Memories of Singapore

Photos and Images submitted to the Memories of Singapore website


Most viewed - Dave Papworth
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Bourne School 2006200 viewsA view along one of the external corridors, not quite sure where
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Bourne School 2006197 viewsAn old plague with a date of 1932, presumably the year the building was put up
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Bourne School 2006196 viewsLooking down at what I think was the science block.
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Bourne School 2006195 viewsView looking down from the top, I think the building on the left was put up post Bourne era
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Far East Mansions191 views This ground floor flat at Far East Mansions used to be the families club for the forces residents in the sixties

Sadly far east mansions was demolished in July 2007 to make way for newer taller flats.
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Bourne School 2006189 viewsA view taken from the bend in the steps, this was where the prefects used to herd you if you were deemed to be pushing in the queue while waiting for the buses.
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Far East Mansions187 viewsThis photo is me (Dave P) standing in the grounds of Far East Mansions at roughly the same spot as one of my earlier ones taken in the sixties, that can be seen on this site
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Kim Yam Road185 viewsThis is Kim Yam Road just outside Far East Mansions looking down towards the River. The area on the right used to be a large Kampong with a Michelin tyre factory next door. The tyre factory was a former WWII POW Camp
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Bugis Street at night185 viewsBugis Street at night, Suntec city buildings can be seen in the background
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Inside Bugis Street Market at night182 viewsInside Bugis Street Market at night
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Kampong178 viewsThis kampong was situated next to Far East Mansions and this photo was taken from one of
the upper flats.
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SPCA and Dave Papworth178 viewsMy sister Gill, Maggie, who was one of the SPCA supervisors and me. I believe we had just presented Maggie with our collection tin. My sister and I had gone round all the Flats in Far East Mansions carol
singing and had raised quite a bit of cash. (Later Maggie took us to see The Italian Job, which hadn't long been released).
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