Memories of Singapore

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Singapore National Theatre152 viewsSingapore National Theatre
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Our Car!147 viewsA 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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Malaya Village147 viewsA typical Malaya Village built on wooden stilts over water.
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Malaya Village147 viewsThe same village (I think) but this section was in-land.
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David Papworth146 viewsThis is me looking out over the harbour through my then new "toy".
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This was part of a funeral party.144 viewsThis was part of a funeral party.
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Thaipussam144 viewsThaipussam, 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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Scout camp at Hill 152139 viewsScout 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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Macritchie Reservoir137 viewsA fountain at Macritchie reservoir, the Islands largest of three.
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Raffles Village135 viewsMy sister and I are in the cart taken at Raffles Village.
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Vesak135 viewsThe 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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Thaipussam134 viewsThat 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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