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10 Most Recent Articles
- The Christmas Light-Up at Orchard Road, Since 1984 December 24, 2025
- Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Singapore’s Roadside Durian Stalls December 10, 2025
- When Soviet-Made Cars Roamed Singapore Roads October 30, 2025
- The Past, Present and Future of Standalone Public Libraries in Singapore September 29, 2025
- Those Years When We Brushed Our Teeth Together August 31, 2025
- Singapore’s Most Recognisable Logos, Then and Now (Part 1) July 31, 2025
- Stirling Road and Singapore’s Oldest HDB Flats June 30, 2025
- The Camps Along Sembawang Road (Part 2) – Dieppe Barracks May 30, 2025
- The Beginning and End of Lim Chu Kang “Runway” April 28, 2025
- Landmarks of Yesteryears – Whampoa Ice House March 29, 2025
Archive of Articles
100 Things We Love About the 80s
Our Favourite Playgrounds of Yesteryears
From Kampongs to Flats
Singapore Campaigns of the 70s/80s
Old Places in Singapore
- Ang Mo Kio Merlions
- Atbara House
- Beach Road Army Market
- Bukit Brown Cemetery
- Bukit Merah SAFRA Clubhouse
- Bukit Purmei Keramat Bukit Kasita
- Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
- Bukit Timah Turf Club
- Capitol Theatre/Building
- Central Fire Station
- Changi Commando Barrack
- Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre
- Customs Operations Command Building
- Dakota Crescent Provision Shop
- Dover Road Pelican Playground
- Ellison Building
- Esplanade Park
- Former Beach Road Police Station
- Former CID Headquarters
- Former Communicable Disease Centre (CDC)
- Former National Aerated Water Company
- Former Paya Lebar Police Station
- Former Sun Yat Sen Villa
- Geylang Serai Malay Village
- Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
- Haw Par Villa
- Hougang Rainbow Flat
- Istana Woodneuk
- Jalan Bahar Dragon Kiln
- Japanese Cemetery Park
- Jinrikisha Station
- Jurong Hill Observatory Tower
- Jurong West Nantah Arch
- Kallang National Stadium
- Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Kampong Silat SIT Flats
- Karikal Mahal
- Katong Park Guard Sculptures
- Keppel Hill Reservoir
- Kim Keat Dinosaur Playground
- Lim Chu Kang Pier
- Lorong Chuan Overhead Bridge
- MacAlister Terrace
- MacPherson Mamak Shop
- Marine Parade Sea Breeze Lodge
- Marsiling Underpass
- Maxwell Chambers & Maxwell Chambers Suites
- Mount Sophia Tower House
- Nee Soon Post Office
- Neo Tiew Estate
- Old Bus Stops/Street Name Signage
- Old Changi Hospital
- Old Kallang Airport
- Old Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Pasir Panjang Fort/Labrador Battery
- Pearl’s Hill Police Operational Headquarters
- People’s Park Complex
- Portsdown, Seletar & Sembawang Colonial Houses
- Pulau Ubin
- Punggol Matilda House
- Queenstown/Queensway Cinema
- Rochor Centre Coloured Flats
- Seletar Camp & Old Lamp Posts
- Sembawang Hill Estate Taxi Service Stand
- Sembawang Hot Spring
- Sentosa Blakang Mati Artillery Barrack
- Sentosa Fort Serapong
- Siglap Blocks
- Simei Beauties’ Portraits
- Singapore En-Bloc Flats
- Singapore Railway
- Sungei Road Thieves’ Market
- Taman Jurong “H-Shaped” JTC Flats
- Tanglin Barracks
- Tanglin Hill Brunei Hostel
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner
- Toa Payoh Dragon Playground
- Tuas Television World
- Upper Seletar Reservoir
- Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
- Upper Thomson Secondary & Other Abandoned Schools
- View Road Mental Hospital
- Whampoa Dragon Fountain
- Woodlands Camps/Kranji Army Barracks
- Yan Kit Swimming Complex
- Zion Road Blue Flats
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Author Archives: Remember Singapore
Changes in the City – Afro-Asia Building
One of the oldest office buildings at the Central Business District (CBD), the Afro-Asia Building will be demolished and replaced by a new 19-storey tower that is expected to cost $320 million in construction. The current Afro-Asia Building, owned by … Continue reading
A Final Look at the Old Woodlands Town Centre
The Old Woodlands Town Centre was closed on 30 November 2017, after 37 years. The small town centre, with six blocks of low-rise flats (1A-6A), was situated only 500m away from the causeway. Hence, for decades, the Old Woodlands Town … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged 1980s, 1990s, Bukit Timah Expressway, Causeway, Emporium Holdings, Housing And Development Board, Johor, Kampong Fatimah, Malaysian Railway Line, Mass Rapid Transit, Old Woodlands Town Centre, Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme, Woodlands Immigration Complex, Woodlands New Town, Woodlands Square, Woodlands Town Centre Merchants' Association, Woodlands Town Garden
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Singapore’s Street of Religious Harmony (Part 2) – Waterloo Street
