about 900 patients and members of staff in the hospital at that time. Most of the patients were British servicemen.

This was the day on which the Japanese initiated their capture and massacre of patients and medical staff at the Alexandra British Military Hospital.

The first Japanese troops arrived at the hospital at about 2:00 p.m, claiming that they had been fired upon from the hospital by machine guns manned by Indian troops. They charged through the hospital grounds, killing a British officer who had gone out, waving a white flag, to meet them.

Then, bursting into the main building, they charged deliberately from room to room, bayoneting everyone they encountered. Breaking into the operating theatre, the Japanese killed the patient as he laid, defenceless on an operating table, as well as everyone in that fateful room An estimated 150 were killed in this initial rampage through the hospital.

The Japanese then gathered about 200 survivors from throughout the hospital and crammed them into the old servants' quarters behind the main building. The cries of the wounded were ignored. Throughout the day, groups of survivors were taken out and executed. Denied food and water, some died later that night. Only about five of the 200 original survivors lived long enough to tell of this massacre at the Alexandra British Military Hospital on 14th February 1942.

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[Dumber]

old ford factory in Singapore

 

 

 

The Ford Motor Factory began its illustrious history in October 1941, as the first Ford vehicle assembly plant in Southeast Asia. Situated in a location close to the Malayan railway line, it allowed for transportation of goods to and from the docks at Tanjong Pagar. Its close proximity to Bukit Timah Road, the main road linking Singapore to Malaya, and ultimately to the rest of mainland Southeast Asia, also provided an alternate transport route.

During the Malayan Campaign, the Factory

[Dumb]

Simply nostagic Keep them coming.

 

Any pic of seaside at Katong Park and Marine Parade?

[Dumber]

Little boy lighting firecrack during Lunar New year at kampong in Lorong Kinchir, off Lorong Chuan, 1963

Singapore

[Redstorm]

Haw Par Villa , 1963

 

As late as the 60s, before land reclaimation, the beach was just beside the main road right infront of Haw Par Villa.

[Dumb]

For your info, A&W was in KL before coming to Sg. I had root beer in KL in 1972.

[Dumber]

Oh ! I remember the last A&W branch was at Clementi and Bedok central ?

 

the curly fries and root beer with float

 

For KFC, it opened its first restaurant in 1977 in Singapore, Somerset.

 

For MacDonald. it opened its first restaurant in Oct 1979 in Singapore, Liat Towers