Check out these oohs and aarhs:
http://www.nowhere.per.sg/?p=215
Here's a link that promises an avalanche of oohs and aarhs for those who have lived through the days of Hock Lam Street, Haw Par Villa, Clifford Pier and so on ... click on the link and let your nostalgic memories run wild. For the others, it's an excellent reference point of where we came from and how we got here. Frankly, those were the days ... so, relax and reminisce the good times.
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Showing posts with label Singapore - Nostalgia. Show all posts
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Memories of Singapore
Check out this link:
http://www.singas.co.uk/index.html
The pictorial efforts are by our British Forces friends who served here before the bases were shut down by Britain's 'East of the Suez' policy - that was probably completed in 1971.
I remember the NAAFI (Navy, Army, Air Force) personnel and their vehicles, the air-conditioned convenience stores much like the 7-Eleven store but with a touch of Britain. I remember the cinema at Gillman Barracks, Alexandra Road, where I caught a few movies. I remember the barber and tailor shops next to Capitol Cinema which served the British servicemen - the tailor was the father of a classmate. I remember Wessex and Sussex Estates and Changi where the servicemen and their families were housed. Then again, there were the black-and-white bungalows and apartments occupied by these servicemen. I lived in one such ground-floor apartment at Sloane Court at Ayer Rajah Road back in 1972 or '73 after the British withdrawal from Singapore.
Singapore was much different then but I do miss those days :-)
http://www.singas.co.uk/index.html
The pictorial efforts are by our British Forces friends who served here before the bases were shut down by Britain's 'East of the Suez' policy - that was probably completed in 1971.
I remember the NAAFI (Navy, Army, Air Force) personnel and their vehicles, the air-conditioned convenience stores much like the 7-Eleven store but with a touch of Britain. I remember the cinema at Gillman Barracks, Alexandra Road, where I caught a few movies. I remember the barber and tailor shops next to Capitol Cinema which served the British servicemen - the tailor was the father of a classmate. I remember Wessex and Sussex Estates and Changi where the servicemen and their families were housed. Then again, there were the black-and-white bungalows and apartments occupied by these servicemen. I lived in one such ground-floor apartment at Sloane Court at Ayer Rajah Road back in 1972 or '73 after the British withdrawal from Singapore.
Singapore was much different then but I do miss those days :-)
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