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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 |
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Brownies
Brownie revels July 1969,
First names,
(L-R) Susan, Helen, Kim and Jane.
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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!
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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!
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Changi Hotel
Rear view of the Hotel.
My mum is on
the seat.
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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.
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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.
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David
This is me
looking out over the harbour through my then new "toy".
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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.
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Female Cop
A Singapore policewoman. Note the Anglia van, when did you last see one
of those?
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General View
General view
from my sister’s bedroom (1969) the Fifth floor Far East Mansions.
The road was probably River Valley.
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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).
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Hill 152
Another
favourite Scouting/Guiding activity taking place at Hill 152.
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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.
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Lightning
One of 74 Sqn's
Lightning’s, "Delta" taken at Tengah.
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Lion Dance
Lion Dance
during one of the National Days.
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Locals
Two local girls
taken in the Botanical Gardens. The floral display in the
background was part of a working clock.
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Locals
This was part
of a funeral party.
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Macritchie Reservoir
A fountain at
Macritchie reservoir, the Islands largest of three.
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Malaya Village
A typical
Malaya Village built on wooden stilts over water.
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Malaya Village
The same
village (I think) but this section was in-land.
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Mansions
Far East and
Pacific Mansions taken from Mount Faber, Singapore's highest point.
They were some of the tallest buildings at the time.
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National Day
National Day
parade, Aug 1968.
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National Day
National Day
again, this time members of the Singapore police, note the National
Theatre in the background.
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National Theatre
A side view of
the fountain at the front of the National Theatre building. I
believe this has now been demolished.
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The Dakotas
The Dakotas
netball team in action at Far East Mansions. Mum is in the orange
top, bandaged knee.
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Junior Netball
This was the Junior netball team from Far East Mansions. Mum used to
help with the coaching.
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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.
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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
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Raffles Village
My sister and I
are in the cart taken at Raffles Village.
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SSPCA
Some of the
Brownies who helped out down at the SSPCA. My sister is in the blue
Guide uniform.
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Street Scene
A general
street scene, note the black car with the yellow roof, a standard
Singapore Taxi.
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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.
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Thaipussam
Thaipussam, a
Hindu festival of penance. This guy is wearing a Kavardi, (a steel
cage) complete with spikes that penetrate the body.
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Thaipussam
A general view
of the festivities.
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Thaipussam
That pin goes
through his cheeks and right through his tongue, so much for
seventies punk era, this lot were doing it first!
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Thaipussam
A general crowd
scene.
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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.
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Vesak
Inside the
temple. Note the "money" tree, where notes were placed as gifts for
the monks.
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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)
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Vesak
Inside the
temple. Worshippers purchased gold leaf and stuck it on to this
statue. Our Chinese Amah is in the foreground.
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Wyang
A Wyang theatre
that sprang up in Orchard Road.
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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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