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10 Most Recent Articles
- The History of Singapore’s Night Soil Bucket System
- The Old Gate at Jalan Selimang and the Legacy of the Former Cycle & Carriage Chairman
- The Disappearance of the Historic Ellenborough Street
- Looking for Bits and Pieces of Old Seletar
- The Old Forgotten Tombstone of Jane Buyers at Lower Seletar Reservoir
- The Once Mysterious Bedok and Woodlands Flats
- A Military History of Singapore’s Pillboxes
- Remnants of Singapore’s Lost Roads – Tiverton Lane
- The Restored Beauty of Winsland House II
- Jurong Stadium Gone Under the Wrecking Ball
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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
- 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 Mama 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 Signs
- 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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Tag Archives: Singapore 1960s
The History of Singapore’s Night Soil Bucket System
The modern liveable city of Singapore today has a complete sanitation system supported by a network of sewers and water reclamation plants. Since 1997, Singapore has achieved 100% accessibility to the modern sanitation system. Toilets of modern sanitation system used … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Alexandra Sewage Disposal Works, Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, Environmental Public Health Division, Japanese Occupation, Kim Chuan Road, Lorong Halus, Midgeley Taylor, Ministry of the Environment, Municipal Government, Municipal Sludge Disposal Works, Night Soil, Night Soil Bucket System, Public Utilities Board, Public Works Department, Rangoon Road, Robert Peirce, Sanitation System, Sewerage Master Plan, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore River, Sungei Serangoon, Sustainable Singapore Gallery
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The Disappearance of the Historic Ellenborough Street
Ellenborough Street was laid as the road to the Ellenborough Market, built in 1845. Both were named after Lord Ellenborough, Edward Law (1790-1871), who served as the Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844. The early Ellenborough Market, located by … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Abalone King, Boat Quay, Canning Lane, Chop Hoo Thye, Clarke Quay, Clarke Quay MRT Station, Clarke Street, Ellenborough Market, Ellenborough Street, Fish Street, Housing And Development Board, Merchant Court Hotel, North Boat Quay, North-East Line, Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, Read Bridge, Read Street, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore River, Swissotel Merchant Court, Teochew, Tew Chew Street, The Central
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The Fate of Old New Town Secondary School
Opposite of Margaret Drive, at the junction of Queensway and Commonwealth Avenue (previously was a roundabout called Queen’s Circus), lies the former campus of New Town Secondary School. Established in 1965, the same year as Singapore’s independence, the school was … Continue reading
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Tagged Assumption English School, Baharuddin Vocational School, Benjamin Sheares, Clementi Town Secondary School, Commonwealth Avenue, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Dover Road, Hua Yi Secondary School, Jek Yeun Thong, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Drive, New Town Secondary School, Queen's Circus, Queenstown, Queensway, Queensway Secondary School, Saint Theresa's Convent School, Singapore 1960s, Tanglin Integrated Secondary School, Tanglin Secondary School, Tanglin Technical Secondary School
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Walking Down the Memory Lane of Margaret Drive
Margaret Drive was named after Princess Margaret (Margaret Rose, 1930-2002), the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Constructed in the mid-fifties, Margaret Drive was simply known by the locals as the new road, as it was the main road to … Continue reading
Posted in General, Nostalgic
Tagged Alexandra Canal, Birkhall Road School, Church Of Our Saviour, Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre, Commonwealth Avenue Wet Market, Dawson Hawker Centre, Duchess Estate, Former Queenstown Polyclinic, Golden City Theatre, Golden Crown Restaurant, Housing And Development Board, Hua Yi Government Chinese Middle School, Hua Yi Primary School, Jalan Penjara, Kay Siang Primary School, Lee Kong Chian Gardens School, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Drive, Margaret Drive Hawker Centre, Margaret Drive Secondary School, Margaret Rose, Masjid Jamek, Mohamed Khir Johari, Princess Estate, Princess Margaret, Princess Margaret Estate, Queenstown, Queenstown Bowl, Queenstown Branch Library, Queenstown Cinema, Queenstown Combined Clinic, Queenstown Mall, Queenstown Primary School, Queenstown Public Library, Queenstown Remand Prison, Queenstown School, Queenstown Secondary School, Queensway, Queensway Cinema, Rainbow Centre Margaret Drive School, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Improvement Trust, SkyResidence @Dawson, Strathmore School, Tah Chung Emporium, Tanglin Boys' School, Tanglin Girls' School, Tanglin Halt, Tanglin Road, The Fisherman Of Christ Fellowship, Townsville Institute, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Venus Theatre
