Once upon a paddy field…
After all those photos of the city, we thought of showing you something from a village instead.
If you’ve ever lived / visited such a village before, do share some of your experiences with us 🙂
November 2018
October 2017
“Kinta in Ipoh”
That’s what the caption of the photograph said. This is a rather interesting view of the Kinta River, with the houses on both sides of the bank. If you squint, you can see the bridge too. Which bridge this is, your guess is as good as mine 😉 Special thanks to the National Archives, UK, for this photograph.
UPDATE: We believe that the bridge in the background was the once wooden structure of the Hugh Low Bridge; therefore the village shown was most likely Kampong Laxamana.
September 2010
Do you know them?
Noting the response to our previous posting, we’ve decided to put up two more pictures of the said family:
Peranakan or Chinese? We don’t know…maybe someone out there knows….
Here we have a better view of the house. Note also the number plate on the vehicle – PK 3226. That should give you a rough guess as the when the picture was taken.
We await for your comments / feedback 🙂
A Baba-Nyonya Family in Perak
To what we know, this family used to live at Simpang Pulai, Perak. Surprised? So am I…never knew we had Peranakan families here in Perak! Notice how the women are dressed, compared to the Western suit worn by the man (probably the husband of these two women).
Maybe someone out there knew them? Or, perhaps one of the children in the picture here is still around? Do share your thoughts with us.