One of Singapore’s oldest streets, Waterloo Street came into existence as early as the mid-19th century. It was originally known as Church Street, but there was a clash of names as there was another Church Street at Raffles Place. Hence, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic, Religious
Tagged Albert Mall, Baba Malay Church, Battle Of Waterloo, Bencoolen Street, Bras Basah Road, Cheng Yan Court, Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes, Church Of Saints Peter & Paul, Church Street, Dance Ensemble Singapore, Duke Of Wellington, Father Pierre Paris, Hanuman Beem Singh, Housing And Development Board, Joognee Ammal, Kampong Kapor Methodist Church, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Maha Kumbabishegam, Middle Road Church, North Bridge Road, Prinsep Street, Queen Street, Rochor Canal, Selegie Road, Si Beh Lor, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Calligraphy Centre, Singapore River, Sir Krishnan Temple, St Joseph’s Institution, Sungei Rochor, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Vayloo Pakirisamy Pillai, Victoria Street, Waterloo Street, William Girdlestone Shellabear
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The Disappearance of the Historic Hallpike Street
Hallpike Street was previously a little known road that once existed between High Street and North Boat Quay. But the road had a significant history that goes back to the 19th century. Located near to the recorded landing site of … Continue reading
Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Former Seng Poh Road Market
In the late 1940s, Tiong Bahru was recovering from the horrors of the Second World War. Jobs were scarce, so many turned to street hawking. A new market emerged at Tiong Bahru, converted from two old shophouses in the vicinity. … Continue reading
First Toa Payoh Secondary School No More
Although Toa Payoh was the second satellite town in Singapore after Queenstown, it was the first to be built solely by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). In 1968, First Toa Payoh Secondary School (FTPSS) became Toa Payoh’s first secondary … Continue reading
Boon Lay, JTC and the En-Bloc Flats
As part of the early industrial development of Jurong, small residential estates were built to accommodate the increasing workers’ population as well as the resettled farmers and fishermen from the Jurong and Tuas villages. Hence, by the mid-sixties and mid-seventies … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic, Nostalgic
Tagged Boon Lay Bus Terminal, Boon Lay Court, Boon Lay Drive, Boon Lay Garden, Boon Lay Garden Primary School, Boon Lay Meadow, Boon Lay Place, Boon Lay Place Hawker Centre, Boon Lay Secondary School, Boon Lay Shopping Centre, Corporation Road, Fighting In Built-Up Areas, Ho Kah Leong, Housing And Development Board, Institute Of Technical Education Jurong, Jurong, Jurong Fire Station, Jurong Stadium, Jurong Town Corporation, Jurong Town Police Station, Jurong Vocational Institute, Jurong West New Town, National Day Parade, National Iron And Steel Mills, Old Boon Lay Cinema, Pan-Island Expressway, Rural West Division, Savoy Cinema, Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Armed Forces, Taman Jurong, Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, Yung Ho Road, Yung Kuang Road
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Goodbye to the old Golden Shoe Hawker Centre
Many refer it to the Golden Shoe Hawker Centre, although its formal name was known as the Market Street Food Centre. Located at second and third levels of the Golden Shoe Carpark, the 33-year old food centre was formerly one … Continue reading
Little Guilin and the Former Granite Quarries of Singapore
According to Singapore’s geological map, the island’s strongest rock formation is found at the Gombak Norite, where its rock is tested to be more than ten times stronger than concrete. During its heydays, there were nine quarries operated at Gombak … Continue reading
Posted in Exotic, General
Tagged Aik Hwa Quarry, Balai Quarry, Bukit Batok, Bukit Batok Town Park, Bukit Gombak MRT Station, Bukit Timah, Bukit Timah Hill, Gali Batu, Gammon Quarry, Gombak Norite, Hindhede Quarry, Ho Man Choo Quarry, Housing And Development Board, Kampong Quarry, Kampong Quarry Bawah, Kampong Quarry Hanyut, Kampong Quarry Tengah, Kekek Quarry, Ketam Quarry, Little Guilin, Mandai Quarry, Pekan Quarry, Poh Hin Quarry, Pulau Ubin, Resource Development Corporation Quarry, Sajahat Formation, Seng Chew Quarry, Seng Kee Quarry, Singapore Quarry, Tampines Quarry, Ubin Quarry
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Exploring the Ruins of Syonan Jinja at MacRitchie Reservoir
During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese constructed two of their sacred sites in Singapore. One was the Syonan Chureito at the top of Bukit Batok Hill, while the other was the better-known Syonan Jinja at MacRitchite Reservoir. The Syonan Jinja … Continue reading
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