Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Asok Kumar had a culture shock when his father decided to retire in India. The family packed up and left in 1973. When he returned to Singapore in 2010, the old staff quarters at Breeze Road were gone. But he managed to find his former classmates at Silat Primary School.

00:00 Leaving Singapore in 1973

03:19 Buses in India

09:09 Breeze Road Quarters Demolished

10:37 Taking a Ship to India

17:19 Finding My Old Classmates

21:20 Heritage & Remembering the Past

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Chronicles of Old Singapore | Venugopal Kurup – Queen’s Crescent, Silat School & Shell Part 1

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Venugopal Kurup takes us back to the 1950s and 1960s and the interesting people he still remembers. He studied at Silat Integrated School in Kampong Bahru and lived in a flat at Queen’s Crescent, the fifth neighbourhood of Queenstown New Town. This ended in 1966 when his mother returned to India, taking with her Venugopal and the rest of her children.

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Silat Integrated School

06:49 Singapore’s Separation

17:56 Queen’s Crescent

23:57 Alexandra Village

34:51 Visits to Tanjong Pagar & Breeze Road

36:13 Leaving for India

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to lkshis@gmail.com if you have any of these stories:

• Old places or kampongs.

• Communities – their way of life & culture.

• Childhood & schools.

• Work or business.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. I am joined by Angela Sim, a YouTuber who documents artisans and Chinese heritage, and three veterans from the Chin Woo Athletic Association: Jack Tan, Eric Ko and Edwin Ng. They tell me about the origins of the association, how they became interested in its activities at a young age and the masters who taught liondancing.

00:00 Introductions

12:28 History of Chin Woo

19:13 Sports, Health & Culture Together

25:03 Liondance in Chin Woo

34:42 Liondance Masters

41:05 Edwin the Drummer

47:24 How Lionheads Have Changed

Singapore Chin Woo (Athletic) Association

https://sgchinwoo.com/

Angela Sim aka Hakka Moi:

https://www.youtube.com/@HakkaMoi

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to lkshis@gmail.com if you have any of these stories:

• Old places or kampongs.

• Communities – their way of life & culture.

• Childhood & schools.

• Work or business.