remember these places ?

[keling is shit]

So many forumers hung out at Dawoods during the weekend wee hours, we may have met without knowing all those years ago

i thought dawood as at 1 time along paya lebar road? next to the geylang fire station?

 

[HTOLAS]

Does any remember SILO supermarket? This harks back to the early 80s when Singapore still had more than one trade union confederation.

 

[earnestball]

ya..renamed katong 112 or something like that...the makan there not bad now.

sorry, just to clarify ... it's marketed as Katong I-'One'-Two as in I Want To..... observe the fonts used on the building ....

 

[erection2015]

you mean the wantan mee guy? When he was in joo chiat i chanced to patronise him. I found him familiar so we chatted and thats when he told me he

was originally from the library. He said he was getting old and a bit tired and was considering retiring. Not long after that he closed shop.

He was near where the Smokey's grill presently is along joo chiat place.

I don't whether it is the same NLB stall but there is one stall not reported to be at Far East Square.

 

[earnestball]

Yes I know but the standard really dropped.

The original Marine Parade laksa aka Janggut Laksa is at basement of Roxy Sq food court.

 

[erection2015]

hmmm...you're probably right. That would be a nice catchy name.

sorry, just to clarify ... it's marketed as Katong I-'One'-Two as in I Want To..... observe the fonts used on the building ....

 

[keling is shit]

leongsam started a thread asking 'what is singapore culture'.

perhaps this thread is the answer.

 

[Ramseth]

Does any remember SILO supermarket? This harks back to the early 80s when Singapore still had more than one trade union confederation.

Those days, SILO was supposed to be the union supermarket co-operative and NTUC Wellcome was supposed to be the union department store co-operative. Then came Phey Yew Kok who started a basketball league but himself bounced away with lots of cash missing from NTUC. To help NTUC plug the hole in the account, SILO was given over to NTUC Wellcome that became the NTUC FairPrice of today. It was something like POSB given over to DBS minus the corruption and abscondment.

 

[erection2015]

yes...its was a culture and although many things are lost for good eg the shops , buildings.....they must have evolved. This is definitely our culture

if not in whole then at least in part. Just need to trace it and then 'in your face ' it to BosSam

leongsam started a thread asking 'what is singapore culture'.

perhaps this thread is the answer.

 

[rofthelper]

Wah, I don't even know those places you guys mentioned! If there is one place I missed in Singapore and is no longer around, it has to be Marina South. Used to spend $10 eat BBQ buffet, ended the meal with a nice free potong ice cream and finish the night off with a bbbj at some dark place along the coast.
Some people will remember the Dragon Health Spa there

Bro, never mention Canto? Where the famous William Scropion was originally frm there?

Really missed there place.... And the skating ring in united square, the former 97 @ international building, the kallang spa in badminton hall, executive spa in marina south, europa in changi village, teo chew porridge @ owen road, EGOS, BOSS, MG ktv and the recently closed BS Ktv.

 

[Borat]

Let us not forget places of ill-repute such as Lorong G, Telok Kurau, Desker Road and Bugis Street and their beautiful Ah Quas.

 

[rofthelper]

Ha ha... I missed my beh kee machines (horse machines) and not forgetting the snooker establishments inside thompson road private estate. Is that called "si gor"?

 

[rofthelper]

Let us not forget places of ill-repute such as Lorong G, Telok Kurau, Desker Road and Bugis Street and their beautiful Ah Quas.

What abt Johore Road?

 

[Borat]

What abt Johore Road?

That too and Kong Siak Street.

 

[erection2015]

thiam siew avenue ang keong siak too

Let us not forget places of ill-repute such as Lorong G, Telok Kurau, Desker Road and Bugis Street and their beautiful Ah Quas.

What abt Johore Road?

 

[Borat]

thiam siew avenue ang keong siak too

Now that you name them yes I now do recall all these. I think these are all we had apart from the infamous Geylang Lorongs.

 

[erection2015]

ya...cant think of anymore of these establishments. ah Ram may know of a few more.

Now that you name them yes I now do recall all these. I think these are all we had apart from the infamous Geylang Lorongs.

 

[Ramseth]

Bugis Street before Bugis Junction and Bugis MRT was for mostly Brit and Yank sailors to have fun with drinks and ladyboys. After the decision was made to develop Bugis, police chased the ladyboys away to Johore Road where it became Petain Road (Banana Leg) brothel style. No more entertainment and sweet talk servicing. That turned out to be bad location as it as it was just next to a convent school and a major Singapore-Johore bus terminal.

So police chased them away again and they ran to Clifford Pier. Bad location again, central financial district even if they only came out at night after office hours. So police chased them away again, all the way to Changi Village. No more choice, can't chase them away any further, otherwise they all fall into the sea.

 

[Fook Seng]

Lau's Arcadia seems to have bad feng shui. Most tenants there did not survived and there were countless. I know the place well as my old family doctor was located there next to the duck rice stall.

If you ask me, the lease is probably too high. Therefore no tenant can survive.

 

[erection2015]

haha good post ah Ram...good insights too. I only knew the first and last bits.

Bugis Street before Bugis Junction and Bugis MRT was for mostly Brit and Yank sailors to have fun with drinks and ladyboys. After the decision was made to develop Bugis, police chased the ladyboys away to Johore Road where it became Petain Road (Banana Leg) brothel style. No more entertainment and sweet talk servicing. That turned out to be bad location as it as it was just next to a convent school and a major Singapore-Johore bus terminal.

So police chased them away again and they ran to Clifford Pier. Bad location again, central financial district even if they only came out at night after office hours. So police chased them away again, all the way to Changi Village. No more choice, can't chase them away any further, otherwise they all fall into the sea.