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Sussex Estate

 

Sussex Estate no longer exists, but I have some wonderful memories of living there.

Last video of 22 Goodwood Road, before the demolition of Sussex Estate in 1997.

43 Goodwood Road, Sussex Estate, Singapore

43 Goodwood Road

We moved here from Hong Kong Park in 1968

Goodwood Road

Goodwood Road

Looking right as you are facing my old house

Susan Webb

Susan Webb

Strolling along Goodwood Road.  This photo was taken from the steps of my old house.

Tabletop

Tabletop

The view from my bedroom window.  We called it Tabletop, now a huge housing estate.

Tom O'Brien and Ken Thomas

Myself & Ken Thomas

You can tell that I didn't like to wear flip-flops.  Ken has his arm in plaster after trying to jump a monsoon drain.

Ian Vale and Shayne Terry

Ian Vale & Shayne Terry

Posing for the photograph on the gardeners motorbike.

Shayne Terry and Mick Burwell

Shayne Terry & Mick Burwell

Taken at the Kent Cinema and Bowling Alley whilst on a return trip with the Royal Navy.  The girls boarding houses at St. John's is pointed out.

Coral and Rosemary Burwell 1971

Coral (surname ?) and Rosie (Burwell) at The Eye, Cuscaden House Hotel, June 1971.

Rosie Burwell use to live at No. 1 Goodwood Road.

Sussex Estate from Tabletop

Sussex Estate

The view from Tabletop towards Sussex Estate.

Paul, Sylvia and Carmen Wensley

Paul, Sylvia and Carmen Wensley taken just before leaving Singapore.

Bobby Wallace 1968

Bobby Wallace 1967

Ron Wallace 1967

Ron Wallace 1967

John Moorhouse

John Moorhouse in the back garden at 25 Goodwood Road with Betty, his late mother.

Jane  Moorhouse with brother John

Jane and John Moorhouse

Jane Moorhouse with mother Betty and sister Helen

Jane Moorhouse with mother Betty and sister Helen

Anne Hills and Terry Buckle

Anne Hills and Terry Buckle.  Terry lived on the Sussex Estate from 1964 to 1966.

Kathy Bird and Terry Buckle

Kathy Bird and Terry Buckle

Kathy and Terry

Kathy and Terry

Linda Helm

Linda Helm

32 Goodwood Road

32 Goodwood Road which was Terry's house.  More photos from Terry can be seen here

aerial view of Sussex Estate in 1960

Thanks to Peter Chan for this aerial view of Sussex Estate in 1960

Laurie Bane

Laurie Bane

Lived at 57 Goodwood Road.  1965 to 1968.

More photos from Laurie can be seen here

Comet Tank on the Sussex Estate about to go onto Table Mountain.

Thanks to David and Stephen Prior for this, and the following four photos.

A Comet Tank on the Sussex Estate about to go to Table Mountain with the Singapore Military Forces (SMF).

Comet Tank on a Diamond T Tank Transporter.

Another Comet Tank on a Diamond T Tank Transporter at the same location.

Carol Pettit and Dawn Thomas

Carol Pettit and Dawn Thomas.

Lynette Evans

Lynette Evans taken on the Sussex Estate.

Roger "Commando" Taylor

Roger "Commando" Taylor - why was he called Commando? Because he wanted to be one.  We need to ask him to see whether he followed his dream. Taken at the back of the Sussex Estate on the SMF training area.

Peter Garvey's House

Peter Garvey's

Peter Garvey submitted this photo of the house he lived in from '67 to '69.

Thanks to Lam Chun See for these two photos taken in July 2007 from a block of high rise flats overlooking the area where Sussex Estate was situated.  The t-shape building in the distance is the Singapore Telcom building located on Dover Road.

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