| Thanks to Ron Moss for these
photos.
Ron was in the
Naval Base from 1962 to 1965. |
Dockyard Swimming Pool
The pool can still be
seen between Deptford road and Wellington
road if you search for Admiralty Road
East
on Google Maps. |
Dockyard Swimming Pool |
Dockyard Swimming Pool |
Ottawa Road
Ottawa Road in the
Naval Base taken from in front of our house. |
H Block
in Ottawa Road. We
lived in the top floor flat (H2). |
Ah Chan
our Amah. |
Ron Jones - having a nap
These three were all
taken on a Banyan trip to
Seletar
Island. |
Ron Jones and Pete
Sims with a dead sea snake. |
Small temple building |
Waiting
for the bus to take me to
Alexandra
Grammar School |
Some
of the naval base girls who played the boys at football in a
charity game
Linda Mair: Sue Le Maux: ?? : ?? : Pam Stacy: ?
Wilson |
Taken
at a party in 1964
Back Row:
??: Les Beckworth: Melinda (Min) Chapman: Ron Smith: Denise
Wooldridge: Ron Moss: ? Wilson
Middle Row:
Pam Stacy: Jill Chapman: Linda Mair: ?? : Sue Le Maux
Front Row:
Dave Wright: Jane Strange: Nick Gilbert: Laura Gilbert: June
Tressider: Jim Coull
In front of Jane Strange: Joyce Wilson. |
The cover of my
Singapore
driving licence |
inside of the driving
licence |
The outside of a
Christmas card sent to us by one of the local traders |
inside of the card |
Written
in 1965 but I can’t remember who wrote it and I’m struggling to
identify a lot of the individuals named and the incidents
referred to. Thanks to Lin Kelloway for transcribing this.
Verse 4: Laura Gilbert.
Verse 6: Nick Gilbert and Jane Strange.
Verse 8: Min Chapman.
Verse 9:Lin Kelloway and Ron Moss.
Verse 17: Pam Kelloway.
Verse 20: I think this refers to Pete Sims blowing the fuse in
the apprentice training building.
Can anyone add any other names? |
About to set off on a
trip to the Mandai for a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme
expedition |
on my return home from
the trip! |
The
cover of my last school report from St
John’s
School |
These are tickets to
the show given by the Rolling Stones in
Singapore
in February 1965. Thanks to Lin Kelloway for the picture.
Earlier that month I went to see the Kinks and Manfred Mann,
also at the Badminton Hall.
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See also these pages with a Naval
connection: Tim Brown
Sue Watts
Junior & Infant Schools |
