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By Author Ian Anderson

Ian, a retired Royal Naval Commander and Permanent Resident of Malaysia, has lived in-country since 1989. A heritage enthusiast, born in 1939, he founded ipohWorld, (www.ipohworld.org) in 2004 and has been the man behind thes not-for-profit heritage company ever since. The company is sponsored by Kinta Properties. A world-wide traveller, who has visited more than 70 countries and who owned his own museum for more than 20 years, has a wealth of experience in heritage and history. Accomplished author and speaker, he edited, compiled and sponsored the popular book, ‘Ipoh, My Home Town’. He has a Malaysian Chinese wife.


These short articles are written for the Ipoh Echo as part of an effort to bring awareness and appreciation to Ipoh’s Glorious Past.

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16/12/2019

Nostalgia – How Times Change

Heritage – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

1/12/2019

Nostalgia – Architecture Of The Night 2

Heritage – New Town Ipoh, After Dark

16/11/2019

Nostalgia – Boutique Hotels Of Old

Heritage – What! No Heritage Hotels

1/11/2019

Nostalgia – A Different Sort of Chop

Heritage – An Idea over Lunch

16/10/2019

Nostalgia – Times Change

Heritage – Ipoh’s Green Lungs

1/10/2019

Heritage – Chew Boon Juan, The Chew Family Patriarch

Nostalgia Yeoh Ghim Khoon, Transport Entrepreneur

16/9/2019

Heritage – Ipoh’s Heritage – Herbal Tea

Nostalgia – How about a Nice Cup of Tea

1/9/2019 

Heritage Where Have All the Old Pubs Gone?

Nostalgia – Let’s Go On A Pub Crawl

16/8/2019

Nostalgia – Memories of Merdeka

Nostalgia – One Man’s Rubbish is Another Man’s Collectible

Heritage – Merdeka Heritage

1/8/2019

Heritage – Shorthand – or Outgated Skill

“Nostalgia – Schooling Doesn’t Assure Employment, but Skill Does”

16/7/2019

Nostalgia – Old Time Entertainment – Kampar Style

Heritage – It’s 1937 And Kampar Celebrates

1/7/2019

Nostalgia – Clubs And Clubbing The Early Days

Heritage-An-Ipoh-Centenarian-Still-Going-Strong

16/6/2019
Nostalgia- Necessity is the mother of invention

Heritage – A Heritage That Spans 115 Years

1/6/2019
History – A Char Kway Teow Stall in Fair Park

Nostalgia – Remembering New Pasir Puteh

Nostalgia – Here Comes The Milo Man

16/5/2019
Nostalgia – Ipoh(s) Beef Noodles

Nostalgia – Mobile Hawkers, Accessible and Affordable

1/5/2019
Nostalgia – The Foochows Of Sitiawan

16/4/2019
Nostalgia – Kledang Hill In The 1950s

1/4/2019
Heritage – A mansion, motherhood and a murder

Nostalgia – Lau Ek Ching, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

16/3/2019
Nostalgia – Some Famous Ipoh Indians

1/3/2019
Cover Story – Everybody’s Nephew

Nostalgia – Bangsawan, the malay opera

16/2/2019
Nostalgia – Dr Wu Lien Teh

1/2/2019
Nostalgia – Ipoh is a Chinese Town

16/1/2019
Nostalgia – Sikhs and the Perak Police Force

16/12/2018

Nostalgia – Christmas Comes but Once A YearNostalgia – Is FMS really opening

Nostalgia – Is FMS really opening

1/12/2018
Heritage – A Death Knell for Ipoh’s Heritage

16/11/2018
Cover Story – The Ipoh Renaissance, Old Town Out of Control

1/11/2018
Nostalgia – Missing Memorials, Malaysians have short memories

16/10/2018
Heritage – 14 years on the heritage trail

1/9/2013

Introduction to the Author – Doggedly Determined Doer

1/3/2012

Ipoh’s Virtues in Danger

9/3/2010

Continuing the Introduction to Belum and Temenggor

20/2/2010

An Introduction to Temenggor Belum Forest and Lake

16/3/2009

FROM TAMBUN TO TSODILO – Tambun paintings – it’s protection first before tourism


The following short articles were written for Ipoh Valley of Dreams (IVOD), the corporate lifestyle magazine of the Kinta Properties Holdings, Meru Valley Resort and the Tenby Schools Group published quarterly. It was discontinued in 2018.

Issue 35 – Apr to June 2017 – Birthday Greetings from the Kathigasus

Issue 34 – Jan to Mar 2017 – The Merryweather Greenwich Steam Fire Engine

Issue 33 – Oct to Dec 2016 – Meals on Wheels – Old Ipoh Style

Issue 32 – Jul to Sept 2016 – The Men Who Built Ipoh

Issue 31 – Apr to June 2016 – Old Towm’s Heritage Corner

Issue 30 – Jan to Mar 2016 – Legends of the Spring Festival

Issue 29 – Oct to Dec 2015 – 1893, A Milesone Year for Ipoh’s History

Issue 28 – June to Aug 2015 – Heitage Mosques of Old Ipoh Town

Issue 27 – Mar to May 2015 – Nothing but Smiles at Han Chin Pet Soo

Issue 26 – Dec 2014 to Feb 2015 – The Once Ubiquitous Latex Collecting Cuo

Issue 25 – Sep to Nov 2014 Dragon Pots & Centuy Eggs

Issue 24 – June to Aug 2014 Kampung Tanjung Bangkung and the Japanese Carbide Factory

Issue 23 – Feb to Apr 2014 – Historic Batu Gajah

Issue 22 – Dec 2013 to Feb 2014 – Leomg Fee and the Hakka Miners’ Club

Issue 21 – Aug to Oct 2013 – The First Japanese Invasion

Issue 20 – May to Jul 2013 – The Great Mifration – First Part

Issue 19 – Feb to Apr 2013 – The Great Mifration – Part 2

Issue 17 – Aug to Oct 2012 – The Great Mifration – Final Part

Issue 16 – May to July 2012 – Dulang Washer

Issue 15 – Feb to Apr 2012 – Maniam the Milo Man

Issue 14 – Nov 2011 to Jan 2012 – Book Launch – Ipoh, My Home Town

Issue 11 – Feb to Apr 2011 – The Wonders of Batu Gajah

 

 

 

 

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