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If you can help with any of the requests
below,
email
me, and I will forward your email to the person concerned.
Shirley has lost touch with her
brother David William Johnson (born 28.04.1956) who was
in Singapore with her living in Serangoon and then on the Sussex Estate
and they attended Pasir Panjang school between 1963 to 1965. If anybody
has any contact with him currently, or know of his whereabouts, please
get in touch.
Looking For Major John and Mrs. Ansell.
Quote from email received:- "My 79 year old mother has been
asking us to help her find a family she worked for in the late
'50's to perhaps the start of '60s in Singapore. She believes
then he was a Captain and when they sent her letters, she was
told of a 2nd baby boy. After they left Singapore. Their eldest
boy (she remembers as Richard) was born in Singapore. She was
also told that Captain Ansell became a Major.
Summary,
Major John and Mrs. Ansell (age perhaps 70s to 80s) Worked for
them in late 1950s to '60s Eldest son Richard My mother was Siew
Soh Moi (Molly) Married name SET She has a photo of the couple
visiting Angkor Wat." |
From Christine Smith who said, the
picture is the Ladybirds, a team of Royal Marine & Army wives 68/69 era. My mum Pat McAlinden is left front. Anybody know the other ladies? |
An email from Pete Gladman:
"hope someone can be of help. I flew for BOAC/BA from 1967 to 2007 as cabin crew. One of the many hotels we stayed in was Cuscaden House Hotel. During my retirement I have "wasted" time by compiling an album of the
250 hotels worldwide stayed in during slips around the world. But can't find any image of Cuscaden House Hotel? No, nothing, only a photo of luggage label. So if anyone has a photo I would be most grateful for copy.
The hotels we did stay in were, Cathay Hotel, the York. the Goodwood, Marco Polo,
Ming Court, Oberoi Imperial and my last stay was at the Westin Stamford."
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Elizabeth Webster whose father was Major Harry Webster, is seeking to make contact with any relatives of Ban Ah Lan and Family. Ah Lan
worked as an amah for Elizabeth's family in the early '60s when they lived on the Medway Estate. Elizabeth said "I was in touch with one of my Amahs daughters called Lee Fang years ago but lost her address and subsequently lost touch.
The eldest daughter was called Mong Peng" |
My Grandad, Arthur Riley (born 02/02/1932) died when I was 10, but I know he was in the Army when he was younger, firstly he was based in Germany (where my mum was born) and then he was moved to Singapore when my mum was around 1-2, so would have been between 1961-1963, until when I don't know.
I'm interested in finding out anything - does anyone have any photos of them, know where he would have been based, anything really? Thanks Sherri Mathews. |
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NAAFI Club
NAAFI Club later known as 'Britannia
Club' situated at the junction of Beach Road and Bras Basah is very well known locally, as well as to the British armed forces stationed in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s. Philip Chew has sent this photo showing the temporary NAAFI club at Beach Road, opposite Raffles Institution in 1952. The words 'NAAFI shop' could
be seen clearly on the arch entrance. The building was no longer in use when the picture was taken in October 1952. Could the NAAFI club moved from this location to the building opposite Raffles Hotel? If you any information on this building in the photo then we would be delighted if you could email us.
Email from Albert in which he said "Reference the
N A A F I club moving to the Raffles Hotel and the answer is yes but I
do not know the date the move happened. I was in the 1st Battalion
Black Watch and we moved into Singapore as the time came to flush the
last of the Japanese out and by then the N A A F I was already in the
raffles hotel, hope this helps." |
Tower House. 1 Chatsworth Road,
Singapore. Extracts from an email
that I have received.
The General's Residence was at TOWER HOUSE, at
No: 1 CHATSWORTH ROAD, off TANGLIN ROAD. From my
colleagues description of the residence, it was a occupying a
very large area between CHATSWORTH ROAD and ROCHALIE DRIVE off
TANGLIN ROAD.
They were other quarters for the gardener, cook and a laundry
service area. There were alot of fruit trees and flowering
plants in that area. The reason it was called Tower House was
because, there was a tall Tower Like structure attached to the
House with a wind vane on top of it. There was one Main Gate
(with Guards on duty) at the entrance near Tanglin Road and the
other gate (which was locked) at the other end of Chatsworth
Road.
There was a Tennis Court at the rear of the Residency. On the
right-hand side of the Residency was the AMERICAN SCHOOL.
