Category Archives: Historic

The Forgotten WWII Tomb Memorial at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Remember Singapore

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 →

100 Years of the Causeway

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Remember Singapore

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 | 3 Comments

1942 Singapore’s Darkest Moment at Former Ford Factory

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Remember Singapore

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 | 6 Comments

Changes of Dakota 3 – Guillemard Camp Walks into History

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Remember Singapore

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 →

Posted in Historic | 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 | 8 Comments

Army Camp, Lifestyle Enclave, Visual Arts Hub… Gillman Barracks’ Journey in the Past Decades

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Remember Singapore

Today, Gillman Barracks is largely known as a visual arts hub located at a small quiet area off Alexandra Road. But it used to be a much bigger British military camp in the past. Completed in the mid-1930s in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Alexandra Hospital, Alexandra Road, Bailey Bridge, British Military Hospital, British Royal Engineers, Depot Lane Industrial Estate, Depot Road, Gillman Barracks, Gillman Circus, Gillman Estate, Gillman Heights, Gillman Village, Gloucester Barracks, Housing and Urban Development Company, Lock Road, Malan Road, Prince Philip, SAF Combat Engineers, SAF Transport, Singapore Armed Forces, Tanglin Barracks, The Interlace, Webb Gillman | 8 Comments

The Evolution of Singapore’s Street Lighting

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Remember Singapore

For the first half of the 19th century, much of Singapore was covered in darkness at night. Although there were candles, oil and kerosene lamps, they were unable to illuminate large areas and were mostly confined to localised spaces such … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Gas Lamp, High Pressure Mercury Vapour Lamp, High Pressure Sodium Vapour Lamp, James MacRitchie, Kallang Gasworks, Land Transport Authority, Low Pressure Sodium Vapour Lamp, Municipal Commission, Public Utilities Board, Singapore Municipal, Smart Nation Sensor Platform, St James Power Station, Street Lighting, Tuas South Boulevard | Leave a comment

Remnants of Singapore’s Lost Roads – Boh Sua Tian Road

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Remember Singapore

Along Yio Chu Kang Road once existed a Boh Sua Tian Road that extended into the rural parts of Seletar. The road was named after the nearby wireless station, which was formerly owned by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Seletar … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Historic | Tagged Boh Sua Tian Road, Central Expressway, Kampong Amoy Quee, Kampong Pengkalan Petai, Kong Hwa Chinese School, Lorong Anchak, Lorong Andong, Lorong Gemilap, Lorong Hablor, Lorong Jirak, Lorong Selangin, Seletar, Seletar Expressway, Seletar West Farmway, Sin Cheng Chinese School, Singapore 1970s, Sungei Seletar, Yio Chu Kang Flyover, Yio Chu Kang Road, Yio Chu Kang Village | 7 Comments

Landmarks of Yesteryears – Times House at Kim Seng Road

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Remember Singapore

Located at the junction of Kim Seng Road and River Valley Road, Times House was the home for Singapore’s English newspaper The Straits Times for more than four decades. The Straits Times was one of the oldest newspapers in Singapore … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic | Tagged Catchick Moses, Commercial Square, Kim Seng Road, River Valley Road, Robert Carr Woods, Singapore Press Holdings, The Straits Times, The Straits Times Press, Times House | 2 Comments

The Forgotten Former Schools at Parry Avenue

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Remember Singapore

Parry Avenue came into existence after the war but its surrounding areas were still largely undeveloped in the early fifties. The Singapore Rural Board, in 1949, prohibited pig rearing activities near Parry Avenue as it was developed as a residential … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Historic | Tagged Ministry of Education, Parry Avenue, Parry Avenue Boys' School, Parry Avenue Girls' School, Parry Chinese School, Parry Government Chinese Middle School, Parry Government Chinese Primary School, Parry Government Chinese School, Parry Primary School, Parry Secondary School, Peicai Secondary School, Primary School Leaving Examination, Rosyth School, Seletar Hills, Upper Serangoon Road, Xinghua Primary School, Yio Chu Kang Road | 10 Comments

A Forgotten Past – The Noah’s Ark of Pasir Panjang

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Remember Singapore

Once located at Pasir Panjang Road 7¼ milestone (formal address was 189 West Coast Road), the zoo, dubbed as the Noah’s Ark of Pasir Panjang, was opened during the Chinese New Year period in 1957 by Tong Seng Mun (born … Continue reading →