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Tong Siew Yin – Cinemas, Hawkers & Shops of Old Orchard Road | Chronicles of Old Singapore
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Tong Siew Yin takes us back to old shops, businesses and hawkers of Orchard Road in the 1950s and 1960s before the shopping malls arrived.
Ep1 | https://youtu.be/YD_B87867Gc
Ep2 | https://youtu.be/fihcnpDpgkk
00:00 Emerald Hill
05:28 Somerset Staff Quarters
10:27 Hawkers at Emerald Hill
15:30 Fosters & Magnolia Snack Bar
17:13 Cold Storage
22:22 Tailors & Furriers
23:55 Fitzpatrick’s
27:41 Cuppage & Koek Roads
30:00 The Istana
33:39 198 Orchard Road Shophouse
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