tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post707960944998367667..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Singapore Scenes from the Hollywood Movies (by Peter Chan)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-74416338949031414222012-09-18T00:52:01.170+08:002012-09-18T00:52:01.170+08:00Hi
Did Aida Rd face a field of oxen, with jungle ...Hi<br /><br />Did Aida Rd face a field of oxen, with jungle behind and a Kampong nearby? Was there a small swamp/pool that was later drained and found to be a mass grave? What would have been the nearest cemetery?<br /><br />Thanks<br />DeniseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-43707953759689874072009-06-10T08:32:21.354+08:002009-06-10T08:32:21.354+08:00Peter,
Certainly a well put together and accurate ...Peter,<br />Certainly a well put together and accurate article.<br />GI Executioner does show many scenes of Singapore in 1971, and it's amazing to compare them with what they look like today. <br />As for the Bailey Bridge, well I guess it depends on how one is defined. Wikipedia gives a good summary and some interesting photographs. At the very least, this bridge at Bedok would be a temporary structural steel bridge, as you can see what looks to be a fairly substantial (probably 12m length) steel I beam spanning across the road.Malcolm Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-12488962362932299992009-06-09T11:36:58.925+08:002009-06-09T11:36:58.925+08:00HDB people refer to this as Bailey bridge.....I am...HDB people refer to this as Bailey bridge.....I am not sure who put up this structure but I can tell you the one at Serangoon Road was by 3rd or 4th Battalion Royal Malaysian Army Engineers. My bconclusion is if CE put up and not ordinary contractors cannot be something else. BUT on the other hand, I remember vaguely the one in Serangoon Road had "X" on the pillars although got no rail guard at the top. I do remember when going back to bedok Camp, there were also those "X" steel frames on the supports.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-50159017846095988352009-06-09T11:23:14.207+08:002009-06-09T11:23:14.207+08:00Peter. Are you sure that that bridge was a Bailey ...Peter. Are you sure that that bridge was a Bailey Bridge? From my past encounters with infantry people, they tend to be a bit 'blur' about things related to combat engineers. For example, there was this bn CO during my reservist days, a major, ..... better not go into details. <br /><br />From your photo, it is hard to tell. I tried to view this scene in Victor's dvd on my tv set, but the top segment is cut off.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-72243591612624629282009-06-08T21:12:01.594+08:002009-06-08T21:12:01.594+08:00fascinating to see what happened to the hill I rem...fascinating to see what happened to the hill I remember well from my time living in Aida Road in 1960. The sheer scale of the operation to shift earth for reclamation is difficult to imagine. In fact I used to think that the hill would not last very long as it used to shed a lot of sand every time it rained! On my visit to the Opera Estate in March both the hill and the swampy area near it were long gone and replaced by newer buildings.Brian and Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208616667962513171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-7132703097538332162009-06-08T09:22:33.577+08:002009-06-08T09:22:33.577+08:00Icemoon:
Exploring Sheares Bridge was BEFORE Marri...Icemoon:<br />Exploring Sheares Bridge was BEFORE Marriedpeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-61837698146606346732009-06-08T09:21:45.886+08:002009-06-08T09:21:45.886+08:00alamak....poor memory. That one rented....alamak....poor memory. That one rented....peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-15790913636555298612009-06-08T09:10:12.898+08:002009-06-08T09:10:12.898+08:00Peter. How can you forget the time you stayed in F...Peter. How can you forget the time you stayed in <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2007/10/places-i-remember-5-farrer-road.html" rel="nofollow">Farrer Court</a> just after you got married? <br /><br /><i>"Chun See. We could have been neighbours except when I got married in the late 70s, I rented a unit at Block C Farrer Court (1504 on the 15th floor, old numbering system). This was a HUDC estate. I think that block was nearest to the hawker center (there was a good beef ball noddle stall I think)." </i><br /><br />If your wife reads this, you surely die.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-7626441661545674632009-06-08T05:19:25.044+08:002009-06-08T05:19:25.044+08:00Holland V and Ulu Pandan - 1 location
