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10 Most Recent Articles
- “Little Thailand” No More… Rejuvenation of Golden Mile Complex May 26, 2023
- The Last Days of Kampong Lorong Fatimah April 26, 2023
- A Vanishing “Countryside” of Horse Stables and Lush Greenery March 21, 2023
- The Past of Pasir Laba… Countryside Road, WW2 Fort and Army Camp February 26, 2023
- Memories of the Jurong Bird Park January 17, 2023
- Singapore Trivia – Time Adjustment for Singapore in 1982 December 31, 2022
- The Mosque of Paradise and Street of Worship at Old Choa Chu Kang Road December 27, 2022
- Landmarks of Yesteryears – Amber Mansions November 29, 2022
- Farewell to Old Tanglin Halt October 24, 2022
- The WWII Stories of Changi Chapel, Cross and Murals October 2, 2022
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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
- 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 Rural Board
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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Nostalgic Coloured Photos of Former Chong Pang Village
Chong Pang, the name of a bustling neigbourhood at Yishun, reminds the older generation of Singaporeans of another lively village of the same name, a forgotten one that used to exist near the present-day Sembawang MRT Station. The renaming of … Continue reading
There was Once a “Cut Stomach Open” Street off Yio Chu Kang Road
In the early 20th century, there was a dark small road, off Yio Chu Kang Road 6th milestone, that led to an old cemetery with a terrifying name – Phuah Pak Tiong (剖腹塚), which in Hokkien, means “a cemetery for those whose stomach … Continue reading
A Walk Through The Old Neighbourhood – Jalan Kayu
Mention Jalan Kayu, and most Singaporeans will think of the delicious crispy roti prata. Indeed, the two large roti prata shops at Jalan Kayu, perhaps more popular and famous than the ones at Upper Thomson Road and Clementi Road, have … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgic
Tagged Abundant Grace Presbyterian Church, Ang Oon Hue, C.E. Wood, Fernvale, Jalan Kayu, Jalan Tari Dulang, Jalan Tari Lilin, Jalan Tari Payong, Jalan Tari Piring, Jalan Tari Serimpi, Jalan Tari Zapin, Lorong Samak, Lorong Tanggam, Roti Prata, Royal Air Force, Seletar Air Base, Sengkang, Singapore Rural Board, Tong Lee Road
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