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Reminiscences of the Old Beauty World
Located at the junction between Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Jurong Kechil, used to be known as the Bukit Timah Road 7.5 milestone, was once a popular market and shopping destination for locals during weeknights and weekends. Before the … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgic
Tagged Amoy Canning, Beauty World, Beauty World Centre, Beauty World Market, Beauty World MRT Station, Beauty World Plaza, Beauty World Town, Bin Seng Rubber, Bukit Timah, Bukit Timah Road 7.5 Milestone, Bukit Timah Village, Cheong Chin Nam Road, Chin Huat, Chun Tin Road, Ford Motor Company, Gay World, Giam Kok Eng, Great World, Jalan Jurong Kechil, Japanese Occupation, Lam Choon Rubber, Lam Soon Cannery, Mass Rapid Transit, New World, Pidemco Land, Second World War, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Cold Storage, Tiong Hwa Cinema, Upper Bukit Timah Road, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Yeo Hiap Seng
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Sembawang’s Kampong Mosque and Former Coastal Villages
Located in the secondary forest at the corner of Sembawang is an old mosque called Masjid Petempatan Melayu Sembawang. Built in 1963, the mosque served as a place of worship for the Muslim community living at Sembawang. Prior to that, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic, Religious
Tagged Gotong Royong, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Jalan Inggu, Jalan Ketuka, Jalan Mempurong, Jalan Selimang, Jalan Tanjong Irau, Kampong Hailam, Kampong Lobang Bom, Kampong Tanjong Irau, Kampong Tengah, Kampong Tengah Holiday Camp, Kampong Wak Hassan, Lorong Balai, Lorong Nibong, Lorong Resam, Malay Settlement, Masjid Jumah Sembawang, Masjid Kampong Tengah, Masjid Naval Base, Masjid Petempatan Melayu, Mobile Film Unit, People's Association, Petempatan Melayu Sembawang, Pulau Ubin Youth Camp, Sembawang, Sembawang Road, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Sungei Simpang Kiri, Tanah Merah Youth Camp, Tanjong Irau Beach, Wak Hassan Bin Ali
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Enter a World of Advertisement in Old Singapore (Part 2)
The National Library’s “Selling Dreams: Early Advertising in Singapore” exhibition features many advertising materials from the 1830s to 1960s, with snippets of information about the advertisers and their publications, their dreams and aspirations, as well as the way the changes … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic
Tagged Advertising And Publicity Bureau, Anchor Beer, Bata Shoe Company, Brand's Essence, C.F. Young Publicity, Carlsberg, Cathay Advertising, Cathay Hotel, Chow Kit & Co, Cold Storage Creameries, Datsun Bluebird, F&N, Federated Malay States Railway, Ford Cortina, Framroz & Co, Fraser And Neave, General Electric Company, Horlicks, Huntley & Palmers, John Little, Jubilee Cafe & Restaurant, Komala Vilas, Malayan Airways, Malayan Motors Limited, Medicines (Advertisement And Sale) Ordinance, Milo, Morphy-Richards, Morris Cars, National, National Library, Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Red Lion, Robinsons Department Store, Robinsons Sale, Scott's Emulsion, Second World War, Selling Dreams Early Advertising In Singapore, Seven Seas, Singapore 1960s, Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore Sling, Spicer & Robinson, The Borneo Company, Tiger Beer, Twin Birds, Whiteaway Laidlaw
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Singapore Trivia – Old Dragons of Whampoa and Toa Payoh
Two dragons have been standing tall at the heartlands of Whampoa and Toa Payoh for more than 40 years. Both of them were built in the late sixties and early seventies, as landmarks and identities for the upcoming housing estates … Continue reading
Roads Named after Cargo Boats, and the Vanished Charcoal/Firewood Trade at Tanjong Rhu
The Tanjong Rhu area once had four roads of interesting names – Twakow Place, Tongkang Place, Sampan Place and Mangchoon Place. They were named after the local cargo boats that plied the rivers of Singapore for decades. The boats, also … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Historic
Tagged Dunman High School, Housing And Development Board, Jalan Batu, Kampong Arang Road, Kampong Kayu Road, Mangchoon, Mangchoon Place, Sampan, Sampan Place, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Sungei Geylang, Tanjong Rhu, Tanjong Rhu Boys' School, Tanjong Rhu Girls' School, Tanjong Rhu Primary School, Tongkang, Tongkang Place, Twakow, Twakow Place
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