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 Chargemans Bungalow174 viewsA picture which was passed to me by a friend, taken in the late 50's or early 60's in the Naval Base, we think this may have been the single men's quarters for unaccompanied chargemen
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 Tiger & mickey172 viewsOur tomcat Tiger & Anna Googan’s female cat Mickey enjoying the sun, possibly after creating the kittens that Mickey had.
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 Changi Padang168 viewsShot taken from back of Changi beach looking across the Padang.
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 Oronsay168 viewsA familiar site to many of us waving farewell to friends & loved ones at the quayside in Singapore Docks ("Godown 44" rings a bell as the jetty for liners, anybody remember?) This is the Oronsay in March/April 1967, which was en-route from New Zealand to the U.K. I cannot remember why there was a film crew on the dockside.
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 Oronsay167 viewsThe best shot of the Oronsay I could get in the days before wide angle lenses.
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 Ice cream tricycle164 viewsPush bike ice cream salesman in Tank Road on the day of the Thaipusam procession.
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 Dockyard Club163 viewsThis was captioned " View from Dockyard Club" and would appear to be the view looking south.
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 Falkland Road162 viewsThis photo was not labelled, but we think it may be Falkland Road in the Naval Base, but if anyone can identify it, let me know.
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 Gemas162 viewsThis photo relates to an article from the Summit Magazine which appears on St. Johns 3 webpage. I was one of the party on that trip.
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 Farewell Card156 viewsThe Invitation card for the combined Farewell Party for a whole group of Dockyardies including the parents of me, Julie Sugrue, and Anna Googan.
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 Football flood154 viewsRain stopped play after an hour of monsoon rain taken from our house in Wellington Road, of the dockyard football pitch under water.
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 Achille Lauro153 viewsThe ship that was diverted from its normal Australia - Italy run to pick up a large contingent of Brit Families returning to the U.K. after exams on 30th July 1968 which left from the Liner Pier in the docks at Singapore. (not the location of this Lauro Line publicity photo)
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