The Cubs from NTPS, 1960
We thank SK Ong for the above picture. Perhaps some of you out there are in this picture; looking smart in your Cubs uniform and cap 😉 I remember being part of the Red Crescent Society – it took me a while to learn the RIGHT WAY to tie an arm sling! But learning some basic First Aid was quite fun.
Speaking of school clubs, which club/society did YOU join?
I joined the Boys’ Brigade (2nd Ipoh Wesley Company, ACS Ipoh) when I was in school and rose to the rang of Staff-Sargent when I was in Form Six. When I started teaching, I joined back the company as a Warren Officer, then rose to Leftenant and late Acting Captain. Even till lately, I still conduct courses for the same company. In addition to the Boys’ Brigade, I joined the Methodist Youth Fellowship, too. In school we were all members of the Literary and Debating Society as it was then part of the time-table. I joined the Industrial Art Club… Read more »
Like Valiant Knight, I too was a Boys Brigader till the rank of Lieutenant, though I enjoyed myself tremendously in the Scouts for 2 years.
Hi UV. yes, children these days seem more familiar with computer games (especially those violent ones like ‘War Craft’). sadly, playing outdoor games like ‘gasing’/ marbles/ hopscotch..etc. are seen as ‘boring’ – compared to the likes of Play Stations 🙁
am looking forward to your next Episode 😉
Thanks Ipohworld for posting this picture as this was send to me
by Oon Eng Hock ( he is in the picture ), the 1967 School Captain from Anderson School.
Well Choong ( your posting in Ipoh World on Dec 9, 2010 ), this could be your closest picture in NTPS-JPP as you were in Std 5 in 1959.
Do you know Oon Eng Hock or any other persons in this Cub picture ?
Wishing all our Chinese a Happy Gong Xi Fa Cai in the year of the Rabbit and Happy Happy Chinese New Year Holidays.
Cheers
Going from the comments posted above, the Boys Brigade which is aligned to the Methodist Church has a more elaborate rank structure, viz. Private Lance Corporal Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Warrant Officer Lieutenant Captain which broadly mirrors the British Army system. Very alluringly, most of the company units have some semblance of a military type band. In contrast, the Scouts organization adopts a flatter (less assuming ?) system with this simplified ranking :- Scout Assistant Patrol Leader Patrol Leader Troop Leader Assistant Scout Master Scout Master Note that each school-based unit is only designated as a troop, not a company… Read more »
Hi LMS136. that’s an interesting observation!
thanks for giving us a brief account of the rankings too, and also about the origin of the Cubs.
LMS136 you forgot the lowest rank in the BB, the recruit! LOL.
By town based aare you implying that he BB do not go out into the country side? If so you are wrong. We have activities like the scouts too and wayfaring is one! We go hiking and camping too. Like the scouts we have to earn various badges (made of chrome) and I have a bunch of them.
Our greatest honour is to get the ‘Founder’s Badge’ like your Queen/King Scout.
I was able to visit the founder’s hometown in Scotland when I was there!
Hi [email protected] Knight , Yes, of course, there must be recruits – very essential to replenishing the manpower pool as the older BB members leave as and when they complete their education. But “recruits” is merely a classification and form of address but never a rank. When I first started out as an Officer Trainee (a glorified form of address for a rookie/recruit with a bit more of schooling), my Mat Salleh boss bluntly put it to me that I was the lowest form of life – no rank, no privilege, no standing, totally a “L” (lembu) learner, hence totally… Read more »
I still have my BB badges 🙂 Best years of my life!
Why not send us good photographs of the badges Aaron and we can then include them with the others we have on our database archive.
The name of the teacher with the turban is Mr Bhagwan Singh
Anyone who knows Lean Meng Hin aka MH( administrator of Andersonian website ) , can you spot him in this Cub picture ? The First who guess correctly gets into the Hall of Fame. Happy Guessing