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Remember Tri Shaws?586 viewsRemember Tri Shaws?

Elaine & John Singapore Tri Shaw Mid 60's
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The SVSO Dance was dated December 1966525 viewsThe SVSO Dance was dated December 1966. Robert and Nancy Blyth are front on the left. My mum worked in the Victualling and Stores Offices in the Dockyard. Dad was an engineer on a tug called the Nimble.
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St Andrews Church RN Naval Base Singapore507 viewsSt. Andrew’s Church shows the cover of what was the order of service for 18 December 1966. It was in this church that a childhood myth was shattered when my sister told me that Santa didn’t exist!
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Lido Cinema489 viewsLido Cinema Singapore

One of the cinemas in Singapore city that Dad and Mum would take us kids to
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Jalan Malu Malu488 viewsMe and my sister waiting for the school bus. We lived in Jalan Malu Malu outside the Naval Base before going to Hobart Road and then Falkland Road.
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Party Dockyard Club Singapore May 66487 viewsParty Dockyard Club Singapore May 66

Left to right front – Flo Slora, Agnes Blyth, Sheila Henry, Bob Blyth, Jessie Birnie?, Jim Birnie, ? At the back Left to right – Jim Henry, Doris, ?, ?, ?
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Party May 66482 viewsParty May 66

Left to right - ?, Bob Blyth, Doris, Linda, Jim Henry, Sheila Henry,?,? Agnes Blyth
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RN Infants School Sports Day477 viewsRN Infants School Sports Day

My sister (Elaine Blyth) is second from the right (i.e. last!) in this shot at the RN School (Infants) inside the Naval Base
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Singapore Swimming Club Jan 65476 viewsSingapore Swimming Club Jan 65

Me and my sister in the smaller pool. As kids we loved the Singapore Swimming Club and the Dockyard Pool. After we returned to the UK we had some holidays in Scarborough but somehow, the open air pool in Scarborough just didn’t have the warm weather to go with it.
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Dockyard Swimming Club474 viewsSingapore Dockyard Swimming Club.

The older lady is thought to be Tom Young's Grandmother
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St Andrews Church Youth Club473 viewsSt Andrews Church Youth Club On HMS Eagle
Front row, second left is Jock Laidlaw, and back row first left is Bryan Allan.
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What would we have done without Wong!471 viewsWhat would we have done without Wong! Mum was a traditional housewife in Scotland, and took well to having an Amah. She had a tremendous shock when we returned in October 1967 when dad was posted back to Rosyth Naval Base. No Amah in Scotland!
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