Merdeka Greetings
August 2016
‘Sugar, and Spice, and everything Nice’!
Here’s a nice one of happy faces, taken at the Main Convent (HIJ Convent) back in the late 1940s. We thank Marea Smith for sharing this lovely photograph with us. Incidentally, Marea is the girl standing in the back row, third from the right.
‘Twist and Shout’ !!
Courtesy of: Darren Teh
We thank Darren Teh for the above picture. He also shared the following with us via email:
I was staying in Greentown then and used to go to a classmate house in Fair Park where we all learn to dance the A Go-Go , The Shake and Off Beat Cha Cha!
Darren also mentioned that the above album was from Charlie & His Go Go Boys.
So, we’d like to hear from the party-animals out there! Do you remember this band…or similar bands /albums…? 🙂
Before smartphones…
…even before those smaller Nokias too, THIS was what a hand phone looked like! Yes, it was heavier than a bar of chocolate. No, it didn’t have a tiny camera 😉 Do you remember this model?
The Disappearing Act At The Railway Station…
The majestic view of the railway station has often left many of us in awe over the years and even more so today after the landscaping of the garden.
Around the Ipoh tree are plaques that tells the story of Perak and its districts, upon closer inspection we found that most of these plaques are either damaged or have faded away over time.
The map of Perak pulling a ‘Houdini’
With most tourists utilizing the convenient and easy services of the ETS to come to Ipoh, we find these fading plaques worrying as nothing seems to have been done to maintain them. If you were a tourist, what would your impression be upon seeing this?
Were you a student at Rowley Kindergarten?
picture courtesy of: Ruth Iversen Rollitt
How many of you remember Rowley Kindergarten? Was it a big school? Do you have pictures from those days? We’d love to hear more…
Meeting An Olympic Star!
I don’t know if any of you remember this, but back in 1955 we had a visit from a famous Olympian – Jesse Owen!
picture courtesy of: Dato Pu
Facing the camera, on the extreme left, is Mr Kandvanam. Next to him is Mr Bulwant Singh. Jesse Owen (winner of 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics) is the gentleman in the checkered shirt.
Lessons In Progress…
Convent Girls, do you recall what your classroom looked like? Well, this was a typical classroom at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (or Main Convent) back in the late 1940s / early 1950s. We thank Marea Smith for sharing this nostalgic photograph with us. Looking forward to hearing from any CHIJ Alumni 🙂
Guess Guess Guess…
Picture courtesy of Tom Eadie
Here’s something to start your Monday engines, this is a picture of a sort of busy street taken in 1955. Take a wild guess where this could be, not the street but the place. I’ll give you a clue, it was named the capitol of Perak after the assassination of J. W. W. Birch, the British resident at the time.
Happy guessing! 😉
Guess The Object
No, it’s not another racket (or racquet, if you prefer). What do you think it is?
STOP PRESS: We thank Ignatius Chiew for sending us these pictures – of a back beater!
This object has a rattan handle and round, vinyl ‘ball’ which is stuffed with cotton. The second picture is a closer view of the beater.
Wooden Badminton Rackets?
No, we’re not kidding….these are actual wooden badminton rackets! Did any of you own one of them?
Did you know…
…about the Darkie evolution?
How many of you were (and maybe still are?) faithful consumers of this Hawley & Hazel product?
ATTENTION!!
picture from: Rosemary Palmer
Remember the Home Guards? Here we have troop-in-training. The gentleman in white shorts is our donor’s father – M L Bernacchi. I’m sure some of you remember seeing the Home Guards on patrol, especially if you were one of those who lived in the New Villages during the Malayan Emergency.
A Rare Sighting
picture from: Gogan Singh
According to our donor, he and his friends were part of the few non-Chinese devotees who took part in the 9 Emperor Gods festival back in 1970. If you remember this particular event, did you meet them at the procession?
‘Tonic Food Drink’ ?
