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 Singapore Naval Base Housing - 29 Admiralty Road 1965329 viewsA typical three bedroomed semidetached bungalow built around 1929. Allocated to civilian chargeman and similar grades along with their families on a posting to Singapore. At times. i.e. during the early days of the build of the base and post Japanese occupation when families were not present. These properties were allocated to three or four single men who were usually on an unaccompanied two year posting. During Japanese occupation some of these bungalows were used as workshops.
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 Singapore Naval Base Housing - 87 Fiji Road 1961321 views87 Fiji Road. A two bedroom detached bungalow built around 1929. Allocated to civilian chargeman and similar grades along with their families on a posting to Singapore. The bungalow had a great view over the Dockyard with sight of any ships berthed on North Wall.
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 Singapore Naval Base Housing - 29 Admiralty Road Interior 1965316 views29 Admiralty Road (Changed to Admiralty Road East around 1970). Photo shows the open plan construction to allow good ventilation. Very secure being built high on stilts, all windows and balcony's fitted with either louvered openings or 'chiks' (drop down cane blinds). The room is show furnished with standard MoD issued furniture that could be drawn from Naval Stores for the duration of tenancy.
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 Singapore Naval Base Housing - Wellington Road 1998313 viewsView of housing on Wellington Road. Picture taken from the same spot as the photo taken in 1929 showing the houses under construction. In 1998 these houses were leased to the US Navy for their staff and families. It was interesting to learn that 'folklore' amongst the USN families was that these houses were built by the Japanese during occupation for their officers using forced British labour. The logic - each house had a 'Geisha' room at the rear. I guess it did look like a Geisha room but it was actually there for the Amah!
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