tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post5218214733583502459..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Fun and Entertainment in the 1960s - Brian MitchellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-68135406331667436792007-03-17T11:19:00.000+08:002007-03-17T11:19:00.000+08:00Hi Denise. Thanks for dropping by. Be sure to clic...Hi Denise. Thanks for dropping by. Be sure to click on the link, Labelled: John Harper and other UK Friends and read the Spore stories of your countrymen.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-11486371670647764162007-03-17T06:07:00.000+08:002007-03-17T06:07:00.000+08:00What a great site! My father was in the RAF and w...What a great site! My father was in the RAF and we lived in Changi in the mid-sixties. We lived on the Opera Estate and would walk to the ahma's night market - where might that have been?<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>DeniseDeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019582275172689924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-84284366113031500382007-01-29T19:48:00.000+08:002007-01-29T19:48:00.000+08:00Peter - thanks the name 'The Gap' rings a strong b...Peter - thanks the name 'The Gap' rings a strong bell related to those races.<br /><br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-42929226345553189062007-01-25T11:12:00.000+08:002007-01-25T11:12:00.000+08:00I was newly led into the pop music scene in the ea...I was newly led into the pop music scene in the early sixties by attending a live show featuring a new singer (Dutch descent?) named Johnny Lion with his lively band. I think the show was staged in an unusual location, a cinema (Odeon?). Because it was staged in an enclosed area, coupled with good singing and acoustics, the show was indeed electrifying, a complete success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-23183977190418268722007-01-23T18:30:00.000+08:002007-01-23T18:30:00.000+08:00Chun See
You are right Congratulations was the son...Chun See<br />You are right Congratulations was the song title.<br /><br />Brian - the 1960 races were down South Buona Vista Road -called "The Gap"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-82200659609540910662007-01-23T11:18:00.000+08:002007-01-23T11:18:00.000+08:00Peter, was it Congratulations or Celebration. Anyw...Peter, was it Congratulations or Celebration. Anyway I am no big fan of CR. But I like "When the girl in your arms ..." I also have a CD of his Christian songs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-75806207622575985802007-01-23T07:27:00.000+08:002007-01-23T07:27:00.000+08:00My memories of Cliff Richard were in his songs lik...My memories of Cliff Richard were in his songs like "The Young Ones". I think there was also a movie of the same title. Then in 1968 he came up with "Celebration" which won the Eurovision Award that year. There was "Movie News" publictaion (forerunner of "8 Days"<br />magazine) that did many write-ups of foreign stars visiting Singapore such as the Beatles and Hermans Hermit.<br /><br />Somehow I rememebered people in the late 50s and early 60s prefer to imitate Elvis rather than Cliff such as the "curry puff" hairstyle. MY uncle used to spot this haristyle and had a comb in his rear trouser pocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-20549411250241891112007-01-21T18:04:00.000+08:002007-01-21T18:04:00.000+08:00The Badminton Stadium as the venue for Cliff Richa...The Badminton Stadium as the venue for Cliff Richard (how amazing he is still visiting!) sounds right as the venue, I remember it as a big barn of a place.<br /><br />I am sure Cliff did idolise Elvis, before he established his own profile he was one of several Elvis type singers that emerged in the UK inspired by Elvis.<br /><br />On the Ambassador Hotel, we were there in January/Feburary 1960 and perhaps it was the Embassy before that as I did not think it was newly built.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-54607987390881615972007-01-19T15:17:00.000+08:002007-01-19T15:17:00.000+08:00If I am not mistaken, I saw the rolling stones per...If I am not mistaken, I saw the rolling stones performed at the Badminton Stadium. The recent performance by Cliff Richard at the the Singapore Indoor Stadium, in which Cliff lamented that he should have come more often, not only after 41 yrs, after being impressed by the great response of the crowd, old and young. He also said that before he entered show business, he idolised Elvis, mentioning that the King still holds the record after his demise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-86155316491117669232007-01-19T09:42:00.000+08:002007-01-19T09:42:00.000+08:00Corrections:
