Episode Details

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Soh Weelian recalls the ponds, shops and hawker food of Kampong Potong Pasir, including having a delicious plate of char kway teow by a pond, the kindergarten he attended and a frightening flood in 1978. Interestingly, Weelian seems to be more nostalgic about the brief kampong life he experienced than his parents – a sign that documenting and conserving the past also matter to younger Singaporeans like us.

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/Ds6fcU4k_BI

Part 2 | https://youtu.be/mAfSUvwSj2c

00:00 More Photos of Potong Pasir

07:40 Houses & Shops

16:51 Potong Pasir Kindergarten

19:19 People were Friendly

23:04 The New Flats of Potong Pasir

28:03 The 1978 Flood

37:26 My Mother’s Working Life

44:28 Preserving Memories

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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