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To Singapore With Love from Portsmouth Part 1 – Karen & Angela | Chronicles of Old Singapore
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Karen Brooks and Angela Bird, two sisters from Portsmouth, spent their childhood years in the Singapore Naval…
7 months, 1 week ago
Pek Sin Choon & Nanyang Tea Part 3 – Kenry Peh | Chronicles of Old Singapore |
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Tea man Kenry Peh and I discuss the ongoing revitalisation of Smith Street by the Chinatown Business Associat…
7 months, 1 week ago
Changi Beach Club & Grassroots – Wilson Chua | Chronicles of Old Singapore
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wilson Chua rounds up the podcast by recounting how he joined the Changi Beach Club in 1982 and what he did f…
7 months, 1 week ago
Malayalees of Singapore & Kerala Part 2 – Ullas Kumar | Chronicles of Old Singapore
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Ullas Kumar and I discuss the process of integration for new citizens and recent migrants from India. We talk…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Tamils of Singapore & Tamil Nadu Part 1 – Darinee Alagirisamy | Chronicles of Old Singapore
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Darinee Alagirisamy talks about the history of Tamil migration (both involuntary and voluntary) to Singapo…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Pek Sin Choon & Nanyang Tea Part 1 – Kenry Peh | Chronicles of Old Singapore
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Kenry Peh is the proprietor of the hundred-year old heritage tea merchant Pek Sin Choon. A professed tea man,…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | The Bukit Ho Swee Fire Part 6 – Rumours & Conspiracy Theories
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. How did it start? Dr Loh Kah Seng looks at the evidence for the most controversial part of the 1961 Bukit Ho …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Wilson Chua – Part 2 Accidental Businessman
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. After leaving Dunearn Technical, Wilson Chua worked in sales of air freight services for multinationals in Si…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | V. Maheantharan – Remember our Port Workers & Singapore Polytechnic
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan studied at the University of Southampton on a government scholarship before being posted to t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | The Bukit Ho Swee Fire Part 5 – Nine Months after the Fire
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew promised a new home for every fire victim within 9 months. Find out how the Bukit…
7 months, 4 weeks ago