Some additional information has been emailed
to me:-
"She's a British lady called Mrs
Jackson. She lived in Singapore from the 1950s to 1963. She
stayed at Tresco Guest House at 1 Chatsworth Road. She was a
secretary in the British Army and probably drove a black Ford
Anglia. She was widowed. Her husband had passed away during the
Second World War. Her son also passed away during the war. When
she returned to UK, she stayed in Bournemouth. She was writing a
memoir which she might have sent away to a publishing house
before she passed away 20 years ago. A Singaporean family was
contacted by her godson to take her ashes to Singapore,
unfortunately, they did not have the resources at that time to
do that. The family is now trying to get in contact with her
godson once again. His name and address have been lost. If you
have any information about this lady and her family or any
memories and photos of Tresco Guest House that you don't mind
sharing with the families who lived and worked there, please
contact the very helpful administrator of this website. Thank
you!"
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From Stephen Shaw.
Tresco Guest House- stayed there in 1959.
Contacted from Singapore a few years back- my contacter identified the
car in the attached image as belonging to Mrs Robinson, who left
it with one of the guest house staff- either Wun or Cheng. At the time I
was contacted Wun was still alive.
The attached
photograph taken by my father, Cecil Shaw, who worked in Singapore
1959-1962, moving from Tresco (now demolished) to Moulmein Road
(building now demolished) to 1,Winchester Road, building now on a
tourist trail....
If anyone has memories of Cecil Shaw
aka George Shaw, 1959-1962, always happy to hear anything. Somewhat
obscurely he seems to have spent time in the north of Malaya- I
have a Shell Road Map of Ipoh and hotel receipts from Ipoh. Although he
was a "civilian" we attended Alexandra schools and lived on the
army estate
Satellites Netball Team
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Serangoon Gardens
Rachael Oremek and Sandra
Fricker are trying to find some old teammates who used
to play for the Satellites Netball Team 1966/1969. It
would also be good to hear from members of any of the other
teams that played in Serangoon Gardens. In both photos
Rachel is the one in the middle front, and Sandy with
sunglasses. |
An email from Kim Welter who explains
that "Years ago, as a young student, I had contact with some
British families in the 1960's and I do wonder if I would be
able to trace these families:
1) Keith & Mary Robinson with 2 daughters (1 girl is called
Julie) mid 1960's
2) Barbara & Danny (RAF?) (I do not know their surname) -
they had a baby called Derek (I think born in Singapore early
1960's) they were staying at the Sembawang Hills Estates
3) Irene & Peter (RAF ?) (son also called Peter, daughter
called Helen) - early 1960's they were staying at Thomson
Garden Estate."Please email me if you
think you can help Kim. |
From Denise Howie: My father was based in RAF Changi in 1965 and
I'm trying to track down where we lived. Our house was
semi-detached and had balconies along the front upstairs. There
was a field of oxen opposite and the jungle behind. I know there
was a kampong nearby because my sister got lost and was found
there.
There was a small swamp at the
end of our row, which years later was drained and was discovered
to be a mass burial grave. There was a cemetery nearby - Chinese
or Malay. I went in there with a boy from the street behind and
we were chased out by a local with a scythe! The boy and his
family sent messages home to their grandma on tape.
We would walk to an Amahs night market and
would walk along what I thought to be a very wide monsoon drain
- but was probably a canal - the pictures of Bukit Timah canal
from that era look the same.
There was also a row of shops in walking
distance -I remember watching a dragon dance there. We lived
next door to 2 little girls - Kerry & Lee if that jogs anyone's
memory!
It may have been Opera Estate - but I need
verification (my parents died in 1991 - just in their
mid-fifties - so I can't ask them!)
Thanks
Denise (daughter of Bob & Marion Howie) |
I received an email
recently from someone who said:
"Recently an art deco
mantle clock has come into my possession.
An inscription on the
clock reads " Mrs Pollard - R.A.F. Changi Infants
School 1965."
I would be grateful if
you could send me any information"
My
thanks to Sarah Pollard who has been in touch to say
"I believe this
clock might of been a present given to the school by my Mother
which my brother attended. We were in Singapore 1961. My late
Father was Mr Bryan D Pollard and my late Mother Mrs
Eileen V Pollard and we stationed in Changi for four years." |
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Ron Henderson, has
submitted the following five photos, which are from the Norman
Tarling collection (click on images to enlarge). The
location of these Army Fire Brigade Stations, and when the
photos were taken is unknown, as is the name of the
photographer. If you recognise anything in the photos then
please email. |
Number plates
02DL77 and 03EM76 |
Number Plates
02DL78 and 03EM76 |
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Number Plate
03DL03 |
Number plate
73BR55 |
My
thanks to David Tobbit who said that "My father
David S.Tobitt was the Senior Fire Advisor (Army)BASED At Nee
Soon garrison just below the AGS from 1961-1964.I recognise the
2 fire officers in the group photo. Im sure this was the group
who were honoured at a local banquet for saving the kampong at
Nee Soon & several lives in a big fire. He was v. popular with
AGS students in 1962 for closing the school whilst a new fire
escape was built" My thanks again to Peter Chan
for the following information "From the Nissen Hut architecture
in each photo, it is likely to be at 443 BAD which was run by
the RAOC in Kranji. It was later transferred to the Singapore
Armed Forces to be used as an armoured base. This Singapore
Army camp does not exist anymore and is a part of a large public
housing estate. However the road that leads into 443 BAD from
Woodlands Road still exist. The era should be 1968 (circa)
before the pull-out in 1971."
