 Most viewed - Dave Papworth
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Sentosa Island487 viewsPhoto looking down on the Merlion was also taken from the Carlsberg tower.
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cutting is either from the Straits Times or the Malay Mail485 viewsThe newspaper cutting is either from the Straits Times or the Malay Mail,
(the article appeared in both), The background to the story is that my sister and occasionally me would help out at the Singapore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The local papers obviously thought it would make a good story.
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China Town Museum485 viewsThis food preparation area was just a few feet across from the previous photo!
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Botanic Gardens481 viewsPhoto of what I think was the original lake from the sixties era.
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Sentosa Island481 viewsThis photo of the cable car system and harbour area was taken from the top of the Carlsberg tower, 280m up.
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Singapore Ministry of Arts481 viewsThis colourful building is the Singapore Ministry of Arts
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Botanic Gardens479 viewsThis photo was taken at one end of the same lake.
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SPCA and Dave Papworth478 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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Bourne School 2006476 viewsView looking down from the top, I think the building on the left was put up post Bourne era
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Radio476 viewsThis radio measures about 4.5" x 1.25" x 2.75", it was state of the art stuff at the time, and about as small as radios got. This model was MW only but it did have an earpiece! It was bought for my birthday in 1969, still works too.
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The obverse side of a Japanese WW2 occupation bank note. 475 views
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Smith Street474 viewsA Moon Festival lantern and cake seller in Smith Street, China Town
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