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February 2020

Back in Action?

By |2020-02-17T16:57:53+08:00February 17th, 2020|Categories: Identify Photographs, ipoh, Natural Heritage, Restoration, tourism|Tags: |

We came across this article in the Star newspaper. If this plan goes through, perhaps we’ll be able to see the once iconic Station Hotel back in all its glory.

Here’s a recap of the inside of the Station Hotel, from the early 1920s, when a retirement dinner was given to the 14th British Resident of Perak, Lt. Col. WJP Hume.

Our donor tells us that, Lt. Col. Hume is in white, seated at the head of the table. Seated in the middle of the right row is J A S Jennings, the Editor of Times of Malaya.

September 2018

April 2018

March 2011

May 2010

July 2009

1948 Was a Year to Remember

By |2009-07-28T01:28:35+08:00July 27th, 2009|Categories: Memories|Tags: , , |

Most people remember 1948 as the start of the Emergency, but this envelope from Ipoh’s Station Hotel reminds us about something else. We were under British Colonial Rule; The British Military Administration was not long gone (and we were still using their stamps); and we were celebrating the Silver Wedding of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. No doubt there would have been grand celebrations on the Padang. Does anyone have any photographs or memories of that day?

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