My thanks to
Asrar Ahmad who said "Picture 73BR55,It is Nee Soon Camp
fire station beside the main guard room. I lived in the camp, my
dad was running the "Dohbi" in the camp ,at Bath rd." |
Debbie Whigham is
searching for Anne and Diane Cook and Roy Holland.
RN School Sembawang 1967/8.
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Anybody know her
surname This is Jackie. (click on photo for
larger picture). Jackie was in Singapore 68 -69 and lived in
the Naval Base. Can you remember her surname or her
whereabouts ?
Thanks to Monica Hampson who
remembers Jackie and tells us her surname was Tate or Tait.
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Photo submitted by Lesley
Thorne (now Green) Lesley lived at Joo Chiate Place,
Katong near Changi. She attended Bourne School 1966/69 and had
sisters called Ann and Carol, brothers named Peter and
Gerald. Can anybody identify this school
photo. Peter Thorne is on the back row third from the right in
front of the school sign.
Thanks to Boab Webb for the
following information which he entered in the
Guest Book.The photo of
a School as far as I can remember was called
Selerang Primary. I am the fair haired one-front
row. Eileen Letham is third left from the
teacher-middle row. I and many of the others stayed
in Selerang Barracks and remember things like, snake
valley, fishing at the lagoons, playing on old plane
wrecks on a dis-used runway at R.A.F. Changi and
Changi village itself. Can't be 100% but I think
I've just remembered the girl's first name third
from the left front row possibly Patricia?
Cheers! Boab (Bob).
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My thanks to David White for
his email which I have quoted from below.
I can confirm that the school picture is
that of Selerang Primary. I am the handsome chap back
row 2nd from right (as you look at picture) My name is
David White and I attended there from 1965 to 1967. I
lived in Farleigh Avenue , Serangoon Garden Estate. I
used to catch the bus daily from there and travel past
Changi prison and over the runway. |
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St. Johns Railway Club & Friends
Some of the former members of the St. Johns School Railway Club, Lou
Watkins, Kev O'Carroll and Andrew Cole are wanting to
hear from former members and friends, or information on their
whereabouts.
Names
remembered so far include:
Conrad |
Cleasby |
Charles |
Corden |
Viv |
Ramsden |
Ian |
Hughes |
Mick |
Ellison |
Geoff |
Cox - Geoff has made contact. |
If you are one of these people, or have memories of
the Railway Club then contact me by
email
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Dakotas Netball Team
Did you play for the Dakotas Netball
Team, know someone who did, or just liked following their progress.
If so, then Dave Papworth would like to hear from you.
email me and I will
forward your information to Dave. More photos of the teams can be
seen here
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Bofors anti-aircraft gun at Chestnut Drive in 1963
Peter Chan has written an article with this photo of 2
British soldiers manning a Bofors anti-aircraft gun at Chestnut Drive in
1963. The article appears on the
Good Morning Yesterday Blogsite. If you recognise the
Servicemen in the photo, or have any information related to them, let me
know and I will pass on any information to Peter. |
The St John's Comprehensive
School rugby players (1969) Under 16 team 7-a-Side
Peter Chan is seeking to contact the rugby players
from St John's who played in 1969 against Raffles and St Andrew's
School.
This photo was taken at the semi-finals between Raffles and St John Comprehensive which was played at the Kallang Sports Field in 1969. We lost and St John met St Andrew's in the Final but lost. Notice we didn't wear boots then. I remember the match was played under the hot scorching sun around 4 pm on a week-day in
March.
The 1969 Under 16 St John's team 7-a-Side were:
M. Widgery
S. Bashford
W. Peach
J. Ruberry
A. Jennings
L. Attard
C. Higden
Anyone who might know how they can be contacted,
please
email
me and I will forward the information to Peter
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