Merdeka Greetings!
Here’s a picture (from Mohd Taib) of Hugh Low Street, back in August 1957, all decorated for the occasion.
August 2017
The Federation Flag
Have you seen the Federation Flag? Do you remember what it looked like? We have one in our collection (see below)
Notice the difference between this flag and our present one?
When was the last time…
…you saw something like this? Some of you may already know what this is. Well, let me just say that our famed Star Barber once used this tool…
P.I.E. ?
courtesy of: Mrs Alagan
Have you heard of the Perak Institute of Electronics (PIE)? We’re hoping someone out there can help us out with this little mystery…
HIJ Convent, 1964
We thank Sybil for this class photograph, showing the students and teachers from the HIJ Convent (now SM Convent), Ipoh.
Sybil managed to provide some names (click here); however, we still need more 🙂
Convent Alumni, you girls up for the challenge?
courtesy of: Sybil de Roquigny
What’s THIS?
Basket? Tray? Bowl? No…this is actually a shield! Yes, I kid you not…..see a picture of this item in use here!
“Hello? Is it me you’re looking for?”
Here’s another NST picture, showing the ‘hello girls’ (as they were called). These girls worked at the Ipoh Telephone Exchange once upon a time. Dewi (wearing a checkered dress), and her sister Jamilah (face towards to camera) both worked 6-hour shifts at the Exchange. This picture is dated 1st November 1953.
Collecting Rations
This NST picture shows people collecting their rice rations from one of the 19 distribution points in Sungai Siput. The gentleman in the foreground is See Khoon Lim, the then chairman of the local council; on his left is K. Sockalingam, then police chief of Sungai Siput. This picture is said to be dated 10 August 1958.
Ngan Sing Photo Studio
Does anyone recall there being a photo studio along Market Street, Ipoh?
Remembering Rose Chan
This lady needs no introduction….I think EVERYONE knows who she is 😉
Rose Chan was born Chan Wai Chang in Soochow, China, in 1925 to acrobat parents. She arrived in Kuala Lumpur at the tender age of six. Despite having no formal education, she demonstrated her entrepreneurial spirit at an early age of 12 by charging her classmates to have their photo taken. After the failure of her first (arranged) marriage to an elderly Chinese contractor more than twice her age, a 17-year-old Rose became a cabaret dancer at Happy World in Singapore where she excelled as a dancer (read more here).
“It’s my birthday!”
Do you have a favourite birthday memory? We’d like to hear about it…just for nostalgia’s sake.
Here’s a nice photo of Honey Lim, celebrating her 2nd birthday.
The Drifters
How many of you remember The Drifters?
How many of you saw them perform at the Rex Cinema?
How many of you remember the dragons on the walls, which ‘watched over’ the cinema goers?
Famous Names (3)
Today’s famous person was also known as the ‘Protector of Chinese’. One of his main duties was to monitor the Chinese Secret Societies. The Protector also held the responsibility for the registration of Chinese brothels, the owner, the Mamasan and the working girls, and inspecting the premises to maintain laid down standards of hygiene and accommodation. Still wondering who this gentleman is? Let me put you out of your ‘misery’…he’s none other than Mr William Cowan!