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 The bank notes we used back in the 1960s161 viewsJan 18, 2014
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 The bank notes we used back in the 1960s204 viewsJan 18, 2014
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 The bank notes we used back in the 1960s181 viewsJan 18, 2014
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 Bukit Timah Road would often flood203 viewsBukit Timah Road would often flood, especially when the monsoon rains coincided with the tide coming up from the sea. Enterprising Singaporeans would offer to 'push out' vehicles that became stationary in the floodwater, making sure they pushed your exhaust pipe beneath it, ensuring a handsome tip from grateful motorists!Jan 18, 2014
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 Robinsons geared up for the festive season217 viewsRaffles Place, Christmas 1968, with the original Robinsons geared up for the festive season.Jan 18, 2014
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 From Liat Towers looking up Orchard Road231 viewsFrom Liat Towers looking up Orchard Road towards Tanglin. The Thai Embassy, on the right in spacious grounds, is still there and looks exactly the same. The site must be worth billions of dollars! The wide monsoon drains are all underground now.Jan 18, 2014
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 The beginning of Scotts Road205 viewsThe beginning of Scotts Road, taken from the same viewpoint. Today it is all high-rise blocks on both sides.Jan 18, 2014
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 Looking down Orchard Road towards CK Tang271 viewsLooking down Orchard Road towards CK Tang (on the left), taken from Liat Towers, the stubby block which housed Donald Moore Galleries after it moved from its original premises in Clemenceau Avenue. It's amazing that there are no high-rise buildings along the length of this part of Orchard Road; compare it with today! Orchard Road was two-way traffic in the 1960s, something present-day Singapore children find hard to believe - as, also, that policemen wore short trousers then!Jan 18, 2014
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 My daughter192 viewsMy daughter demonstrating the state-of-the-art child safety seat of the 60s in Singapore! Made of wicker, it simply hooked over the bench seat in the front of my Standard Vanguard without straps, anchors or anything else!

Maybe some of the others who look at this web site will remember something similar.Jan 18, 2014
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 Collyer Quay207 viewsCollyer Quay during the evening rush hour. The inevitable VW Beetle and a Mercedes, but in those days nearly all other cars were British.Jan 18, 2014
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 Change Alley213 viewsThe grubby entrance to Change Alley from Collyer Quay. Nowadays the Alley, though still bearing the name, is a disappointing air-conditioned thoroughfare with smart shops and offices lining the sides.Jan 18, 2014
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 The Lido Cinema258 viewsThe Lido Cinema at the junction of Orchard and Scotts Road. The present Lido, at the top of the atrium of another shopping centre, is reached by a number of vertiginous escalators - all made by Schindler, as I noticed when I came out of the auditorium with a hushed audience after seeing Schindler's List!Jan 18, 2014
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