Bedok and no...Holland V and Ulu Pandan - 1 location<br />Bedok and now - 2 different locations<br />Childhood - i location<br /><br />so in total i moved 3 times but I wander far and wide. Dont forget I was travelling salesman and not holding an office job (9 to 5).peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-87064840005496640692009-06-07T22:56:00.757+08:002009-06-07T22:56:00.757+08:00I think that was his grandfather's house and h...I think that was his grandfather's house and he was there on weekends. Eh, he also visited his uncle near Sunset Ave where he saw the railway bridge. Such colorful childhood.<br /><br />But I think he spent most of his pre-teenage years at Chestnut. The Brits gave him fish and chips, haha.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-77849138445157266042009-06-07T22:33:55.592+08:002009-06-07T22:33:55.592+08:00I think have to add Tiong Malu.I think have to add <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2008/08/tiong-ma-lu-as-cantonese-would-say-by.html" rel="nofollow">Tiong Malu</a>.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-56378361573191150832009-06-07T22:21:58.450+08:002009-06-07T22:21:58.450+08:00You must have moved many times. AFAIK, twice in Be...You must have moved many times. AFAIK, twice in Bedok, once in Bukit Timah, once in Ulu Pandan, once in Holland V?!<br /><br /><i>> Since I had never taken a bus for more than 10 years</i><br /><br />Gosh, could the last one be the bus to Bedok Camp in 1973? lol<br /><br /><i>So one way to keep the toddler quiet in the house whilst the wife sleeps, is to take the toddler out for "kai kai".</i><br /><br />Was that how you <a href="http://ivyidaong4.blogspot.com/2009/06/nice-disturbed-spot-for-pak-tor-ying-by.html?showComment=1244012402820#c2724262072103848641" rel="nofollow">explored</a> Sheares Bridge from Tanjong Rhu??<br /><br />Yeah, I can ride bicycle. Amazingly cycling skill is something you never forget even when you don't own a bike.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-59309738031482823832009-06-07T09:46:58.027+08:002009-06-07T09:46:58.027+08:001983 I had just moved into to the Nallur Road area...1983 I had just moved into to the Nallur Road area from the Holland V area. As usual, I like to explore "new places or at least places I have been there but for a long absence". So what can a married man do when he has to baby-sit a toddler when the wife sleeps to mid-day on a Sunday? Since I had never taken a bus for more than 10 years and with a new double-decker passing my new place, why not then? After all exploring Nallur Road, Talian Teck Teck and Siglap Road had become boring.<br /><br />Icemoon, don't forget infants can explore things/remember things from the day they are born. So 2 yr+ toddler can be very inquisitive. So one way to keep the toddler quiet in the house whilst the wife sleeps, is to take the toddler out for "kai kai". There were many things father and son(s) did together - finding out how golf courses are built, what happens at the bus terminus or where people spend their time.<br /><br />I find that both my sons are "closer" to me than to their mother because of the rapport I developed (by accident) from the day they were born. This is one clue when your time comes to become a parent. Now I can "wash my hands clean".<br /><br />Icemoon do u ride bicycle? Victor n I did a crazy thing over the week-end. Loretta if you are reading this, why don't join us?peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-28542405726819837452009-06-06T21:28:23.851+08:002009-06-06T21:28:23.851+08:00Thanks for solving the mystery of the overhead bri...Thanks for solving the mystery of the overhead bridge across Upper East Coast Road, Peter.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-29611383970324775552009-06-06T15:46:17.822+08:002009-06-06T15:46:17.822+08:00I wonder in 1983 Peter balik-kampong already? If s...I wonder in 1983 Peter balik-kampong already? If so, he would have drove past the bailey bridge on the way to town?<br /><br />Eh, can a two year old boy appreciate bus rides? :PIcemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-86133138083173424022009-06-06T15:42:17.927+08:002009-06-06T15:42:17.927+08:00Very informative article which we don't usuall...Very informative article which we don't usually find in public domain. :)<br /><br />I have a geography question. The cut-site in the photo must be near Jalan Puay Poon which followed (roughly) Bedok South Ave. 1 and Bedok South Road to New Upper Changi Road? This road must have cut across the hills (left side Siglap Hill, right side WWII massacre ground) to connect Upper East Coast Road to Changi Road.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.com