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Dave Papworth

Thanks to Dave Papworth, who attended Tengah '67 to '68, and Bourne School,  1968 to '69, for these photos which his mother took.

See also Dave's photos of his return visit to Singapore in 2006 on the Singapore Revisited pages.

David has also put some of his father's large collection of slides on Picasa, and will be adding more over time. Picasa Web Albums - David Papworth

Brownie Revels July 1969

Brownies

Brownie revels July 1969,

First names, (L-R) Susan, Helen, Kim and Jane.

 

1951 Morris

Our Car!

A 1951 Morris

We travelled over 10,000 miles in it

I remember that you could see the road through the floor in a few places!

 

Changi Hotel

Changi Hotel

Front view of the Changi Hotel

Some families stayed here in transit back to the UK at the end of their tour.  We were here for two weeks having missed our flight back twice!

 

Changi Hotel

Changi Hotel

Rear view of the Hotel.

My mum is on the seat.

 

Female construction worker

Concrete Nanny

Female manual worker from china, dubbed "Concrete Nannies" so called because they adopted kids from poorer families and did manual work.  The money was used to give the adopted kids a good education.  The hats worn were usually red.

 

Dakotas Netball Team

Dakotas

Mums Netball team the Dakotas.  Netball amongst the wives was very popular.  Louise Manning is front row far right. Phyllis Kieft is second from left on back row.

If you recognise yourself or are in touch with anyone in this photo, then Dave would like to hear from you.

 

David

David

This is me looking out over the harbour through my then new "toy".

 

Far East Mansions

Far East Mansions

Taken in the grounds of Far East Mansions.  That’s me in the glasses and my sister is in the green skirt.  These are some puppies we temporarily looked after from the SPCA.  Note the Buddhist temple in the background.

The boy with the striped T-Shirt is Peter Manning. Far left is Paul Kieft and next to him with the dark hair is his brother Mark Kieft.

Singapore Policewoman

Female Cop

A Singapore policewoman.  Note the Anglia van, when did you last see one of those?

 

General View

General View

General view from my sister’s bedroom (1969) the Fifth floor Far East Mansions.  The road was probably River Valley.

 

Hill 152

Hill 152

Hill 152 was in the NE of the island; an old saw mill was situated there and was a favourite place for the "Mansions" Cubs, Brownies, Guides and Scouts to go.  Here we are learning to cook.  (I am in the green shirt).

 

Hill 152

Hill 152

Another favourite Scouting/Guiding activity taking place at Hill 152.

 

Scout Camp at Hill 152

Hill 152

Scout camp at Hill 152

I'm on the extreme right.  I believe the boy on the left in the blue shirt was named Ken and the boy next to me was named Richard.

 

74 Sqn lightning

Lightning

One of 74 Sqn's Lightning’s, "Delta" taken at Tengah.

 

Lion Dance

Lion Dance

Lion Dance during one of the National Days.

 

Botanical Gardens

Locals

Two local girls taken in the Botanical Gardens.  The floral display in the background was part of a working clock.

 

Part of a funeral party

Locals

This was part of a funeral party.

 

Macritchie Reservoir

Macritchie Reservoir

A fountain at Macritchie reservoir, the Islands largest of three.

 

Malaya Village

Malaya Village

A typical Malaya Village built on wooden stilts over water.

 

Malaya Village

Malaya Village

The same village (I think) but this section was in-land.

 

Mansions

Mansions

Far East and Pacific Mansions taken from Mount Faber, Singapore's highest point. They were some of the tallest buildings at the time.

 

National Day Parade 1968

National Day

National Day parade, Aug 1968.

 

National Day Parade 1968

National Day

National Day again, this time members of the Singapore police, note the National Theatre in the background.

 

National Theatre

National Theatre

A side view of the fountain at the front of the National Theatre building. I believe this has now been demolished.

 

The Dakotas Netball Team

The Dakotas

The Dakotas netball team in action at Far East Mansions.  Mum is in the orange top, bandaged knee.

 

Junior Netball Team

Junior Netball

This was the Junior netball team from Far East Mansions.  Mum used to help with the coaching.

 

 

Pacific Mansions

Pacific Mansions

Pacific Mansion taken from the "garden" of Far East Mansions.  We kids used the roof of the building in the foreground as a short cut.  The occupants of course used to object!  A block of flats now stands where the “garden” used to be.

 

Raffles Village

Raffles Village

Raffles Village, not sure what the building was.

 

TK Chia wrote to say that

Raffles Village is located on Cuscaden Road, just behind Tanglin Road.  Today it is the proposed site for the new St. Regis Hotel

 

Raffles Village

Raffles Village

My sister and I are in the cart taken at Raffles Village.

 

SSPCA

SSPCA

Some of the Brownies who helped out down at the SSPCA.  My sister is in the blue Guide uniform.

 

Street Scene

Street Scene

A general street scene, note the black car with the yellow roof, a standard Singapore Taxi.

 

Tanglin Court

Tanglin Court

Tanglin Court Hotel in the foreground and Far East behind.  Some families initially stayed at Tanglin Court while waiting for a vacant married quarter.  Posh looking residential flats have since replaced Tanglin Court.

 

Thaipussam

Thaipussam

Thaipussam, a Hindu festival of penance.  This guy is wearing a Kavardi, (a steel cage) complete with spikes that penetrate the body.

 

Thaipussam

Thaipussam

A general view of the festivities.

 

Thaipussam

Thaipussam

That pin goes through his cheeks and right through his tongue, so much for seventies punk era, this lot were doing it first!

 

Thaipussam

Thaipussam

A general crowd scene.

 

Vesak

Vesak

Inside a Buddhist temple during Vesak day.  This was similar to our own Harvest Festival.  We were invited by our Chinese Amah and allowed in by the Monks to watch.

 

Vesak

Vesak

Inside the temple.  Note the "money" tree, where notes were placed as gifts for the monks.

 

Vesak

Vesak

The altar.  If I remember correctly those bottles of holy water were actually F&N (Fraser and Neave) pop bottles!  (I think F&N was an Australian company)

 

Vesak

Vesak

Inside the temple.  Worshippers purchased gold leaf and stuck it on to this statue.  Our Chinese Amah is in the foreground.

 

Wyang

Wyang

A Wyang theatre that sprang up in Orchard Road.

 

 

Singapore National Theatre

 

Taken from our 5th floor flat, Far East Mansions, circa 1968.  I am not sure what the occasion is but that small marquee is set up right outside the flat that was used as the families club so would assume there was a do of some kind on, complete with marching band.

 

 

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