Memories of Singapore

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Bourne School 2006214 viewsLooking down at what I think was the science block.
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Bourne School 2006214 viewsAn old plague with a date of 1932, presumably the year the building was put up
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Raffles Village213 viewsRaffles Village, not sure what the building was.

TK Chia wrote to say that
Raffles Village is located on Cuscaden Road, just behind Tanglin Road. Today it is the proposed site for the new St. Regis Hotel

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Bourne School 2006209 viewsView looking down from the top, I think the building on the left was put up post Bourne era
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Brownie revels July 1969207 viewsBrownie revels July 1969,
First names, (L-R) Susan, Helen, Kim and Jane.
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Kim Yam Road206 viewsThis is Kim Yam Road just outside Far East Mansions looking down towards the River. The area on the right used to be a large Kampong with a Michelin tyre factory next door. The tyre factory was a former WWII POW Camp
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Dakotas206 viewsMums Netball team the Dakotas. Netball amongst the wives was very popular. Louise Manning is front row far right. Phyllis Kieft is second from left on back row.
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Far East Mansions202 viewsThis photo is me (Dave P) standing in the grounds of Far East Mansions at roughly the same spot as one of my earlier ones taken in the sixties, that can be seen on this site
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Taken in the grounds of Far East Mansions202 viewsTaken in the grounds of Far East Mansions. That’s me in the glasses and my sister is in the green skirt. These are some puppies we temporarily looked after from the SPCA. Note the Buddhist temple in the background.

The boy with the striped T-Shirt is Peter Manning. Far left is Paul Kieft and next to him with the dark hair is his brother Mark Kieft.
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Bourne School 2006201 viewsA view taken from the bend in the steps, this was where the prefects used to herd you if you were deemed to be pushing in the queue while waiting for the buses.
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Far East Mansions201 views This ground floor flat at Far East Mansions used to be the families club for the forces residents in the sixties

Sadly far east mansions was demolished in July 2007 to make way for newer taller flats.
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Esplanade looking towards Suntec City201 viewsPhoto taken just outside the Esplanade looking towards Suntec City
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