With my family, I lived in Singapore between October 1957 and November 1960. My father worked as a civilian for the RAF (Air Ministry Works Department) and for all but a few weeks of our time in Singapore we lived at 35/4 Garlick Avenue, Singapore 10 (situated off the Bukit Timah Road, opposite
the Race Course turning and off Holland Road). I later served in the RN in Singapore during 1963/64 and 1967, but that is another story |
our bungalow at 35/4 Garlick Avenue, S'pore 10 |
Our house in Singapore. 35/4 Garlick Avenue, S'pore 10. (off Bukit
Timah Road, opposite Race Course turning and then about 400 yards along Holland Road and turn left). |
Yours truly posing in swimming togs 1958 |
A handsome guy (Mk2) |
Mother and brother Keith at British Military Hospital,
Alexandra Barracks, for extraction of tonsils |
Father Mr E. McCart surrounded and almost buried by the four of us 1958/59 |
At the top of the drive |
Mainly reluctant children from Garlick Avenue gathered in neighbour's
house for carol singing, Christmas 1959 |
Carol singing at RAF Tengah, believe Christmas 1959. Not sure of the venue inside base |
Christmas Day 1959, on the patio of our bungalow at 35/4 Garlick Avenue. Left to right they are, Myself (Neil McCart), my brother
Keith McCart, my brother Ian McCart and my sister Sheila McCart. |
Dad in garden with twins, Ian and Sheila. |
Dad poses with the Vauxhall Velox (complete
with column gear change). |
The Cathay Building, Singapore, 1958 |
Ian and Sheila McCart at Tanglin Barracks Swimming Pool (brother Ian remained a very determined non-swimmer, and he remains so today) |
McCart family leaving Singapore on 30 October 1960 in the liner P&O SS
Carthage. |
Orchard Road from the car 1958 |
Sister Sheila with Jelliah |
McCart family at 35/4 Garlick Avenue, celebrating the fact that our papaya tree had, at last, borne fruit |
a family joke - Dad hadn't quite got the hang of his twin lens reflex camera |
Outside front of 35/4 Garlick Avenue, left to right Friend Graham Tipper, Ian McCart, Neil McCart, Sheila McCart, Keith McCart |
The car port 354 Garlick Avenue
and amah, Jelliah. |
The swimming pool at Gillman
Barracks, 1958/59. |
At The Gap (near Pasir Panjang) with neighbour's daughter, Joan
Freethy |
Brother Ian pretending he owns a car 1960.. |
Jurong Road, Singapore 1958. |
Sheila and two friends |
Singapore River circa 1960 |
Flooding at
the junction of Bukit Timah/Dunearn Road and Holland Road 1960. |
Father and younger brother in the back garden of 35/4 Garlick Avenue. |
With Joan Freethy, Pasir Panjang 1959 |
Thaipusum, River Valley Road, 1959 |
Thaipusum, River Valley Road, 1959 |
Tiger Balm Gardens June 1959 |
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