Bourne School 2006341 viewsSame position as previous photo but now looking back along the front of the main old building.
Far East Mansions341 viewsThis Far East Mansion’s flat (just above that in red) was my old family home in the sixties
Tiger Balm Gardens341 viewsChinese mythology story; the women are “spider spirits†who at one point are fantasising and celebrating about a world with no men!
A Guiding Event341 views
Bourne School 2006340 viewsA view along the other side of what I think was the old science block. Note students have the luxury of air conditioning today!
Concrete Nanny340 viewsFemale manual worker from china, dubbed "Concrete Nannies" so called because they adopted kids from poorer families and did manual work. The money was used to give the adopted kids a good education. The hats worn were usually red.
cutting is either from the Straits Times or the Malay Mail338 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.
Scout Medals338 viewsThese scout medals were won at the Gillman pool in 1969. By the
time the competition got underway most of the troops has disbanded so the
chances of winning something dramatically increased.
Tiger Balm Gardens338 views
China Town Museum337 viewsThis food preparation area was just a few feet across from the previous photo!
Singapore Skyline 2006337 viewsThese buildings now dominate the skyline, which the former PO building once did back in the sixties