GMY Book Contest #8 - results

Congratulations to reader, Chew. The correct answer is Jurong Road. My friend James Tann who shared this photo from the 1980s said; “This photo of Jurong West as taken from the Jurong Road roadside at Hong Kah Village. Location should be somewhere near today's Green Haven Halfway House that was beside the old Bulim Cemetery.” 

The sign which I had blurred out actually says; “Bulim Community Centre"

But I am still having trouble pinpointing the exact location because in the 1980s, the PIE had already been constructed; and yet in James’ photo, the HDB blocks looked so near. If this place was indeed near the Green Haven Home, they should be much further away. Anyway, I hope readers can throw some light.

 

From 1981 street directory

Actually, I have blogged about this area before here. In the old days, when we travelled to Safti via Green Bus 175 or 174 to Nantah, we would pass through this stretch of Jurong Rd. However, we were usually too tired or sleeping to note the surroundings. As I mentioned in the earlier article, we also did a lot of topo training in this part of Spore which we called Hong Kah.

Here are a few more photos of Jurong Rd between Bukit Batok Road and Green Haven taken in April 2007.

PS – Chew, pls email your address to me so I can send you a copy of my book.

GMY Book Contest #8

First to identify this place gets a free copy of my book Good Morning Yesterday.

Photo credit: James Tann

But no prize for identifying the street in this 1960s photo from Tim Light.

GMY Book Contest #7

Earlier this year I received this photo from my friend Mike Robbins. This is one of the photos taken by Mike’s former colleague at the Naval Base, Ray Kirkman,  in the 1960s. Ray was a keen photographer who took many photos of Singapore during his free time. His son Peter has kindly forwarded some of them to Mike to share with us here on Good Morning Yesterday.

Last week, I received the sad news that Ray has passed away at the age of 87. His legacy lives on here at Good Morning Yesterday.

As usual, the first person to identify this place gets a free copy of my book Good Morning Yesterday which is now available only at Kinokuniya @ Orchard and a few other book stores (too lazy to keep track which ones) as well as Haf Box and Betel Box (see side bar). 

GMY Book Contest #6 - Results

With a bit of help from Tim Light, I think we can confirm that Pastimes gave the right answer. This photo is probably of New Bridge Road near the junction with Upper Pickering Street. Tim has also helped me to locate a similar photo dated 19 December 1961 from the National Archives’ Picas website (Photo no. 2) which carried this description.

“Mutinous members of the Work Brigade demonstrate outside the Ministry of National Development Office in Upper Pickering ……..”

Picture no. 3 was taken by me yesterday. I happened to be at the nearby newly-opened Chinatown Point to meet some of my course trainees.

Congratulations to Pastimes. Pls email me your address; or message me at Facebook.

While sniffing around the Picas website, I came across a 1970 photo of the hawker centre in front of Thong Chai Medical Institution at Eu Tong Sen Street. So happens I took a similar shot yesterday and so here’s a Then and Now comparison of the same place 4 decades apart.

GMY Book Contest #6

Tim Light sent me this undated photo, which he probably scanned from a newspaper or magazine, suggesting that I post it as a quiz question. Trouble is I don’t know how on earth I am going to pick the winner seeing that I haven’t the faintest idea where is this place. The only hint comes from the sign which says, No. 2, Tanjong Pagar to Geylang.

GMY Book Contest #5

Thanks to my friend Stephen Lai for contributing this mid-1960s photo. The first person to identify this place wins a copy of my book, Good Morning Yesterday. Just post your answer in the comments section. Sorry; only local readers can win ….. for obvious reason.

I know the general location of this place but am not 100% confident of the street/building. Even Stephen could not recall the exact location.

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Incidentally, Good Morning Yesterday (Book) was last spotted at Times @ Centrepoint (Tel: 6734-9022), Kinokuniya @ Ngee Ann City (Tel: 6737-5021). You can also get it at Betel Box Hostel, Bistro & Tours (Tel: 6247-7340) and HAF Box Pte Ltd (Tel: 6235-4560).

