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- Before Sengkang, There Were Plans for a Seletar New Town April 30, 2026
- Chye Kay Village – History, Memories and Remnants… March 31, 2026
- Searching for the Forgotten Military Insignia Plaques of Gillman Barracks January 30, 2026
- 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
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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
- Tan Swee Hoe’s Legacies at Batu Pahat and Singapore
- 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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The Forgotten WWII Tomb Memorial at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery
At Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery Path 4 lies an undisturbed, almost forgotten, tomb. It is the tomb memorial for the Bamboo Lane’s Chinese victims who were killed during the Second World War. Their remains, more than 2,000 of them, … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Bamboo Lane, Bukit Timah Road, Choa Chu Kang Cemetery, Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery Path 4, Civilian War Memorial, Fall Of Singapore, Hock Eng Seng Cemetery, Japanese Army, Namly Avenue, National Environment Agency, Second World War, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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Kranji Industrial Estate and its Little Enclave of Eateries and Shophouses
Tucked at the corner of Kranji Industrial Estate is this little cluster of shophouses and eateries that has been present since the late eighties. In the late sixties, shortly after independence, Singapore focused on developing industrial estates at different designated … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Agri-Food Innovation Park, Bork Singapore, Chek Chai Long Chuen Temple, Jurong Town Corporation, Kranji, Kranji Dam, Kranji Industrial Estate, Kranji Loop, Kranji Reservoir, Kranji/Pandan Water Scheme, Lim Chu Kang, Neo Tiew, Sungei Kadut Eco-District, Sungei Kadut Industrial Estate, Sungei Pang Sua, Trade Development Board
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Singapore’s Heritage Tree Series – Terap
Till date, there are 17 trees at the Fort Canning Park granted the heritage tree status. Four of them are the terap tree (artocarpus elasticus), with three located along the park’s 14th Century Walk of History (along the Fort Canning … Continue reading
Redevelopment of the Rustic Bah Soon Pah Road
The rustic nature of Bah Soon Pah Road may soon be no more. The area has been marked for residential development, as an extension of the Khatib housing estate, in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Master Plan. Sembawang Road, where … Continue reading
Posted in Exotic
Tagged Bah Soon Pah, Bah Soon Pah Road, Bah Soon Pah Village, Bah Soon Pah Village Community Centre, Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company, Chong Kuo Road, Chong Pang Village, Gotong Royong, Horticulture Service Centre, Hua Nam Chinese School, Khatib Camp, Lim Chong Pang, Lim Nee Soon, Lorong Akar, Lorong Chencharu, Lorong Cherdek, Lorong Mayang, Lorong Mayang Kechil, Nee Soon Road, Nee Soon Village, North-South Expressway, Onn Hwa Chinese School, Orchid Research and Service Centre, Primary Production Department, Sembawang Farm School, Sembawang Field Experimental Station, Sembawang Road, Singapore Livestock and Agricultural Co-operative Society, Singapore Rural Board, Thong Aik Road, Thong Bee Road, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Yishun New Town
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100 Years of the Causeway
The Causeway is finally reopened after almost two years of closure. Despite decades of congestion woes, trafficking issues or an occasional tool used in political bickering, the Causeway remains an important link between Singapore and Malaysia. The Land Connection Mid-1910s … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Bukit Timah Expressway, Covid-19 Pandemic, F.M.S Railway, Federated Malay States, First Earth Run, Johor Bahru, Johor Straits, Johore Causeway, Kampong Lorong Fatimah, Public Works Department, Singapore Bus Services, Singapore Passport, Singapore Restricted Passport, Straits Of Johor, Straits Settlements, The Causeway, Tuas Checkpoint, Tuas Second Link, Woodlands, Woodlands Checkpoint, Woodlands Immigration Checkpoint, Woodlands Road
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Demolition of Old Boys’ Brigade Headquarters
The old Boys’ Brigade Headquarters at Ganges Avenue is currently undergoing demolition. Located at the junction of Zion Road and the Singapore River, the premises had been The Boys’ Brigade’s base for 36 years. The history of The Boys Brigade … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Benjamin Henry Sheares, Boys' Brigade Headquarters, Chua Siak Phuang, Delta East School, Delta West School, Ganges Avenue, Havelock Primary School, Havelock School, James Milner Fraser, Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church, Second World War, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore River, The Boys' Brigade, The Singapore Battalion, Zion Road
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1942 Singapore’s Darkest Moment at Former Ford Factory
Eighty years ago, on this date of 15 February 1942, the former Ford Factory witnessed the darkest chapter in Singapore’s history, when the British unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese, marking the start of Singapore’s three-and-a-half years under the Japanese Occupation. … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Arthur Ernest Percival, Battle Of Singapore, Bukit Timah, Fall Of Singapore, Ford Malaya, Former Ford Factory, Henry Ford, Japanese Occupation, National Archives of Singapore, Sarimbun Beach, Second World War, Surrender Of Singapore, Syonan Gallery, Syonan Gallery: War and its Legacies, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Upper Bukit Timah Road
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Changes of Dakota 3 – Guillemard Camp Walks into History
Guillemard Camp was built in 1969 by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), two years after the establishment of National Service (NS). It was therefore one of the oldest SAF camps, excluding those pre-war British barracks which SAF took over in … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadrick Secondary School, Dakota Crescent, Guillemard Camp, Guillemard Road, Konfrontasi Period, Laurence Nunns Guillemard, Maju Secondary School, National Cadet Corps, National Service, Non-Commissioned Officer, Old Airport Road, Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Infantry Regiment
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Cool but Obsolete… Gadgets and Apps of the 1990s and 2000s
The recent news of BlackBerry ending the support for its signature devices brings back memories to many who have previously owned the phones. One of BlackBerry’s iconic series was BlackBerry Bold, first launched in 2008. Designed with a leather back … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgic
Tagged BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, CallZone, Coinafon, Creative Technology, Creative Zen Micro, Dial-Up Connection, Floppy Disk, Friendster, Hotmail, ICQ, Internet Explorer, Internet Relay Chat, LaserDisc, Minesweeper, mIRC, Modem, Motorola Pager, MSN Messenger, Napster, Netscape, Nokia, Nokia 8250, SBCText, Singapore 1990s, Singapore 2000s, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, Singapore Telecom, Solitaire, Sony Discman, Sunpage, Teletext, Zen Micro, Zip Disk, Zip Drive, Zonephone
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