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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
Singapore’s Vanished Markets and Hawker Centres
In October 2011, the government announced plans to build ten more hawker centres over the next decade. Since the early seventies, hawker centres had become part of Singapore’s unique culture. The mid-eighties saw some 140 markets and hawker centres located … Continue reading
Sipping Teh at a Kampong Kopitiam
I was reading about the “kampong kopitiam” on the Chinese newspaper, and decided to pay a visit one morning. Looking nothing like a typical coffeeshop found elsewhere in Singapore, it actually resembles more of an old school tuckshop. Housed in … Continue reading
Those Favourite National Day Songs We Once Sang
Sing Singapore was a song book published in 1988 by the Ministry of Communications & Information. If I remember correctly, every student that year received one copy. As written in the message of the first page, this simple book of … Continue reading
A Century of Cinemas, Movies and Blockbusters
Watching movies is one of Singaporeans’ favourite pastimes, along with dining and shopping. A nation of avid movie-goers, the locals have been going to cinemas for movies for more than a century! In 2009 alone, the cinema attendance was as high … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
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The Story of a Crocodile Farm at Upper Serangoon Road
Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm (陈茂丰皮业鳄鱼饲养场, officially known as Singapore Crocodile Farm) was located along Upper Serangoon Road. Operated for more than 67 years, it was formerly the oldest crocodile farm in Singapore before its closure in … Continue reading
10 Legends and Myths of Singapore
Even though we are a young nation, Singapore, like any other countries, has its fare share of legends and myths. Most Singaporeans are aware of the popular folktale of how the name Singapura came about, but what about the other … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Paranormal
Tagged Badang, Kusu Island, Merlion, Pulau Blakang Mati, Pulau Ubin, Radin Mas, Redhill, Sang Nila Utama, Selegie Road, Sentosa, Singapore Stone, Singapura, Sisters' Islands, Tanjong Pagar
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A Pictorial Gallery of Singapore in 1980
Looking back at time, many say that the eighties was a golden era in Singapore. It was a period of stable economic growth and peaceful society with racial and religious harmony. Inflation was low, as seen in the relatively cheap … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgic
Tagged Ang Mo Kio, Beach Road, Bedok Swimming Complex, Benjamin Sheares Bridge, Boat Quay, Central Business District, Central Fish Market, East Coast Lagoon, Hawker Centres, Jurong Fishery Port, Kranji Way, Lau Pa Sat, Marine Parade, Mount Faber, National Service, National Stadium, Orchard Road, Oriental Emporium, Republic of Singapore Air Force, Road Safety Park, Satay Club, Shaw Towers, Shenton Way, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Cable Car, Singapore River, Singapore Zoological Gardens, Social Studies, Telok Ayer Market, Ulu Sembawang, Urban Renewal, Victoria Memorial Hall, Westin Stamford, Woodlands
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Time Stands Still at Singapore’s Veteran Shopping Malls
Compared to the brand new shopping centres, these veteran shopping malls look as though they are forgotten by time. While it is a norm for new shopping centres to have several fast food restaurants, food courts, fashion outlets or even … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Balestier Hill Shopping Centre, Beauty World, Boon Lay Shopping Centre, Bukit Timah Plaza, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, C.K.Tang, Centrepoint, City Plaza, Far East Shopping Centre, Golden Mile Complex, Goldhill Shopping Centre, Goldhill Square, Holland Road Shopping Centre, Katong Shopping Centre, Lake View Shopping Centre, Liang Court, Orchard Road, Orchard Towers, Oriental Emporium, Parkway Parade, Peninsula Plaza, Peninsula Shopping Centre, People's Park Complex, Plaza Singapura, President Shopping Centre, Promenade Shopping Centre, Queensway Shopping Centre, Roxy Square, Scotts Shopping Centre, Sembawang Shopping Centre, Serangoon Plaza, Sim Lim Square, Specialists' Shopping Centre, Tang Plaza, Tanglin Shopping Centre, Tanjong Katong Complex, Tay Buan Guan, The Arcade, Thomson Plaza, United Square, Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
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