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Chronicles of Old Singapore | Meeravathay P.S. – Over 50 Years in Nursing
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Meeravathay P.S. takes us through over half a century of her richly diverse career in nursing, from infectiou…
10 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Barry Yeow – Old Toa Payoh, From a Gang Life to Creating Art Part 1
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Barry Yeow and his family were one of the first to live in Toa Payoh New Town in 1967. He talks about having …
10 months, 1 week ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Vanished Kampongs – Jurong, Mandai, Potong Pasir etc.
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Kampongs were never meant to be part of the post-war Singapore landscape. Here are memories of five vanished …
10 months, 1 week ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Winston Wong – SAFTI, Bomb Disposal, Naval Diving & Sentosa Part 1
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Winston Wong recalls being in the 2nd batch of officer cadets at SAFTI and how the Israeli ‘advisors’ who tra…
10 months, 1 week ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | A Nurse & Technician from Trafalgar School, Tanjong Pagar Part 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Chinniah Saraswathy & P. Rajamogan talk about being in two professions that deserve more recognition in Singa…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Yan Yim Tong – Engineering Apprentices & Sailing the World Part 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Former engineering apprentice Yan Yim Tong later married his wife Laura and they sailed together around the w…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Meeravathay P.S. – Old Tanjong Pagar & Nelson Road Quarters
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Meeravathay P.S. relates her wondrous childhood growing up in the Nelson Road staff quarters provided by the …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Yusof Wanjor – 1964 Race Riots, Geylang Serai & Being Independent
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yusof Wanjor relates the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday celebrations of the past and why the wound (luka) from t…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Old Sembawang & Nee Soon
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Old-timers from the north recall its former kampongs – Chong Pang, Nee Soon and Chye Kay – as well as Jalan S…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Koh Boon Long – Old Bukit Timah, Politics & Bukit Panjang Part 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Koh Boon Long remembers student politics at the Chinese High School. He is Hainanese and both his parents wer…
10 months, 4 weeks ago