Old days pics to share...

[Dumber]

Thanks redstorm for your contribution!! are they your original collection?

Pls continue to contribute..Thanks

[Dumb]

So you know the millionaire who built Liang Court near that street?

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[Redstorm]

Sorry, not my original collection. I found them on a local website. Brought back fond memories of my birthplace. Not many ppl can claim that the house where they lived, let alone born, is still standing. In those days, many babies were delivered at home 'cos the only maternity hospital (KK) was packed. At one stage, it held the world record for being the hospital with the most babies born in one day.

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[Redstorm]

Tan Tye Place to be precise. The court case, a very complicated one, is still pending after many decades.

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[Dumber]

its really amazing ! esp you found the pic where you were born!

[Genie47]

The first A&W was at Dunearn Rd next to the canal. It was a landmark there. Eating there is a treat. Only went there twice in my childhood. I was a tiny boy and I took the Papa Burger. I can still remember the aroma of the beef. It was real stuff. Not like today's McD's. Closest to that taste is BK now.

 

Liat Towers McD's main draw is the shakes then. Now the shakes can compare to the shakes then. It was really thick and difficult to suck up.

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[Redstorm]

I can still remember the exact spot of my house in Clarke St. Whenever I am at Clarke Quay area I always make it a point to take a look at my birthplace. Sometimes I wonder if I could approach the shop owner to seek permission to go upstairs to take a look.

[Dumber]

I would!! esp if I grew up there..you should go and take a look take some pictures as well

[Redstorm]

Not just grew up there but also delivered by a midwife there.

[Redstorm]

So you know the millionaire who built Liang Court near that street?

 

 

The street, Tan Tye Place, is where Liang Court stands. The street is named after the millionaire Tan Tye whose inheritance case drags on for decades as it is a very complicated case. The case was mentioned in the New Paper a few years back.

[Dumb]

No more Tan Tye Place.

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[Dumber]

below are some very old postcards collection

 

Tanjong Katong Villa

Raffles Hotel and Beach Road

Singapore. "Tyersall" Residence Sultan of Jahore, Singapore

Dated by hand "24 10 1901", Sri Mariamam Temple

Government house

Greetings from Singapore. St. Andrews Cathedral.Hand dated: "7-VI-1902."

Chinese Protectorate, Singapore. Postmarked April 1908. Printed in Germany

 

Greetings from Singapore. Three scenes: "Old Chinese Temple [on Telok Ayer Street]," "New Year Sports," and what seems to be a parade. Dated by hand: "1899

Singapore. Two scenes, one of a man riding an elephant and other of a home beneath palm trees. Dated in handwriting: "22 Juin 1898." Postmarked Brussels (arrival date): "23-24 Juillet 1898."

Children of different nationalities in singapore,1861

chinese woman

Amoy school, children having breakfast

Japanese woman

street scene

Kling barber and chinese vegetable seller

Malay princes

 

Siamese nurse

[Dumb]

1960s Outram Park Hock Lee Bus Station

Bugis street

Magnolia man

Shaw Building, Capitol Building

United Chinese bank, now known as UOB

 

I was told that Shaw Building had a name before that. You know?

[Dumb]

Thanks for the pic. Surprise to learn that Raffles statue was in the middle of padang.

[Dumber]

Malay kampung

postcard reads : "arrived here this morning, after a very rough passage from Adans. had a good struggle with the monsoons. Hope you are well, love Howard" dated 14th sept 1907

Cavenagh Bridge

[Dumber]

they probably shifted Stamford Raffles statue

 

no. I do not know the name before shaw.Shall check it out

[Redstorm]

Shaw Building is also known as Capitol Building. It doesn't have a previous name.

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[Dumber]

guys

 

these are history of shaw

 

http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id...20196%2042%2031

 

http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id...%2084%2093%2066