GMY Book Contest #4

Thanks to Geoffrey Pain for sending me this mid-1960s picture some time ago. The first person to identify this place wins a copy of my book, Good Morning Yesterday. Just post your answer in the comments section. Sorry; only local readers can win ….. for obvious reason.

RESULTS

This is what Geoffrey Pain wrote: “The subject of the photo is the shop at the end. Hengs which is where my father bought his radios and other items. The shop is in Jalan Kayu just outside the Seletar Base.“

Peter Chan, my friend, and regular blogger here at GMY, adds: “Those shops on the left of Jalan Kayu as you approach TPE (then you cross the road bridge over TPE); then before you is Piccadilly Circus inside Seletar Airport.  The famous Jalan Kayu roti prata (in Foodage) opposite to those wooden shops.  Today those wooden shops gone and now an empty plot of land.”

Congratulations to Johnny Chen for being the first to come up with the correct answer to what appears to be a relatively easy one. Pls email me your address; or message me at Facebook.

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Incidentally, Good Morning Yesterday (Book) was last spotted at Times @ Centrepoint (Tel: 6734-9022), Kinokuniya @ Ngee Ann City (Tel: 6737-5021). You can also get it at Betel Box Hostel, Bistro & Tours (Tel: 6247-7340) and HAF Box Pte Ltd (Tel: 6235-4560). 

GMY Book Contest #3 - Results

Congratulations to Edwin Lim. I believe this is the junction of Serangoon Road and St George’s Road. Take a good look the Then and Now photos below. The building has not changed much after nearly five decades.

Edwin. Please let me have your mailing address and I will send you a copy of Good Morning Yesterday. You can email me, or message me at Facebook, or post your address here. Thanks to everyone for participating. Look out for Contest #4.

Here are 2 old buildings nearby that are still standing amidst the drastic changes all around.

Adam's Corner

Yassin Restaurant

GMY Book Contest #3

The first person to identify this place wins a copy of my book, Good Morning Yesterday. Just post your answer in the comments section. Sorry; only local readers can win ….. for obvious reason.

Thanks to Geoffrey Pain for sending me this mid-1960s picture some time ago. I did not post it earlier because I could not find the time to visit this place to confirm if I myself know the correct answer. Anyway, I still am not 100% sure. Which means of course, the judge’s decision is not final.

GMY Book Contest #2

Regret to say that I received very few answers to Contest number 1; and no correct answers. Maybe the question was too tough. Anyway here’s the answer.

Kampong House #1 is along Tampines Rd, near Upper Serangoon Rd and facing Houggang Ave 1. There used to be several such houses there and this one does not look as if it is being used as a residential home.

Kampong House #2 is at Jalan Haji Alias just beside the Al Huda Mosque.


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Never mind. This time, it is an easy one. This is a 1970 photo of me and my eldest brother, Chun Chew. Where is this place? Email answer to: cslam@hoshin.com.sg

I am not 100% sure, but I think this is the exact spot (photo taken on 19Mar2012) where the above photo was taken. By all means, post your comments now as the answer should be obvious.

All contests have rules. And so here are some.


1) Try to give a precise answer; i.e. the exact location.
2) Only 2 winners will be selected in each round. The winner should be prepared to reveal his address so I can send my book to him or her.
3) Judge’s (my) decision is not final. This is because, sometimes, the judge himself doesn’t know the answer, and so he will award the prize to the one he thinks is correct. And if another person comes up with a better answer later, he will win a prize as well.
4) All done in the name of fun and knowledge; so please don’t take it too seriously.
5) If you have already won the prize before, let others have a go first.
6) Open to Singapore residents only – for obvious reason.

GMY Book Contest #1 - Kampong houses

I just posted an article at the Singapore Memory Website about my kampong house at Lorong Kinchir. I also posed a quiz for the readers. Want to take up the challenge? You may win a copy of my book Good Morning Yesterday.

PS - Pls do not post your answers as comments here or over at the other website. Thank you.

OK. The here are the 2 photos used in my quiz. You are supposed to identify the location of these 2 kampong houses. These photos were taken in 2012.