Cliff Richard & the Shadows played at...Corrections:<br />Cliff Richard & the Shadows played at the Singapore Badminton Hall (along Guillemard Road) in 1961. The other pop bands appeared at the National Theater.<br /><br />Ambassador's first name in the 1950s was The Embassy Hotel, according to my father. It was a famous accomodation for HK film stars. Further up the road at where Casa Meyfort condo is now used to be the Malaya Hotel. <br /><br />There is a child care center at Katong Park, the building is actually an old building of the 1960s that was renovated. Still remember during the Indonesian Confrontation a bomb exploded at the same carpark on the side of Katong Park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-43876743203559861002007-01-18T17:47:00.000+08:002007-01-18T17:47:00.000+08:00I found a bit of history about the Ambassador Hote...I found a bit of history about the Ambassador Hotel at <a href="http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/details/SIP_646_2005-01-22.html">Singapore Infopedia</a>.<br /><br />"Katong Park Hotel, now closed, was one of Singapore's oldest hotel. It used to be located along Meyer Road. Owned by several people since it was built in the early 1960s, the hotel was known by two other names, Ambassador Hotel and Duke Hotel, before getting its latest name, Katong Park Hotel, in 1992. It was sold to make way for a residential project in the late 1990s."<br /><br />As for Katong Park, those days it had a reputation of being a lovers' haunt.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-32454502842797994262007-01-18T17:30:00.000+08:002007-01-18T17:30:00.000+08:00I can't remember much about the concert venue - ot...I can't remember much about the concert venue - other than it seemed to be an old building, lots of girders. Neither can I recall the name of the Ben Hur Cinema other than its huge size.<br /><br />Yes Peter is right on the details of the Ambassador Hotel, I remember my first walk in the Katang Park (which then surely fronted the sea but is now behind an expressway) and being addressed as 'Johnny' which I think John Harper has also mentioned (and at least his name is John!). I also recall that in the few weeks I stayed at the Ambassador that it went bankrupt and fans were being removed, along with other equipment, from the dining room!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-67146959301498711262007-01-18T10:56:00.000+08:002007-01-18T10:56:00.000+08:00Sorry I forgot to correct the spelling error for S...Sorry I forgot to correct the spelling error for ST.<br /><br />Brian - for you info, the night markets are still very popular in Spore and Msia. We usually refer to it by its Malay name - Pasar Malam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-67318198030984875902007-01-18T10:43:00.000+08:002007-01-18T10:43:00.000+08:00Cliff Richard, Mike Jagger & The Rolling Stones, a...Cliff Richard, Mike Jagger & The Rolling Stones, and the Yardbirds were at the National Theater, down in River Valley Road. There was an aquarium next to the National Theater. It wasn't exactly a nice place to watch shows because it depended on the breeze. Ticket was priced at S$5 then?<br /><br />I think Ben Hur was screened at the Odeon Cinema then.<br /><br />The Ambassador Hotel was renamed as the Duke Hotel in the 1980s -down in Meyer Road. sadly it's an empty piece of land opposite to Katong Park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-62927246548435140532007-01-18T01:28:00.000+08:002007-01-18T01:28:00.000+08:00Many apologies for getting the name of The Straits...Many apologies for getting the name of The Straits Times wrong - very sloppy of me! Lets hope all readers find it amusing and not insulting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-60604902947400532522007-01-18T00:01:00.000+08:002007-01-18T00:01:00.000+08:00I think black-and-white TV transmission started in...I think black-and-white TV transmission started in 1963, the same year when I went to Primary One class. (I believe that's the reason why my myopia progressed so quickly.) And our national newspapers was (and still is) The Straits Times. You could very well have called it Straights Times as well because their stories were always straight (and still are), haha.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-22855102055101916272007-01-17T21:41:00.000+08:002007-01-17T21:41:00.000+08:00Brian, could the Shaw theatre you mentioned be the...Brian, could the Shaw theatre you mentioned be the Lido Theatre along Tanglin Road, near C.K. Tangs/Orchard Road? <br /><br />I saw Ben Hur there when I was a kid. It still is my favourite movie. For me the most memorable scene was the Sea Battle where Charlton Heston and his fellow slaves were rowing in the galley chained to the ship.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com