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Chamberlain Road

Vendors Outside the Cinema

Posted on July 24, 2013 by felicia

We thank John McAuley – who was once part of the British Military serving in Malaya, back in the 1950s – for this photograph. Yes, folks it’s none other than the Majestic Cinema :). Although it doesn’t show up clearly, but if you zoom in you can actually see some vendors just outside the entrance […]

Posted in childhood, Ipoh Town, Memories, movies, People, tourism 23 Comments

Can You See It?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by felicia

Some may call it artistic…some might say it’s just a badly angled photograph. But if you look closely, you will notice a fountain in the middle of a roundabout. Familiar? To those who are still squinting, this is none other than the Chamberlain Road Fountain 🙂 We thank Ko-chi Wai for this 1963 picture.

Posted in Identify Photographs, Ipoh Town, Natural Heritage 8 Comments

The ‘Yeoh Hong Seng’ Circle

Posted on December 3, 2012 by felicia

Yes, that’s what it says on the fountain. Does anyone know WHO Yeoh Hong Seng is? Is this fountain still at Chamberlain Road/Jalan Bendahara?

Posted in history, Identify Photographs, Ipoh Town, nature 10 Comments

‘You’ve got Mail’

Posted on November 30, 2011 by felicia

Somewhere along Chamberlain Road, Ipoh…..there is a Post Office. The picture here is what the post office looked like in the 1960s – we think it’s the 1960s, since there is a car parked on the far left, bearing the number plate AC 8426 🙂 From the picture, the main mode of transport in those […]

Posted in childhood, Identify Photographs, ipoh, Memories 14 Comments

How ‘Majestic’ !

Posted on April 23, 2010 by felicia

This art-deco styled cinema was designed by B M Iversen and built in the late 1940s. It was said to be a popular Chinese movie cinema, which later went on to show English, Malay, Hindi and Tamil movies in the 80s. The theatre finally closed in 1998. The elegent building now stands alone at Chamberlain […]

Posted in Identify Photographs, ipoh, Ipoh Town, Memories 25 Comments

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