Ipoh Town, 1960s
I’m sure you know which street this is 😉
Month: February 2022
Travelling via Elephant
We have here a picture from Conrad Presgrave-Payne – the grandson of Sir R G Watson. The estimated date is 1914, when Sir R G Watson was on a tour of Perak. Anyone here travel via elephant before? I haven’t…but I have sat on a ostrich once 🙂
Belfield Street, 1930
We thank Edwin Siebel for sharing this picture with us. Yes, it is none other than the E W Birch Fountain 🙂
…and on to sports news…
The Straits Times on Thursday 25th of February 1954, while covering the Hussars Cup, reported that St. Michael’s Institution (SMI) whipped visitors Guru Nanak Institution six-nil in a first round tie in the Perak inter-school knockout soccer competition. In another first round tie, home side Anderson School trounced Junior Technical Trade School five-nil.
Once upon a villa…
Here’s a familiar villa 🙂 What’s even more interesting is the interior – where once there was a portrait of the owner! (picture below) We thank Lennie Brookes for sharing these pictures with us.
Waller Court flats
Here’s another picture from Ipoh: The Town that Tin Built. This is an early shot of the famed Waller Court flats.
“Modern Living”
According to Ipoh: The Town that Tin Built, this is part of the Canning Garden housing estate. Any idea which section of Canning Garden this is?
Another British Resident of Perak
Here’s a picture of the Hon. Mr R. G. Watson, British Resident of Perak. This picture was taken from the G.C.V.O. Week booklet, published around 1914. This booklet is an account of the celebrations at Kuala Kangsar from 21st-28th September 1913, to mark the presentation to His Highness the Sultan of Perak of the insignia […]
“going West”
Did it serve ‘western food’? Or, was this just a nickname? If you know more about this ‘western restaurant’ do let us know 🙂 ps: This advertisement can be found in a Chinese New Year booklet, produced by Odeon Theatre.
Movie Time!
If there’s one thing I look forward to during Chinese New Year, it’s probably the Chinese movies featured on TV 😉 I’ve not seen this movie – Pursuit of a Killer – but I’m sure some of you have. We have here a scan of the synopsis as well as a promotional still from the […]