Category Archives: Nostalgic

A Little History along the Kallang River

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Remember Singapore

The Kallang River is Singapore’s longest river, starting from the Lower Peirce Reservoir, via Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Toa Payoh and Geylang Bahru, and ending at the Kallang Basin. The name Kallang had appeared as early as 1835, in a map … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural, Historic, Nostalgic | Tagged Blue Box Factory, Central Manpower Base, Fire City, Housing And Development Board, Independence Bridge, Kallang Airport, Kallang Basin Industrial Estate, Kallang Gas Works, Kallang Park, Kallang River, Kallang Road, Kampong Soopoo, Merdeka Bridge, Merdeka Lions, National Stadium, Nicoll Highway, Oasis Restaurant, Orang Kallang, Pasir Laba Camp, People's Association, Public Works Department, Sam Tat Building, Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute, Singapore Gas Company, Sri Manmatha Karuneshvarar Temple, Sungei Kallang, Temenggong Of Johor, Urban Redevelopment Authority | 6 Comments

Bird Singing, a Favourite Pastime of the Past

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Remember Singapore

Bird singing competitions, bird singing corners, bird singing clubs. True enough, bird singing was and is still a favourite hobby among many Singaporeans. The fascinating hobby seemed to have kicked off in Malaysia and Singapore in the late fifties. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural, Nostalgic | Tagged Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bird Singing Contest, Clementi, Community Centres, Gay World Stadium, Guus Van Bladel, Herbie Mann, Housing And Development Board, Jalan Besar Stadium, Jurong Bird Park, Kelab Burong Singapore, People's Association, Singapore Bird Club, Singapore Improvement Trust, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Tampines, Tiong Bahru Block 53, White-Rumped Shama | 6 Comments

Tuas of Yesteryears – A Fishing Village and Seafood Restaurants

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Remember Singapore

Before the eighties, Tuas Village was one of the westernmost points of Singapore. Made up of largely Chinese Teochew and Malay families, the bustling fishing village was said to have existed since the 1880s, founded by one of the pioneering gambier planters … Continue reading →

Posted in Exotic, Historic, Nostalgic | Tagged 18 Milestone, Joo Hwa Public School, Joo Koon Public School, Joo Long Public School, Jurong Road, Jurong Town Corporation, Ma Cho Temple, Ministry of Culture, Nantah, Nanyang University, National Service, Pan-Island Expressway, Rulang Primary School, Sin Nan Public School, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Armed Forces, Sungei Che Mat Gun, Sungei Piatu, Sungei Tuas, Tengah Reservoir, Tua Pek Kong, Tuas, Tuas South Boulevard, Tuas Tua Pek Kong Temple, Tuas Village, Xingnan Primary School, Yuhua Primary School, Yuqun Primary School, Zhap Buay Kok, Zheng Wan Bao | 5 Comments

A Dragon Quest – Searching for Singapore’s Lost Dragon Playgrounds

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Remember Singapore

When former Housing Development Board (HDB) interior designer Khor Ean Ghee was tasked to design a series of playgrounds for Singapore’s upcoming new towns and housing estates in the seventies, he took inspirations from animals and objects that could provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural, Nostalgic | Tagged Dragon Playgrounds, Glass Mosaics, Khor Ean Ghee, Singapore 1980s, Toa Payoh | 14 Comments

Lakeview Estate, its Former Market and the “Shopping Centre”

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Remember Singapore

It was a name that was inspired from the splendid panoramic view of the MacRitchie Reservoir. It was also previously well-known for its popular hawker centre and market that were situated opposite Thomson Community Centre in the eighties and nineties. … Continue reading →

Posted in Historic, Nostalgic | Tagged gor ba keng, HUDC, hylam sua, Lake View Shopping Centre, Lakeview, Lakeview Market, Long House, Singapore 1980s, Upper Thomson Road | 17 Comments

Enter a World of Advertisement in Old Singapore (Part 1)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Remember Singapore

Before the internet era, marketing of products was usually done through advertisements in physical forms, such as billboards, banners or posters put up at prominent locations with high human traffic. Large fonts, colourful themes, eye-catching logos and innovative slogans were … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural, Nostalgic | Tagged Bata, CK Tang, Jack's Place, Old School Advertisements, Plaza Singapura, Setron, Tiger Balm, Tiger Beer, Yaohan, Yeo Hiap Seng | 15 Comments

A Flashback to Singapore 1982 Through Old Geography Textbooks (Part 2)

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Remember Singapore

The secondary 2 edition of the good old geography textbooks we have used some 30 years ago touches on various topics, such as the environment, interaction, growth and change, hierarchy, unity and diversity. Like the other editions, there are many … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgic | Tagged Ang Mo Kio, Area Licensing Scheme, Geography Text Books, MRT, Singapore 1980s, Singapore River, Toa Payoh | 6 Comments

A Flashback to Singapore 1982 Through Old Geography Textbooks (Part 1)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Remember Singapore

Like the good old Social Studies textbooks (see A Pictorial Gallery of Singapore in 1980), the old Secondary School Geography textbooks, first published by the Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore (CDIS) in 1982, also contain a large variety of old … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgic | Tagged Central Business District, Changi Airport, Clementi, Geography Text Books, HDB Estates, New Towns, Pig Farms, Port of Singapore, Singapore 1980s | 13 Comments

Old School National Day’s Memorabilia

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Remember Singapore

It is Singapore’s National Day again. I remember during my primary and secondary school times, we used to receive memorabilia during the National Days. Each student would receive a small item that marked the annual joyous celebration. The memorabilia ranged … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgic | Tagged Children’s Days, Chong Li Primary School, Family Sports Days, National Day, Singapore 1980s | 7 Comments

Singapore Music – The Rise and Decline of Local Bands

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Remember Singapore

It all started in the fifties when Radio Malaya’s popular singing competition Talentime attracted a huge fan base in Malaysia and Singapore. This inspired many wannabe-singers and led to the formation of local bands in producing homegrown music. It was … Continue reading →