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Taking Up The Challenge: 2012-10
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. Old Singapore Quiz (25) - Old Road in 1930s. I received this email on 24 Oct 2012 from a UK gentleman by the name of Mr Peter Howard:. I stumbled across your blog when looking for old photos of Singapore. My father went to work in Singapore in the thirties before the Second World War, for the British government I believe. I did a bit of research...
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Taking Up The Challenge: Save Our Film
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. A screen grab from the film The Last Communist which is l. Oosely based on the autobiography of Chin Peng, the legendary Malayan communist guerrilla leader. The film tells of the little-known role of the Communist Party of Malaya towards the dissolution of British rule in the country. (Photo taken from Asian Film Archive. Part of the 'Save Our F...
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Taking Up The Challenge: 2011-03
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. Old Singapore Quiz (24) - Old Car. Today, I was at an old part of Singapore. To be precise, I was walking along Dickson Road. Dickson Road - The tower in the centre of the photo is the Church of the True Light. It was a chocolate car! The car did not have a classic number plate. And it was probably driven by someone who had just migrated here...
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Taking Up The Challenge: The Adam Park Project
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. The Adam Park Project. Below is an email from Mr Jon Cooper who is the Project Manager of a research project called The Adam Park Project. He would appreciate if you could contribute any related information:. More info can be found at:. Http:/ www.gla.ac.uk/. Hope you can help us. Saturday, January 16, 2010. Tuesday, February 04, 2014. Hillary C...
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Taking Up The Challenge: 2011-11
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. Selegie Integrated School - My Primary School Days (1). How Selegie Integrated School Looks Like Today. Q1 What was the reason that saw you studying at Selegie Integrated School? Dr Toh Chin Chye, Deputy Prime Minister and Assemblyman for Rochore Declaring the School Open on 19 Jan 1963 - Photo Courtesy of the National Archives. Any particularly...
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Taking Up The Challenge: I Remember Rediffusion
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. When I was a kid in the 60s, mass media consisted only of newspapers, radio, Rediffusion and TV (which was just introduced then). Of course, the Internet had not been invented yet - it only came about in the early 80s. The Rediffusion man would come around once a month, carrying a soft brown briefcase. After collecting the $5 subscription fe...
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Taking Up The Challenge: 2010-09
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. Who Were The Soap Stars? Who were the soap stars in the last post. Thought that the Chinese star was Li Li Hua (李麗華) while Chun See. Above photo (right) was reproduced from this website. The eyes, I mean. I think the Hollywood actress is Ruth Chatterton. Above photo (right) was reproduced from this website. Sunday, September 19, 2010. The above ...
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Taking Up The Challenge: 2011-05
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. Modes Of Road Transportation In Singapore In The 1930s - The Rickshaw. Since my last two posts ( here. Were about a 1930s car in Singapore, do you know what were modes of transportation in the 1930s? Pun intended), that is, they would have been too easy for you. Besides, the answers are already given in this book. When it was published.). This p...
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Taking Up The Challenge: 2011-01
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Taking Up The Challenge. My answer to a colleague's challenge for this old dog (that's me) to blog. I hope I've proven that 'every old dog could do a good blog'. Old Singapore Quiz (23) - Old Petrol Station. Commented that my quizes are "a bit too tough" for him these days. So for his sake, I am giving an easy one this time. Should be a piece of cake. No clues needed. The petrol station in the photo looks like a typical one in rural Malaysia, doesn't it? 2 Where is this petrol station located? Did make a...