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Scenes from the 1928 Floods in Ipoh

Posted on July 27, 2015 by felicia

source: Alexander We received this photo from Alexandar, the curator of the Heritage Gallery of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL), in Silibin. According to an article from the Straits Times, heavy rain caused the banks of the Pari River (or Sungei Pari, as it’s more popularly known as) to overflow. The flood […]

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“…row, row, row your boat….”

Posted on March 22, 2010 by felicia

Flooding in Kuala Kangsar had been a problem since 1926, when the royal palace (Istana Sri Sayong) was almost swept away! The picture we have here is from 1967; as you can see, almost half of the Cathay cinema is underwater. By the looks of things, the men on the boat were probably hoping to catch ‘The Sound […]

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